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Cpl. Gerald Lawrence Baxter
South African Army Platoon runner. Signals Corps
from:South Africa
My late father Gerald Baxter would not talk of his experiences other than that he was in North Africa (Tobruk) and then as a POW.
The information I have is that he was a Signalman and Platoon runner in South African 2nd Infantry
and saw action in the North African Campaign, being captured at Tobruk. He was a POW in Italy (believe it was in the Po river valley area) but then escaped and was recaptured. He was traken to Germany to Stalag 4F Hartmannsdorf (POW No: 263029) He was demobilized and returned to South Africa at the end of the war.
I would be extremely grateful for any addtional information.