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Timeline of Events

22 July 1942

Denis captured at Ruweisat Ridge and transported to the British cage at Daba, Egypt. Five day journey by truck and trailer to Benghazi in Libya via Mersa Matruh, Tobruk, Derna and Barce.

30 July 1942

Denis arrived at Benghazi. He described his time there as very rough in a disease-ridden, fenced-in paddock.

September 1942

Denis transported by boat to the port of Taranto in Italy, from where he moved to Campo PG51 (transit camp) at Altamura in Southern Italy.

29 September 1942

Jean and Denis' family informed that Vatican City radio broadcast named Denis as POW in Benghazi. This is their first notification of Denis' whereabouts since July.