Robinson, E

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Lance Corporal Edward Robinson

Family/Last name:
Robinson
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Edward
Service number:
828552
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Rank when captured:
Lance Corporal
Place of capture:
Tobruk
Camp
PG 66 Capua, PG 78 Sulmona
Data sources
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Information provided by Michael Robinson :

Edward Robinson
Pow camps PG 66 Capua then PG 78 Sulmona

Surname: Robinson
Forename: Edward
British Army:R..O.A.C
Army number 828552
Captured :Tobruk
Escaped in September 1943
My dad was captured at Tobruk ,where he served with the ROAC as a Lance corporal at the time .He was reported as a P.O.W. via Rome and taken to campo 66 in Italy initially on 29 August 1942. He was transferred to campo 78 Sulmona. On 23 March 1943 he was listed as a POW in Camp 78. When the Italians capitulated he escaped and made his way south and met up with Allied troops, back to the Allied Lines. I am told that Salvatore Colangelo was responsible for helping Dad evade the enemy soldiers whilst an escapee. He reached Southern Italy and awaited for transport back to the UK on 3 February 1944.
Dad recuperated and remained with the British Army until 1959 when he retired as a WO1.
Dad never spoke of his ordeal and I only found out after he passed away at the age of 57.

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