Lance Corporal · NZ #46071 · Heavy Section
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #46071 |
| Patrol | Heavy Section |
| Known as | “Jim” |
| POW / KIA | PoW — Sedada (SW Gheddahia), 22 Dec 1942 |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/128132 |
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). (master patrol: Heavy Section; captured with T2 Patrol).
Prisoner-of-war camp: Stalag VIII-B (code 8B), POW No. 33726. 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 DISCREPANCY (for review): Imperial POW roll records capture as 22 Jan 1942, differing from master 22 Dec 1942 (Sedada); likely a month/year error in the Imperial roll. Source: 2NZEF Imperial POW rolls (Zenodo, CC BY 4.0).
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.
Capture date confirmed by TRACKS (Ian Chard), resolving the earlier Imperial-roll discrepancy.
Captured 22 January 1942; POW at Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf and P.G. 85, Tuturano. Labourer in civilian life. Embarked/served with Infantry Brigade. 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, 22 December 1942. Source: ‘The Eighth Army Advance / Reconnaissance in Tunisia’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
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