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World War Two / Re: Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Monday 16 April 12 17:14 BST (UK)  »
That is an excellent photo of the arch, and how extraordinary that it should be from almost exactly the same viewpoint as my uncle's sketch of it, done 69 years ago.

When you were there, could you tell if the premises were used for anything, or just left empty? Did you manage to go inside?

Forbes

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World War Two / Re: Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Saturday 14 April 12 13:37 BST (UK)  »
Seems to have worked that time!

The sketch seems to have been drawn from outside the main entrance and shows the name of the camp and the big parabolic arch over the gateway, also the characteristic diamond pattern on the brickwork. The water tower, inside the camp, appears to be still under construction as it has the scaffolding still up.

The painting, done from inside the camp, shows some of the buildings and part of the hillside, dotted with trees.

That brings me up to 3 postings, so I can now use the PM system, I believe.

Cheers, Forbes

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World War Two / Re: Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Saturday 14 April 12 13:20 BST (UK)  »
I have been struggling a bit trying to attach a couple of my uncle's pictures. I had thought that it would be as simple as with an email. Have reduced them using Irfanview and will now try again.

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World War Two / Re: Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Wednesday 14 March 12 17:26 GMT (UK)  »
My uncle was in PG70. He too was captured at Tobruk. He was an artist and produced a number of watercolours painted in the camp, as well as sketches and cartoons. Some of these clearly show the diamond pattern of brickwork which can be recognised in the photos on de Souza's website, as well as the general appearance of the buildings and the parabola-shaped arch over the entrance. He also did the artwork for the camp newspaper, the "70 Times". I wonder if anyone has any records or recollections of PG70 in 1942 and 1943 that they would like to share.

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