Hi Simon, reading again your reply to Cate (descendant of Carl Carrigan), I wonder how I can obtain any POW questionnaire completed by my Dad, who incidentally was Carl's regiment and POW colleague,NX60337 Colin Booth, 2/3rd anti-tank like Carl, POW Italy like Carl, and who interestingly, crossed border from Italy into Switzerland on same day as Carl and Paul Carrigan (but in a different small group of 3 men - Col Booth, Peter Erickson and I believe Rossett Wycherley was the third man). best wishes, Katrina
Stay put, head south toward Allied lines, or head north to the Swiss Alps? Newly released book 'Shooting Through: Campo 106 Escaped POWs after the Italian Armistice' weaves first-hand accounts of escaped Australian and New Zealander POWs (and some British) from camp to various locations and outcomes into 1944 and 1945. Working from interviews, memoirs and archival records sourced from Australian and UK archives, Shooting Through reveals the decision-making by POWs, the Italian men and women who assisted and befriended them, and the tragedy and humour that this shared history between nations brought forth and which resonates to the present day. Foreword by Professor Peter Monteath (author Escape Artist; POW:Australians in Hitlers Reich). Book was launched at Tobruk House this month, on invitation of Rats Tobruk Association. Peter Monteath and Cate Carrigan were guest speakers. Two appendices in the book: 1. Campo 106 Australian POWs (790 me; the Swiss arrivals, and the deaths, are annotated) 2. New Zealander POWs who reached Switzerland Book can be purchased through international online booksellers. For Australian buyers, contact me by FB, my website, email (katrinakittel9@gmail.com for signed copies which can be promptly posted to you. I am part of the research team behind my late friend and research colleague Bill Rudd's website Welcome Letter | ANZAC POW Free Men in Europe Best wishes to all, Katrina Kittel Katrina Kittel – Historian Author Katrina Kittel: Researcher of POW in wartime Italy
