| Accession Number | S04488 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 1 hr 58 min |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | micro cassette; Dictaphone MC-60; SoundTech MC-60; mono |
| Maker |
Brough, Ernest James Billett, Janet Roberts |
| Date made | 8 May 2007 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Permission of copyright holder required for any use and/or reproduction. |
Ernest James Brough MM, as a Sergeant, 2/32 Battalion, and Prisoner of War, Second World War interviewed by Janet Roberts Billett.
Description
Ernest Brough served at Tobruk, where he was wounded, and El Alamein, where he was captured and made a prisoner of war. In March 1944 Brough and two other prisoners succeeded in escaping from the camp and travelled across country to Yugoslavia. On 20th April 1944 they met Partisan soldiers and were eventually evacuated to Italy on an American aircraft.
Ernest Brough received the Military Medal for his courage in persistent attempts to escape Prisoner of War camps.
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