228270 John McCornish British Army 8th Army My father John McCornish was captured at Tobruk while with the 8th Army. He received systematic cruel mistreatment in an Italian camp. He reported the war crimes but the Italians had switched sides, so nobody want to hear about Italian death camps.
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My father was in three Italian POW camps between 1941 and 1943 -
Montalbo, Padula and Bologna. He has died now and never spoke to me about his experiences there. But I spoke recently to his sister about this period, and, while emphasising her memories were rusty, she did recall hearing of abuses. (Ian Campbell)
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