William James Parlett

William James Parlett

w William James Parlett AWM 54 11/12/30/20 William James Parlett, an Australian from Adelaide who, during peacetime, worked as a tradesman’s assistant, was captured in Libya, near the town of Derna, between 7 and 8 April 1941. After his capture, he ended up in PG...
Stanley Skinner

Stanley Skinner

w Stanley Skinner WO 208/3325/48 Stanley Skinner, Corporal in the 7th Armoured Division of the 2nd Middlesex Yeomanry, was captured in North Africa on 8 April 1941 during the Axis offensive against Tobruk. Skinner and the other prisoners spent only a short time...
Robert Sydney Jones

Robert Sydney Jones

w Robert Sydney Jones Imperial War Museums 25573 Robert Sydney Jones[1] was born in Perth, Australia, in 1916. An aircraft enthusiast, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1939. Initially, he remained in Australia as a pilot trainer, but in...
Richard Crawsney Partridge

Richard Crawsney Partridge

w Richard Crawsney Partridge WO 208/3324/166 Richard Crawsney Partridge, a Welsh farmer serving in North Africa, was captured in Benghazi on 28 January 1942, before his 22nd birthday. In Italy, he was transferred at first to PG 66 Capua and then to PG 35, Padula,...
Norman Charles Johnson

Norman Charles Johnson

w Norman Charles Johnson WO 208/3315/8 Lieutenant Norman Charles Johnson, a cotton broker living in Cheshire, was captured by the Germans, like many others who ended up in Italy, during the North African campaign. The exact location was Medjez-el-Bab, Northern...