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251360 Bmdr. Ronald Philip Abercromby Myburgh South African Army 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 4th Bty. SA Artillery from:Claremont, Cape Town Ronald Myburgh enlisted as a 3rd year BSc student at University of Cape Town, aged 19, in July 1940 along with a group of mates. Wanted to join the Air Force, but there was a wait, so joined the unit which was being mobilised next. He saw service in East Africa at Mombasa and in Abyssinia; then Egypt and across North Africa. He was captured at Tobruk 20th/21st June 1942 and was shipped to Italy aboard the Mon Viso. He was held in a number of POW camps, Transit camp P.G.51 at Villa Serena, Altamura (near Bari), P.G. 60, Colle Compecito, near Lucca, P.G. 52 at Calvari, near Chiavari (Nov. 1942) and Stalag 8A, Gorlitz (Sept 1943 to Feb 1945). He was on the The Long March from February to April 1945 and found freedom at Ditfurt on the 11th of April 1945. After repatriation to England, he was in Sussex from May to July 1945. Ron reached Cape Town on 3rd of August 1945, exactly 5 years since he had left by troop train. 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.