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217250 Sig. Andrew Ambrose South African Army 2nd Div. South African Corps of Signals from:Durban, South Africa In 1942, Signaller Andrew Ambrose was taken prisoner at Tobruk by the Italians. He was wounded at Tobruk, and so was shipped to a hospital at Caserta in Italy. After he recovered, he was sent to a POW camp near Florence, and soon thereafter to a camp in Sardinia (his POW number was 223281). He was then moved to Stalag 4C, Wistritz, where he worked underground in the coal mines. At the end of the war, the Russian forces came upon them in the now unguarded camp. The Russians left them unattended for a short while during which time the Americans shipped the prisoners out to safety. Apparently, the Russians wanted to swap British POWs for Russians. The French forces then moved them to Britain to be "fattened up" before being demobilised. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.