Seeking information on KELLY SYMMONDS who was in the Australian Army and taken prisoner in North Africa and moved to a prison camp in Italy. He escaped with friends into Switzerland and was billeted in the northern Swiss town of Degersheim. He had been a jockey in Wangaratta. Thank you Norman Trott in South Africa

Perhaps you could contact the Wangaratta Turf Club? Email: benraces@mcmedia.com Web Site: www.countryracing.com.au regards Dianne Dean

Hi Ivy, This morning I have done a number of searches for Kelly SYMMONDS for Australian WWII records, but can find none. Is it possible that Kelly was a nickname? There were only three SYMMONDS in the records, but many more SYMONDS. I have also searched the Victorian Death Index 1921-1985 and the Wangaratta Cemetery records in case he returned to Victoria, but can find no mention of him. Rosalyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ivy Trott" <ivytrott@telkomsa.net> To: <AUS-VIC-NE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:42 AM Subject: [AVNE] PRe-WW11 Jockey > Seeking information on KELLY SYMMONDS who was in the Australian Army and > taken prisoner in North Africa and moved to a prison camp in Italy. He > escaped with friends into Switzerland and was billeted in the northern > Swiss town of Degersheim. > > He had been a jockey in Wangaratta. > > Thank you > Norman Trott in South Africa > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-NE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >