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25-03-2008, 06:15 PM
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You're Top Poster: #20   | New Member Hello everyone, just signed onto the Forum.Hoping to make some new friends and renew aquaintances with old ones. My main interest is Prisoners of war and P.O.W.Camps in North Africa and Italy. Brian |
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25-03-2008, 07:11 PM
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| Άρης  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Terra something or other
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You're Top Poster: #1  | Welcome to Chat, Brian. Good to see you here.
__________________ _________________  Beaufighter TF Mark Xs (NV427 'EO-L' nearest) of No. 404 Squadron RCAF based at Dallachy, Morayshire, breaking formation during a flight along the Scottish coast. February 1945. |
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25-03-2008, 07:24 PM
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| Kneel before Mod   Join Date: Sep 2007
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You're Top Poster: #4 | Hi Brian. Welcome to the forum
__________________ "Time is a great storyteller" If my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCALATOR = EVERLASTING FUN God is the experience of looking at a tree and saying, "Ah!" - Joseph Campbell |
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25-03-2008, 10:01 PM
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| Super Moderator  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia
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You're Top Poster: #3  | Hi Brian and welcome. Great to see you over here. Good to have some more POW knowledge on the forum.
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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25-03-2008, 10:53 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Outer reaches, Melbourne, Victoria
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You're Top Poster: #2 | G'day Brian, welcome aboard. I sincerely hope you enjoy it here. Have you seen the thread with posts by Appotomax asking about PG73 in Carpi? About the only reference I can think of with regard to North African prison camps is Charles Lamb's experience in his excellent War in a Stringbag.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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25-03-2008, 10:54 PM
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You're Top Poster: #5  | Welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy your stay here!
__________________ WWW.Warfaretoday.com HSL130 picking up the crew of a downed Halifax  Et tantis pretis constitutis plures Macropodidas in hae caupona minime videbis |
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25-03-2008, 11:40 PM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | Quote:
Care to tell the forum members about your area's of expertise? Again, good to have you on board! Cheers Geoff
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm | |
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26-03-2008, 10:04 AM
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You're Top Poster: #20 | Areas of research Quote:
As Geoff knows over the years I have researched P.O.W, who were lost at sea in the Mediterranean. Over 2,000 members of the Allied forces were killed when the ships transporting them as P.O.W. to Italy were sunk by British Submarines. One of them was my Father. Over the past 18 or so months I have created a catalogue by name of all the Escapers and Evaders Reports that are available. 96 Files in total. Being retired makes the time to visit T.N.A. Available. Along with having a very understanding wife. If anyone thinks I could help just ask. Thanks for the welcome Brian | |
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26-03-2008, 05:00 PM
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You're Top Poster: #11  | Welcome Brian, One of my Didcot lot was killed on one of those ships. I'll have to see if i can find his record and see if you are able to help. Anyway, welcome to the forum and may your stay be a long and happy one. Sniper 
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