PG 57 Grupignano

War time place name:
Grupignano
Contemporary local place name:
Grupignano

Via Grupignano, Cividale del Friuli, Province of Udine, Italy

The camp is near the small town of Grupignano. The largest city near Campo PG 57 is Udine in the Friuli–Venezia Giulia region of Italy.

PM 3200

There is more information about this camp here, including portraits of POWs:

http://www.grupignano.com

Further information:

http://www.anzacpow.com/part_1__missing_in_action,_believed_pow/chapter_5__italian_prison_camps/b._pg57__udinegruppignano

http://www.grupignano.com/about.html

http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-GreLong-t1-body-d7.html#n102

http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1Epi-c4-WH2-1Epi-i.htm

https://campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=353

Translation for Campi Fascisti main page:

Grupignano – Camp for prisoners of war n. 57
Grupignano, locality in the municipality of Premariacco (Udine) – Italy
Camp type: Prisoner of war camp from May 1941
Source: DPG27
In operation since May 1941, the P.G. No. 57 of Grupignano (location along the road from Udine to Cividale) has 4,600 places for non-commissioned officers and troops and 22 places for senior officers, all in barracks (see DPG27). On March 1, 1942, 1,595 prisoners of war were present in the camp (see DPG02 and DPG04). Figure that rises first to 2,484 (September 1942) (see DPG17 and DPG18), and then to 4,473 (March 1943) (see DPG35 and DPG36).

In August 1942 there is news of an unsuccessful escape attempt by two New Zealand soldiers who are wounded by a machine gun shot (see PGGU03). At the end of October 1942, another escape attempt, this time through an underground tunnel, involved 19 prisoners who were however captured again in a short time (see PGGU04, PGGU05 and PGGU06).

The majority of the internees are servicemen of Australian, New Zealand and English nationality. But there are the presences, actually few, of prisoners of war from the former Yugoslav army and some Greek soldiers. Soldiers were also taken from Cerchignano to be sent to the labor camps for prisoners of war. In particular, two documents attest to the departure of prisoners of war from the PG camp. N. 57 towards the newly established PG field No. 120 of Chiesanuova (a camp adjacent to the concentration camp for civilian internees of Chiesanuova managed by the soldiers of the II Army). The first document is dated March 3, 1943 (see PGCH01) and concerns the establishment of a group of 50 officers. of New Zealand nationality to be sent to the work detachment of Cittadella (Fratelli Gottardo farm), while the second – dated 10 March 1943 (see PGGU01) – concerns another 60 New Zealanders to be used again as agricultural workers at the VIII work detachment, this too like the previous employee of the basic labor camp P.G. No. 120 of Chiesanuova. Previously, in October 1942, a group of 300 prisoners of war of New Zealand nationality had left from Grupignano for the nearby Torviscosa labor camp (n. 107) (see PGTO01)

Camp research P.G. N. 57 of Grupignano is still to be completed.

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PG abbreviation

The full title is ‘Campo Concentramento di Prigioniere di Guerra’ (prisoner of war concentration camp). They were not concentration camps in the normal sense of the word. Camps were normally prefixed PG, but could be referred to as CC, Campo or Campo PG. The exception was the 2 Dulags and 1 Stalag within Italy, which were German controlled transit centres for POWs being transferred to Germany. The camps were originally known by their place names, and numbers were not introduced until early 1942. There are some camps with no numbers, perhaps they closed before early 1942?

PM abbreviation

Camps in Italy were divided into postal areas, each area designated ‘PM [number]’. PM translates to ‘Posta Militare’, meaning ‘military mail’. The number indicated the central postal reception area for the camps’ mail.

Found 24 POWs

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Last name First name Rank Nationality Unit Service number Camp POW number
Armstrong Hilton Henry Austin Private New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) 63002 PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe), Stalag IVF Hartmannsdorf 279925
Badman Albert Victor (Sandy) Trooper New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) 16156 PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 29006
Bates Peter British Army PG 51 Altamura, Villa Serena (Bari), PG 57 Grupignano
Berg Eric Carl Albert Private Australia Australian Army (2nd Australian Imperial Force), 2/48 Battalion (Aus) SX9341 PG 106 Vercelli, PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag XVIIIA/Z Spittal, Stalag XVIIIA ​Wolfsberg 6553
Brightwell Edward A Private New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) 7885 PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIIA Görlitz, Stalag VIIIF Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 33095
Clucas Robert John PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 33597
Comines Thomas Sergeant Royal Australian Air Force, 38 Sqdn (RAAF) 402111 PG 57 Grupignano 32072
Cooper Alan James Corporal Australian Army (2nd Australian Imperial Force), 2/24 Battalion (Aus) VX 34734 PG 57 Grupignano 29396
Fletcher Morris Neil Sergeant New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force), 2nd New Zealand Division, 26th Battalion (NZ 2nd Division), 3rd Echelon (2NZEF) NZ13894 PG 57 Grupignano, PG 148 Pol di Pastrengo / Bussolengo, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Gooch Francis Ernest New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force), New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment (NZA), 25 Battery (NZA) 45254 PG 85 Tuturano, PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Hewett Basil S Corporal New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) 62331 PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIA Moosburg 127842
Hubbard George Norman Aircraftsman 1st Class Royal Australian Air Force, 6 Sqdn (RAAF) 6482 PG 57 Grupignano 32539
Jones Frederick Christie Lance Corporal New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force), 25th Battalion, New Zealand Army 32876 PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIIC Sagan, Stalag VIIIA Görlitz 32253
Jordan Ivan New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force), 19th Battalion (NZ) PG 148 Pol di Pastrengo / Bussolengo, PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 30317
Knight Albert Ernest New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Lester John Frederick Private New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) 15012 PG 57 Grupignano 32678
Mackenzie John G Private New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) 15286 PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe), Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 222070
Mayman Edgar George Corporal Australian Army (2nd Australian Imperial Force), 2/43 Infantry Battalion SX 4930 PG 57 Grupignano 7798
McPhail Kenneth Ross Lance Corporal New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) 15819 PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag XVIIID Marburg, Stalag XVIIIA ​Wolfsberg 8700
Mills Eric Sergeant New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force), 24th Battalion 12603 Stalag VIIA Moosburg, PG 57 Grupignano 127694
Redshaw Albert Ivan George New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force), New Zealand Medical Corps 38268 PG 85 Tuturano, PG 57 Grupignano, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 35464
Snell Horace Campbell New Zealand New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force) PG 57 Grupignano, PG 148 Pol di Pastrengo / Bussolengo 29896
Tristam Exford PG 57 Grupignano
Vicar R L Australia Australian Army (2nd Australian Imperial Force), 9th Australian Division, 24th Brigade (9th Australian Div), 2/28th Battalion (Aus) WX 1329 PG 66 Capua, PG 57 Grupignano, PG 106 Vercelli

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