Hoboken, Antwerp Belgium
21st A.A. Workshop Company R.E.M.E. 1945
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Joe's whole unit (including over 500 vehicles) were sent to Hoboken,
Antwerp, 21st army group on 14th February 1945.
Here they carried out vital defence work, detecting German aircraft on
radar before they crossed the Channel.
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very ill in Melines Hospital. Unknown to him or
the doctors he was allergic to sulphonamides and penicillin. Some
treatment with sulphonamide cream for a cold sore caused all sorts of
problems which the doctors then treated with penicillin. This
treatment caused him to be unconscious for two days.
The unit came under
attack by flying bombs towards the end of their time there and one
of the workshops was hit.
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Joe in Antwerp in 1945
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Warrant Officers in Hoboken
Joe is far left in the
middle row
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Sergeants in Hoboken
Joe is fifth from the
left in the second row from the front.
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Inside
the Officers' Mess
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Plaque
on the wall of the Officers' Mess with all their signatures on. Latin
translation anyone? |
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Outside
the Officers' Mess |
Outside
the Workshop |
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After
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