Longarato, Vittorio

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Title: Longarato, Vittorio
Family name: Longarato
Given name(s): Vittorio
Gender: Male
Full biographical data: Vittorio Longarato (Sorio di Gambellara 28/04/1917- 27/06/1994)
Unit of Army: Bersagliere
POW 37824
In 1941, he was in Tripoli and fought in the battle of El Mechili on 08/04/1941.
Captured in Sallum, on 15/05/1941.
Transferred to the 19th General Hospital in Geneifa (Egypt) on 23/05/1941.
Transferred from the General Hospital to POW Camp 306 in Geneifa (Egypt) on 25/07/1941, where he was first placed in section n. 9 (for wounded prisoners) and later moved to sections n. 13, 19 and 18 (POWs awaiting their final destinations).
Assigned to be transferred from Camp 306 in Geneifa, Egypt, to South Africa, on 27/08/1941.
Transferred from Geneifa to Suez on 27/08/1941.
Transferred from Suez to Durban, South Africa, on the ship Viceroy of India on 29/08/1941.
The ship returned to the Suez port on 30/08/1941 because of a suspected enemy attack.
The ship departed again on the evening of the same day (30/08/1941).
Stopover in Aden (Yemen) and Mombasa (Kenya).
Kept temporary in the Camp 4 Durban Road, in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Transferred from Camp 4 Durban Road in Pietermaritzburg to Zonderwater, near Pretoria, South Africa, on 08/04/1942.
Transferred from Pietermaritzburg to Durban and boarded on the Taos Victory ship directed to Naples on 10/01/1947.
Repatriated to Italy on 02/02/1947
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POW Number: 37824
Honorific: Bersagliere
Country of birth: Italy
Place of birth: Sorio di Gambellara
Period of captivity: 19th General Hospital in Geneifa 15 May 1941/23 May 1941; POW Camp 306 in Geneifa/25 Jul 1941; Suez/-/27 Aug 1941 to 30 Aug 1941; Camp Pietermaritzburg; POW Camp Zonderwater/4 Aug 1942-2 Feb 1947/1 Jan 1947
Journey: Italy; Tripoli; El Mechili; Sallum; 19th General Hospital in Geneifa; POW Camp 306 in Geneifa; Suez; Aden; Mombasa; Camp Pietermaritzburg; POW Camp Zonderwater; Pietermaritzburg; Durban; Napoli
Related Person(s): Longarato, Elisa; Longarato, Angelo; Scarsi, Elisa
Death date: June 27, 1994
Country of death: Italy
Place of death: Sorio di Gambellara
Current resting place: Sorio di Gambellara
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