260121 Gnr. Douglas Edward Hill South African Army Durban Light Infantry from:Felixton, South Africa I have been putting a timeline together of my Dad's wartime experience.
After being wounded in either Bi'r Royale or Tobruk, Libya, Douglas Hill was captured. It appears he spent approximately two months in hospital in Tripoli. He was transported by the Italian hospital ship, Virgilio, and was in Caserta Hospital in Naples, Italy. Some weeks later, he was admitted to Castel St. Pietro Hospital in Bologna, Italy. It appears he then spent a number of months at Campo PG 73 before being transferred to Stalag XVIIIC near Salzburg before being held at Stalag XVIIIA in Graz, Austria.
In April 1945, almost 3 years after his capture, my Dad escaped. Two months later, he was reunited with his unit.
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