Philip Loffman, as a Lance Corporal, 2/28th Battalion and POW in Italy, interviewed by Brian Wall for the Keith Murdoch Sound Archive of Australia in the War of 1939-45

Places	Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, El Miteiriya Europe: Germany Europe: Italy Middle East Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle Oceania: Australia, Western Australia, Northam
Accession Number	S00557
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	2 hr
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	audio cassette; TDK AD60; two track mono
Maker	Loffman, Philip
Date made	25 February 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 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 army; removal to Italy; torpeoding of the Nino Bixio; arrival at camp PG57, Udine; camp commander; Colonel Calcaterra; transfer to Vercelli; Italian civilians; transfer to German POW camp Stalag Moosburg; transfer to Stalag VIIIB at Lamsdorf; camp labour force; POW guards; camp conditions; repatriation.

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