Private · NZ #33508
| Rank | Private |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #33508 |
| POW / KIA | PoW — Levitha, 24 Oct 1943 |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/171698 |
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).
New Zealand (A) Squadron, Levitha (24 Oct 1943): prisoner of war. Source: Roll of New Zealand (A) Squadron Casualties on Levitha, Brendan O’Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean". Roll records rank as Gunner (recorded here as Private).
Prisoner-of-war camp: Stalag 344 (code 344), POW No. 35816. Source: Germany & German-Occupied Territories Imperial POW Alphabetical List, Section 4 (N.Z.), 2NZEF. Transcription via Zenodo (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3632116, CC BY 4.0).
Capture-date note: Imperial POW roll shows capture 25 Oct 1942 — the year appears to be an error (Levitha was Oct 1943). Master retains 24 Oct 1943. Source: 2NZEF Imperial POW rolls (Zenodo, CC BY 4.0).
Captured 25 October 1942; POW at Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf. Labourer in civilian life. Embarked/served with Infantry Reinforcements. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
New Zealanders in the Levita action, 24 October 1943: taken prisoner of war. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Kiwi Scorpions’ (Appendix IX, New Zealanders in the Levita action).
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