James Findlay Crighton (Jim) Bruce, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy and Austria, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Alamein Europe: Austria Europe: Italy Middle East
Accession Number	S00542
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr 4 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK D60; mono
Maker	Bruce, James Findlay Crighton (Jim)
Date made	4 March 1989
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Source credit to	The Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the war of 1939-45

Description

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; other transfers; escape attempts; camp conditions; POW repatriation.

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