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STUDIO PORTRAIT OF QX7110 PRIVATE W 'BLUEY' VICKERMAN 2/32 BATTALION, WHO ON THE MORNING OF 31 OCTOBER 1942 FOUND UNTEROFFIZIER GEFREITER ERICH HERMANN MORTALLY WOUNDED ON THE EL ALAMEIN BATTLEFIELD. SHORTLY BEFORE HE DIED HE GAVE PTE VICKERMAN HIS DIARY SOME PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER PERSONAL PAPERS. AFTER THE WAR ONE OF VICKERMAN'S CHILDREN TOOK THE GERMAN SOLDIER'S DIARY TO SCHOOL TO A GERMAN LANGUAGE CLASS. THE TEACHER, RON WILLMOTT, READ THE DIARY AND WITH VICKERMAN'S PERMISSION TRIED SUCCESSFULLY TO CONTACT UNTEROFFIZIER HERMANN'S WIDOW. RON WILLMOTT SUBSEQUENTLY TRAVELLED TO GERMANY AND RETURNED THE DIARY TO HERMANN'S WIDOW. A COPY OF THE DIARY, PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DONATED TO THE MEMORIAL AND ARE HELD IN THE PRIVATE RECORDS COLLECTION AT PR86/158.
UNTEROFFIZIER GEFREITER ERICH HERMANN, A SOLDIER IN THE GERMAN ARMY, WITH A FRIEND. ON THE MORNING OF 31 OCTOBER 1942 QX7110 PRIVATE W 'BLUEY' VICKERMAN, 2/32 BATTALION, FOUND UNTEROFFIZIER GEFREITER
STUDIO PORTRAIT OF JOSEFINE (FINCHEN) HERMANN. ON THE MORNING OF 31 OCTOBER 1942 QX7110 PRIVATE W 'BLUEY' VICKERMAN, 2/32 BATTALION, FOUND UNTEROFFIZIER GEFREITER ERICH HERMANN MORTALLY WOUNDED ON THE
STUDIO PORTRAIT OF JOSEFINE (FEINCHEN) HERMANN. ON THE MORNING OF 31 OCTOBER 1942 QX7110 PRIVATE W 'BLUEY' VICKERMAN, 2/32 BATTALION, FOUND UNTEROFFIZIER GEFREITER ERICH HERMANN MORTALLY WOUNDED ON TH
GERMAN ARMY TELEPHONISTS ON DUTY IN A WOOD ON THE WESTERN FRONT. ON THE MORNING OF 31 OCTOBER 1942 QX7110 PRIVATE W 'BLUEY' VICKERMAN, 2/32 BATTALION, FOUND UNTEROFFIZIER GEFREITER ERICH HERMANN MORTA
GERMAN ARMY TELEPHONISTS ON DUTY IN A WOOD ON THE WESTERN FRONT. ON THE MORNING OF 31 OCTOBER 1942 QX7110 PRIVATE W 'BLUEY' VICKERMAN, 2/32 BATTALION, FOUND UNTEROFFIZIER GEFREITER ERICH HERMANN MORTA
GERMAN SOLDIERS MAN AN OBSERVATION POST ON THE WESTERN FRONT. ON THE MORNING OF 31 OCTOBER 1942 QX7110 PRIVATE W 'BLUEY' VICKERMAN, 2/32 BATTALION, FOUND UNTEROFFIZIER GEFREITER ERICH HERMANN MORTALLY
