James Leslie “Jim” Reid
Sergeant · NZ #31121 / 1763106 · T2 Patrol
| Rank | Sergeant |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #31121 / 1763106 |
| Patrol | T2 Patrol |
| Regiment | NZ MC |
| Known as | “Jim” |
| POW / KIA | PoW — Sedada (SW Gheddahia), 22 Dec 1942 (escaped Italy 1943) |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/151543 |
What this roll records
One of the T2 men cut off when the road-watch camp near Sedada was overrun (22 December 1942); walked for a week before he was captured, and later escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp in Italy. Source: ‘The Eighth Army Advance / Reconnaissance in Tunisia’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Additional service number(s) from Rhodesia roll: 1763106. Source: Rhodesia Nominal Roll (Brendan O’Carroll).
Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Att medical orderly
Barce Raid, Sept 1942 (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): MO — inj / flown out
Captured in North Africa: T2 Patrol, 22 Dec 1942, Sedada, SW Gheddahia. escaped Italy 1943. Source: "Names of LRDG NZ personnel captured in North African campaign" (per Brendan O’Carroll).
North Africa — 22 Dec 1942, Sedada: prisoner of war. Escaped in Italy the following year. Source: TRACKS magazine (LRDG Association), Ian Chard, 'Not all were lucky — LRDG missing in North Africa', June 2023.
POW at P.G. 85, Tuturano, Italy. Carpenter in civilian life. Embarked/served with No. 1 N.Z. Convalescent Depot, N.Z. Medical Corps. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Full name James Leslie. 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. 2, p.155. Unit history: Mason, W.W. (1954). Prisoners of war. External links: Ngā Taonga (Sgt Jim Reid greeting): https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/11794; 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.
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