PG 52
Chiavari
Chiavari
Weakley, W A, fl 1942. Camp 52, for prisoners of war, Chiavari, Italy. Ref: DA-00376. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22876238
Above: Camp 52, for prisoners of war, Chiavari, Italy, 1942. Photograph taken by W A Weakley.
Note on back of file print reads "...All beds and gear out for a search. Note where bed slats have been taken off to provide fuel for brewing tea."
More information about this camp can be discovered through these links:
https://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/vaccarezza-family-p-g-52-escapees-protected/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/50/a4235050.shtml
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C173844
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/31777-camp-52-chiavari/
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/PG52/PicPG_52_Christmas1.htm
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/WH2Pris-fig-WH2Pri10b.html
http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/pow/powcamp.php?pid=3487
Names
(Please email names to powsitaly@lamsdorf.com)
Thomas Stanley Davison
John Christian William Handford
Raymond James Nixon
Alan Ward
Note on back of file print reads "...All beds and gear out for a search. Note where bed slats have been taken off to provide fuel for brewing tea."
More information about this camp can be discovered through these links:
https://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/vaccarezza-family-p-g-52-escapees-protected/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/50/a4235050.shtml
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C173844
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/31777-camp-52-chiavari/
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/pow/PG52/PicPG_52_Christmas1.htm
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/WH2Pris-fig-WH2Pri10b.html
http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/pow/powcamp.php?pid=3487
Names
(Please email names to powsitaly@lamsdorf.com)
Thomas Stanley Davison
John Christian William Handford
Raymond James Nixon
Alan Ward
