"Repatriated Prisoners of War Broadcast Messages Home. 28 March 1943, Alexandria, More Than Three Hundred Prisoners of War Were Recently Repatriated Via Alexandria From Italian Prison Camps and Hospitals. There Were Men From South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India and the United Kingdom. Some of the Officers, Ratings and Merchant Seamen, Broadcast Messages To Their Relatives at Home Before Sailing." A naval rating at the microphone reading his message while others wait their turn.