J The FACTS not the speculation are that:
He arrived in Egypt with 53 LAA Regiment (his record and the ORBAT documents) - there is no
proof shown here that he was on the convoy mentioned.
He may have indeed entered other countries in North Africa with the units he was with then, 53 LAA then Base Depot, then the General Transport Coy then the Petrol Coy - only the war diaries of those units or the diaries of the higher formations to which they belonged will tell you where they were and I challenge folk to prove what they were (not what they guess they were). As I've said, the ORBATs don't list minor units.
In Italy 2nd or 28th August (earlier post)
In Italy with the Petrol Transport Company and then HQ RASC 13 Corps Troops (post 0720 this morning).
It says somewhere on his record that he was Lines of Communication supply. RASC would be transporting the fuel.
Scouseboy - why don't you read the images properly. The only mention in his record of Lines of Communication is in 1941 when he is England attached to 37 L of C Independent Brigade Company RASC in November 1941. Almost all his service was spent in the L of C but that is not what you said.
And to "examine the records for chasing prisoners for November and December" requires the war diaries which I and others have cited more than once.
J from Canada - I sincerely hope you can separate out the facts from the continual speculation here and recounting of the history of the North African campaign. There any number of books on the campaign, my personal recommendation would be Alan Moorehead "The Desert War", any good bookshop will be able to suggest others.
maxD
