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* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/38987169:2238?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602368933 WW2 Draft]: "George Rutherford Harsh", 31, released from Fulton County Public Works the same day.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/38987169:2238?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602368933 WW2 Draft]: "George Rutherford Harsh", 31, released from Fulton County Public Works the same day.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17273:62114?tid=193423375&pid=372602368933&hid=1029452242529&_phsrc=EGE1834&_phstart=default Questionnaire for Ex-Prisoners of War]: ("'''TOP SECRET"''') - "George Rutherford Harsh", journalist, #J7795, RAF Squadron #102, captured 5 Oct 1942 in Cologne, Germany.  At military hospital 5 Oct 1942 to 10 Oct 1942; at Hospital Stalag VI near Cologne 10 Oct 1942 to 1 Nov 1942; at Dulag Luft, Frankfurt 2 Nov 1942 to 9 Nov 1942; at Stalag Luft III, Sagan 11 Nov 1942 to 29 Jan 1945; at Stalag III A, Luckenwalde from Feb 1942 to 9 May 1945.  He was wounded at the time of his capture, he did received adequate medical treatment. He had previously attended a lecture on escape and evasion by an Intelligence Officer at O.T.U. Wellesbourne.  Did he attempt escape?  "Yes, I was i/c "Security" of Stalag Luft III Tunnel from time of its inception on April 1, 1943 until I was transferred by Germans to Beldrid Teildger on March 1, 1944."  - conducted 24 May 1945.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11770981:61758?tid=193423375&pid=372602368933&hid=1029452242531&_phsrc=EGE1838&_phstart=default Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt] (Prisoners List, written in German): "George Rutherford Harsh", American, born 12 Dec 1909 in Milwaukee, USA, no marks, #J7795, arrived 5 Oct 1942, assigned to Dulag-Luft.


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Revision as of 03:35, 10 August 2024

Overview

Locations

  • Oglethorpe University

People

Name (Born-Died) Description
Disosway, Mrs. J. S. sister to Junie
Gallogly, James A. lawyer, father of Dickey
Gallogly, Richard Gray "Dickey" (1908-?)
Gray, James R. grandfather to Dickey, publisher of Atlanta Journal
Harmon, Eleanor wife of George Harsh (1946)
Harsh, George Rutherford "Junie" (1909-1980)
Smith, Mrs.
Smith, Willard
Yankey, Dr. Worth E. step-father to Dickey

Documentation

Burials

  • Find-a-Grave: Elizabeth Schwimmer Harsh (1872-1950), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Find-a-Grave: George Rutherford Harsh Jr (1909-1980), Toronto, Canada
  • Find-a-Grave: George Rutherford Harsh Sr (1868-1921), Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Census Records

Military Records

  • WW2 Draft: "George Rutherford Harsh", 31, released from Fulton County Public Works the same day.
  • Questionnaire for Ex-Prisoners of War: ("TOP SECRET") - "George Rutherford Harsh", journalist, #J7795, RAF Squadron #102, captured 5 Oct 1942 in Cologne, Germany. At military hospital 5 Oct 1942 to 10 Oct 1942; at Hospital Stalag VI near Cologne 10 Oct 1942 to 1 Nov 1942; at Dulag Luft, Frankfurt 2 Nov 1942 to 9 Nov 1942; at Stalag Luft III, Sagan 11 Nov 1942 to 29 Jan 1945; at Stalag III A, Luckenwalde from Feb 1942 to 9 May 1945. He was wounded at the time of his capture, he did received adequate medical treatment. He had previously attended a lecture on escape and evasion by an Intelligence Officer at O.T.U. Wellesbourne. Did he attempt escape? "Yes, I was i/c "Security" of Stalag Luft III Tunnel from time of its inception on April 1, 1943 until I was transferred by Germans to Beldrid Teildger on March 1, 1944." - conducted 24 May 1945.
  • Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt (Prisoners List, written in German): "George Rutherford Harsh", American, born 12 Dec 1909 in Milwaukee, USA, no marks, #J7795, arrived 5 Oct 1942, assigned to Dulag-Luft.

Newspaper Articles

Prison Records

  • 1929: Georgia, Central Register of Convicts (page 82/83) - "George Harsh", murder, received 9 Apr 1929, paroled 21 Nov 1940, full pardon 11 Jan 1944. Male, 20, 6'2", 155 lbs, blue eyes, dark hair, #4159
  • 1929: Georgia, Central Register of Convicts (page 68/69) - "Richard G. Gallogly", murder, received 9 Apr 1929. Full Pardon 13 Jan 1941. Escaped 6 Oct 1939, recaptured 24 Mar 1940. Male, 19, 5' 11.25", 155 lbs, brown hair and eyes, #4160.

Ship Manifests

  • 1924: "George R. Harsh", 15, with mother Elizabeth. On SS Berengaria from Southampton (12 Apr) to NYC (19 Apr)

Vital Records

  • 1908: Birth Index for George Rutherford Harsh Jr. - 12 Dec 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 1946: Marriage of George R. Harsh to Eleanor Harmon - Manhattan, New York