Kenneth Charles James “Hawkeye” Ineson
Private · NZ #9484 · R1 Patrol
| Rank | Private |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #9484 |
| Patrol | R1 Patrol |
| Known as | “Hawkeye” |
| Born | 1918-05-12 |
| POW / KIA | PoW — Gheddahia–Bu Ngem track, 27 Dec 1942 |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C136953 |
What this roll records
Born 12 May 1918 at Waimate, South Canterbury. Captured 28 December 1942 on the Bu Ngem–Geddahiah track; POW at PG 54 Fara in Sabina and P.G. 115, Marsciano (Perugia); escaped PG115 c.8 Sept 1943 and hid out until repatriated at L'Aquila, reported safe 22 July 1944. Tractor operator in civilian life. Embarked/served with 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Post-war occupation truck driver. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Captured in North Africa: R1 Patrol, 27 Dec 1942, Gheddahia–Bu Ngem track. date also annotated 28 Dec 1942. Source: "Names of LRDG NZ personnel captured in North African campaign" (per Brendan O’Carroll).
North Africa — 27 Dec 1942, Gheddahia–Bu Ngem track: prisoner of war. Source: TRACKS magazine (LRDG Association), Ian Chard, 'Not all were lucky — LRDG missing in North Africa', June 2023.
Full name Kenneth Charles James. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
One of the three New Zealanders in R1 patrol’s wireless truck captured when the patrol was ambushed by German armoured cars on the Gheddahia–Bu Ngem track, 27 December 1942. Source: ‘The Eighth Army Advance / Reconnaissance in Tunisia’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Tractor operator in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- Missing info added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
- Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 1, p.89. Unit history: Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion; Mason, W.W. (1954). Prisoners of war. External links: Italy imperial POW list, section 4 (Zenodo): https://zenodo.org/records/4560909 Also cited: List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War 1941-1945, AWMM Library MS 2009/8; Family-contributed info (Military Personnel File, personal story).
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