posted on 2024-06-05, 18:21authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Sergeant Harry Finlayson, a tank commander in the British 5th Battalion, 7th Armoured Corps during World War II, was captured near Sidi Rezegh airfield in November 1941 after his tank was disabled by a German panzer. He was later transported on the Sebastiano Veniero, a ship carrying POWs, which was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS Porpoise on December 9, 1941. Harry survived the sinking and subsequent ordeal.</p><p>This summary of the attached PDF document was generated using AI technology.</p>