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Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment in militia; transfer to AIF; army training at Northam Camp, WA; embarkation for Middle East; Middle East campaigns; battle for Ruin Ridge; capture by German army; removal to Italy; torpeoding of the Nino Bixio; arrival at camp PG57, Udine; camp commander; Colonel Calcaterra; transfer to Vercelli; Italian civilians; transfer to German POW camp Stalag Moosburg; transfer to Stalag VIIIB at Lamsdorf; camp labour force; POW guards; camp conditions; repatriation.
Part 1 of Philip Loffman, as a Lance Corporal, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 2 of Philip Loffman, as a Lance Corporal, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 3 of Philip Loffman, as a Lance Corporal, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Part 4 of Philip Loffman, as a Lance Corporal, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45
Discussing pre-war employment; enlistment in army; posting to Middle East as reinforcement for 2/28th Battalion; training in Palestine, battles at El Alamein; Battle at Ruin Ridge; capture by Germans;
Discussing enlistment; embarkation for Middle East; Tobruk; El Alamein Campaign; casualties; surrender to German Army; transfer to Italy and POW camp in Udine; transfer to Austria and Stalag 18A; othe
Discussing enlistment; army training; Middle East campaigns especially El Alamein; capture by German Army; description of journey by ship to Italy and torpedoing in prison ship; arrival in Brindisi; t
Discusses 10th Light Horse; enlistment; pay and conditions; sport; employment; marriage; religion; politics; 2/28th Battalion; training; discipline; disorganisation; weapons; leisure; mateship; morale
Discussing enlistment in militia; joining AIF; army training at Brighton Camp; formation of 2/12th Battalion; camp leisure activities; promotions; embarkation for Middle East; arrival at Tewfik; Tobru
Discussing capture at El Alamein; hospitalisation in Tripoli; transfer to Grupignano Camp; camp conditions; escape; recapture by Germans; escape from Turin Camp; decision to join Italian partisans and