Trooper · NZ #1141 · T2 Patrol
| Rank | Trooper |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #1141 |
| Patrol | T2 Patrol |
| Born | 1912-02-29 |
| POW / KIA | PoW — Sedada (SW Gheddahia), 22 Dec 1942 |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C137127 |
The prefix NZ has been added to his service number, on the authority of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph record already linked on this card — the Museum holds him as a New Zealand service person. The digits are unchanged. This roll formerly left the number unmarked, which made it look like a British number to anyone reading the field rather than the card.
Cenotaph-verified 27 Jul 2026 (record link added).
Captured in North Africa: T2 Patrol, 22 Dec 1942, Sedada, SW Gheddahia. assumed date. Source: "Names of LRDG NZ personnel captured in North African campaign" (per Brendan O’Carroll).
North Africa — 22 Dec 1942, Sedada: prisoner of war. Source: TRACKS magazine (LRDG Association), Ian Chard, 'Not all were lucky — LRDG missing in North Africa', June 2023.
Captured 22 December 1942; POW at P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy. Clerk in civilian life. Embarked/served with 2nd Division Cavalry. Born 29 February 1912; his own father was killed at Gallipoli. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
One of the New Zealanders of T2 patrol reported missing when the road-watch camp near Sedada was overrun by German armoured cars, 22 December 1942. Source: ‘The Eighth Army Advance / Reconnaissance in Tunisia’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Clerk in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
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