Forster, Father George
…put into third-class compartments. We arrived at Bari station tired, very hungry and very, very unwashed. There was a long march to the P.O.W. transit camp outside the town. Some…
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Hurst Brown, Alan
…were locked up and destroyed because of Commando raids from Malta. We got to a little village on the coast about 15 miles North of Bari, but unfortunately ran into…
Caplat, Moran – Dinghies to Divas
…was P.O.W.[Prisoner of War]. Treated well by Italian Navy. Campo 75 Bari. Comparison between individual Officer P.O.Ws. 2 P.O.Ws shot in cold blood. Poppi Campo 38 with New Zealanders. Padula…
Goldingham, Mike
Summary Mike Goldingham (18 Cavalry, Indian Army) was imprisoned in PG49 Fontanellato, having also been in Bari and Chieti. Goldingham established a reputation as the camp forger and it is…
Pennycook, John
…not long before we moved on. One last memory about the Camp at Bari was that part of the Camp, and separate from us was a Camp for displaced persons…
Cooper, Bill
Summary Bill Cooper was captured in June 1942 at “The Cauldron Battle” in the Western Desert against Rommel’s Nazi Forces when his “Bren-Gun” carrier hit a landmine and exploded. He…
Stern, Peter
…came on to BARI where we are now staying, M and I at a hotel by arrangement with the Town Major, and the two ORs at a sort of transit…
de Burgh, Hugo
Summary of Hugo de Burgh Hugo de Burgh was a Lieutenant-Colonel, a PoW and the SBO [Senior British Officer] in Camp 49 Fontanellato. After WW2 he was Head of the…
Swan, William (Bill)
…Benghazi, Lecce, Bari and Chieti. He was joined at Modena by Peter Campbell. Bill and Peter escaped with 3 others and headed into the Apennines. Arriving at Ranoccio, they were…
Carver, Richard
Summary Richard was captured 7 November 1942 during the advance from El Alamein. He was flown to Italy, and spent time in PG75 (Bari) transit camp, PG 38 (Poppi), and…