B111439 S/Serjeant Jack Travis BARLOW, DSC, 1st Special Service Force: POW

Army Number: B111439
Rank: S/Serjeant
Name: Jack Travis BARLOW, DSC
Unit: 1st Special Service Force

 

PART I.
GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.

1. No. - B111439
RANK - S/Sgt.
SURNAME - BARLOW
CHRISTIAN NAMES - Jack Travis
DECORATIONS - Distinguished Service Cross

2. UNIT (ARMY) - First Special Service Force

3. DIVISION (ARMY) - U.S. 5th & 7th Armies

4. DATE OF BIRTH - Feb. 9 1920

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - April 20 1942

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - Salesman

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 920-16th Ave. East, Calgary, Alta., Canada

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - Franco-Italian Frontier, Sept 9 '44

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? Yes

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
STALAG VIIA MOOSBURG, GERMANY Oct 2 '44 - Feb 3 '45
STALAG 383 HOHENFELS, GERMANY Feb 5 '45 - April 17 '45


11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
-

12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
-

12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
NO


GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. - B111439
RANK - S/Sgt
SURNAME - BARLOW
CHRISTIAN NAMES - Jack Travis


2. LECTURES before Capture:
( a ) Were you lectured in your unit on how to behave the event of capture? (State where, when and by whom).
US Army Training Pamphlet 'IF I AM TAKEN PRISONER' required reading in unit
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom).
NO

3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
Yes. Name of town uncertain but it is located on French side of Franco-Italian line in the mountains. Sept. 10 '44. Methods used Friendliness later threats.


4. ESCAPES attempted:
Did you make any attempted or partly successful escapes? (Give details of each attempt accurately, stating where, when, method employed, names of your companions, wherein when recaptured and by whom. Were you physically fit? What happened to your companions?)
Yes. First Attempt. Jan. 17 '45. Escaped from working party I had joined purposely from MUNICH. Companions were Sgt. Chesley Mosher , Cdn & Lawrence Back Cd. Recaptured Jan. 19 '45, AUGSBURG.
Second Attempt. April 25 '45. Escaped marching column, hid in barn, 3 days until U.S. 3rd Army arrived.


5. SABOTAGE
Did you do any sabotage or destruction of enemy factory plant, war material, communications, etc, when employed on working-parties or during escape? (Give details, places and dates.)
-

6. COLLABORATION with enemy:
Do you know of any British or American personnel who collaborated with the enemy or in any way helped the enemy agains other Allied Prisoners of War? (Give details, names of persons concerned, camps, dates and nature of collaboration or help given to enemy).
-

7. WAR CRIMES
If you have any information or evidence of bad treatment by the enemy to yourself or to others, or knowledge of any enemy violation of Geneva Convention you should ask for a copy of "Form Q" on which to make your statement.
(NOTE: Form Q is a separate form inviting information on "War Crimes" and describes the kind of offences coming under this title.)



GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET
(continued)

8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice?
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SECURITY UNDERTAKING
I fully realise that all information relating the matters covered by the questions in Part II. are of a highly secret and official nature.

I have had explained to me and fully understand that under Defence Regulations or U.S.A.R. 380-5 I am forbidden to publish or communicate any information concerning these matters.

Date May 12 '45
Signature JT Barlow

 

See also:
(My French translation is a bit rusty but the gist is there...)

• BAnQ numérique

Canadian Soldier decorated by United States.
It has been announced today by the Minster of National Defence that the Distinguished Service Cross (United States Distinguished Service) has been awarded to a 24-year-old Canadian sergeant from Calgary (Alta).
B111439 Serjeant Jack Travis Barlow, a member of a detachment of the Canadian-American Special Service, received this decoration, approved by the President of the United States, for bravery in action.
Serjeant Barlo, born in Calgary on 9 February 1920, studied in that city, and before enlistment he worked in an aircraft factory.
He joined the Canadian Army as a private on 20 March 1942 and was promoted to his current rank a year later. He left for Overseas with a detachment of Special Service in October 1943 and participated in operations in the Mediterranean theatre.
His mother, Mrs Alice E. Barlow, lives at 209, 18th Avenue East, Calgary.​

 

He passed away in Calgary 17 April 1975.

Regards,

Dave