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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; torpedoing of the Nino Bixio; arrival at Italian POW camp at Altamura; transfer to Udine Camp; camp conditions; escape plan; escape and re-capture by Italian forces; return to POW camp; escape; meeting with Italian partisan group and subsequent activities; repatriation; homecoming reception.
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 a
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; 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
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 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
Discusses employment; enlistment; training; 2/28th Battalion; morale; leisure; casualties; capture, desert operations; health; POWs. Mentions Ceylon; Red Sea, Mersa Matruh; Tobruk, Palestine, El Alame