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. Additional Information: | Recently discovered records indicate that A Ambrose was wounded after he was taken prisoner at Tobruk. B Ambrose
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