Myburgh, R P A

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Bombardier Ronald Philip Abercrombie Myburgh

Family/Last name:
Myburgh
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Ronald Philip Abercrombie
Nationality:
South Africa
Service number:
111247
Military Unit:
South African Army (Union Defence Force), 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 4th Battery (2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Reg)
Rank when captured:
Bombardier
Place of capture:
Tobruk
Date of capture:
22/6/1941
Camp
PG 51 Altamura, Villa Serena (Bari), PG 52 Pian de Coreglia / Chiavari, PG 60 Colle Di Compito
Data sources
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Information provided by Melanie Smith:

Ronald Philip Abercromby Myburgh 

Surname: Myburgh
Forename(s):  Ronald Philip Abercromby
Nationality: South African
Service:  Army,

Regiment :2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade; name changed to 2nd Light Anti- Aircraft regiment (4th Battery)
Rank: Bombardier
When captured: 22nd June 1941
Where captured: “Fig Tree” western perimeter of Tobruk
SN 111247
• POW Camp(s): Transit Camp P.G. 51 at Villa Serena, Altamura, near Bari; P.G. 62*, Colle Compito, near Lucca; finally, P.G. 52 at Calvari, near Chiavari (actually at Pian de Coreglia, on the edge of a town called Calvari, on the banks of the Entella River

Morris N Fletcher Aug 1942 To Sept 1943

*Editor’s note: PG 60 is at Colle Di Compito. PG 62 is at Grumello del Piano, near Bergamo. Until otherwise advised, camp is recorded as PG 60.

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