PG 82 Laterina

War time place name:
Laterina
Contemporary local place name:
Laterina

Laterina, Province of Arezzo, Italy

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Laterina is a village of the municipality of Laterina Pergine Valdamo, in the province of Arezzo, Italian region of Tuscany. The village is located about 9 miles (14km) northwest of Arrezzo.

PM 3200

The Camp was set up by the Italian War Ministry to house members of the Allied Forces who had been taken prisoner in North Africa.  After the Italian Armistice of 8 September 1943 the camp passed into German hands and was used as a transit camp –  Dulag 132 – from which prisoners were sent to Stalags in Germany.

317 POWs held here were transferred to Germany in 1943.  The transfer lists attached are in alphabetical order, however there are a few names out of sequence. These can be found on the first and last list.

More information about this camp can be discovered from these links:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/77/a2778177.shtml

https://campifascisti.it/scheda_campo.php?id_campo=365

Translation for Campi Fascisti main page:

Laterina – Prisoner of war camp no. 82
Laterina (Arezzo) – Italy
Camp type: Prisoner of war camp from August 1942
Source: DPG27
History: some doubts about the chosen location in PGLA01

Nucleus departure P.G. workers towards the P.G. field 120 of Chiesanuova (PGCH02) and also in PGCH05. expansion in PGVA14

Work detachments in Lappato, Bucine, Monte San Savino, San Quirico, Livorno, Borgo San Lorenzo Campi Bisenzio, Castelfiorentino, Gambassi Terme, Mercatale, Monte Giovi, Rufina, Vaglia

Transfer of Allied prisoners of war to Germany in July 1943 in CRI0006.

Note: Research on Italian prisoner of war camps is still ongoing (summer 2013). The information reported here is taken from some documents conserved in the Historical Office of the Army General Staff and concerns only the period from March 1942 to March 1943. The data on this sheet are therefore incomplete and still to be verified.

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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.

Posts related to this camp

Found 26 POWs

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Last name First name Rank Nationality Unit Service number Camp POW number
Anderson R South African South African Army (Union Defence Force), 6th South African Infantry Brigade, South African Police Battalion SAP/195602 PG 82 Laterina
Badenhorst J B Private South Africa South African Army (Union Defence Force), 6th South African Infantry Brigade, South African Police Battalion SAP/196030 PG 82 Laterina
Barnard Dodsley Reteif Sergeant South Africa South African Army (Union Defence Force) 13914 PG 82 Laterina, Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe) 223181
Barrow Ronald (Ron) Private British British Army, 7th Battalion Green Howards 4390123 PG 82 Laterina, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 266682
Burning Tom PG 82 Laterina
Cornock Harold Warrant Officer Class 1 British British Army, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 7884197 PG 82 Laterina, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 82127
De Jager Andries Johannes de Bruyn (Danie) Corporal South Africa South African Army (Union Defence Force), 6th South African Infantry Brigade, South African Police Battalion, A Company (South African Police Battalion) PG 454 Brindisi, PG 75 Torre Tresca, PG 54 Passo Corese, Fara in Sabina, PG 110 Carbonia, PG 82 Laterina
Evans Henry British British Army, 22nd Armoured Brigade PG 82 Laterina, PG 36 Castelluccio (PGDS 36)
Ferreira Naas South Africa PG 82 Laterina
Foggin Edwin Thomas (known as Eddie) Gunner British British Army, Royal Artillery 1642813 Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344, PG 82 Laterina, Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe) 222082
Kitts Doug PG 82 Laterina
Martin Arthur Alexander Gunner South Africa South African Army (Union Defence Force) 53377 PG 82 Laterina, Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe), Stalag IXC Bad Sulza 223983
Mitchell Horace William Robert Private British British Army, Hampshire Regiment, 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment 5506347 PG 82 Laterina, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344 30547
Musto Henry John British Army, Hampshire Regiment PG 66 Capua, PG 82 Laterina, Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe), Stalag VIIIB Teschen / Stalag VIIID
Schoeman (?) South Africa PG 82 Laterina
Scholtz Jacobus Johannes Lodewikus South Africa South African Army (Union Defence Force), 6th South African Infantry Brigade SAP 198195 PG 82 Laterina
Tourle Harold Knight South Africa South African Army (Union Defence Force), 2nd South African Infantry Division, 4th South African Infantry Brigade, 2nd Royal Durban Light Infantry, 7732 Support Company (RDLI) PG 82 Laterina, PG 65 Gravina, PG 120 Chiesanuova, Padova (also known as Padua)
Tutt George Temple South African Army (Union Defence Force), 2nd South African Infantry Division PG 82 Laterina
Uys Daantjie South Africa PG 82 Laterina
Van Rooyen W M Gunner South Africa 175755 PG 82 Laterina
Van Rooyen J J Corporal South Africa South African Army (Union Defence Force), 6th South African Infantry Brigade, South African Police Battalion PG 82 Laterina
Van Rooyen F N Trooper South Africa 110591 PG 82 Laterina
Van Tubbergh B C Private South Africa South African Army (Union Defence Force), 6th South African Infantry Brigade, South African Police Battalion PG 75 Torre Tresca, PG 54 Passo Corese, Fara in Sabina, PG 110 Carbonia, PG 82 Laterina SAP/254076
Ward Norman British Army, Durham Light Infantry PG 66 Capua, PG 82 Laterina, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
White Ernest Albert (Chalky) PG 82 Laterina
Woolf Jeffrey PG 65 Gravina, PG 82 Laterina, Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344

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