Tourle, H K

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Harold Knight Tourle

Family/Last name:
Tourle
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Harold Knight
Nationality:
South Africa
Military Unit:
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)
Place of capture:
Tobruk
Camp
PG 82 Laterina, PG 65 Gravina, PG 120 Chiesanuova, Padova (also known as Padua)
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's report)
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Information Provided by Maureen Dowling:

Harold Knight Tourle
• POW Camp(s): Camp 82, Camp 65, Camp 120/XI

• Surname: Tourle
• Forename(s): Harold Knight
• Nationality: South African
• Service (eg Navy, Army, Air Force etc): Army
• Ship/Regiment/Squadron etc: 2nd Royal Durban Light Infantry,
• When captured: Tobruk
Private H. K. Tourle, 7732 Support Company, 2nd Royal Durban Light Infantry (RDLI) , 4th SA infantry Brigade, 2nd South African Infantry Division

My father-in-law was captured at Tobruk and shipped across from Benghazi to Brindisi and then held at a camp in Bari before being transferred to Gravina,
From Gravina he was sent to a work camp near Padua ( letters he wrote indicate that this camp was Camp 120/XI).
He escaped from Padua after the armistice and made his way to Ortona where he was recaptured. He was then sent to Germany and Poland where he survived working on the coal mines and the Death March from Poland to Germany. He was rescued near Regensberg by the US Eighth Army.

My wife and I are touring Italy at present and have visited the camp at Gravina with the assistance of a local Italian living in Altamura.

 

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