The ID card was found in a former German mortar pit which had been used as an incinerator at the camp to burn green waste.
Simon Stone, manager of AA Recycling, who are carrying out the work to clear the derelict holiday village, said it was amazing that the document had not been destroyed, as it was made of card.
Mr Stone said: ‘I don’t know how it has remained there for all that time, with all the green waste which was burned there. It looks like the name on it is BL Putman, but it isn’t clear.’
The number printed on the card is CXJN 158.2 and the address of the owner is given as 27 Hue Street, St Helier. It was stamped by the National Registration Office on 17 December 1945.
The buildings which formed the popular holiday camp on the Plémont headland are being demolished and the site is being returned to nature. A plan to build 28 houses there faced strong opposition from Islanders, and the National Trust for Jersey eventually bought the land after the States agreed to foot half the purchase cost.
Charles Alluto, chief executive of the National Trust for Jersey, said that the project was on target for completion next month, although it had recently faced some challenges. He said: ‘Asbestos was discovered in some of the buildings which were structurally unsound and the contractors had to demolish them before extracting the asbestos from the rubble. But I am pleased with the way it is going.’
Mr Stone said that about 90 per cent of the asbestos had been removed and that the only buildings which remain on the site were the apartment blocks Sorel and Grosnez, the manager’s block and part of the central amenities hall which was previously a bar.
