Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private E. A. Wynne, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish, Union Defence Force, who was taken prisoner of war during the attempted break out from Tobruk in June 1942

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed (221605 E. A. Wynne) with campaign medal enclosure slip and individual medal packets, cleaned, very fine (4) £80-£100

Eamon Anthony Wynne was born in November 1921, and was a citizen of Johannesburg, South Africa. He enlisted in the Union Defence Force at Johannesburg in January 1941, and was subsequently posted to ‘B’ Company, 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish. Wynne disembarked in Egypt in June 1941, and was with the Regiment when it attempted to break out of the Axis cordon surrounding Tobruk, 21 June 1942, ultimately leading to the Garrison’s mass surrender on that date. He appears to have broken through, only to be taken prisoner of war with Private M. J. L. Bold at El Adem, 25 June 1942.

Captured by the Italians, Wynne was initially interned at Campo 54 (near Rome) and then at Campo 110 (Sardinia). He was subsequently transferred to Germany and interned at Stalag 4G - Oschatz. Wynne was repatriated in June 1945.

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