ATHANASIOS TZIMPOS, AGED 24 YEARS, GREEK NATIONALIST SOLDIER, is seen with his sister, Alexandra, aged 17, who was - captured while fighting with a guerrilla brigade in the Mount Grammes battle. Athanasios was a member of the squad which took the machine-gun position manned by his sister. She said she had been conscripted from her village by guerrillas in July, 1948, and was forced to go to Albania, where she was trained as a machine-gunner.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1949, Page 5
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74ATHANASIOS TZIMPOS, AGED 24 YEARS, GREEK NATIONALIST SOLDIER, is seen with his sister, Alexandra, aged 17, who was – captured while fighting with a guerrilla brigade in the Mount Grammes battle. Athanasios was a member of the squad which took the machine-gun position manned by his sister. She said she had been conscripted from her village by guerrillas in July, 1948, and was forced to go to Albania, where she was trained as a machine-gunner. Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1949, Page 5
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