Keith B. “Junior” Yealands
Private · NZ #10736 · T1 Patrol
| Rank | Private |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #10736 |
| Patrol | T1 Patrol |
| Known as | “Junior” |
| Born | 1921-04-16 |
| POW / KIA | POW — Barce raid, Sep 1942 (WIA); Stalag VIII-B |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/117058 |
What this roll records
Captured 14 September 1942 (Barce Raid); POW at Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf and P.G. 57, Gruppignano. Truck driver in civilian life. Embarked/served with 23rd (Canterbury and Otago) Battalion. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Barce Raid, Sept 1942 (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): A/T breda Gunner — WIA/POW
Captured in North Africa: T1 Patrol, 14 Sep 1942, Barce. Source: "Names of LRDG NZ personnel captured in North African campaign" (per Brendan O’Carroll).
Prisoner-of-war camp: Stalag 344 (code 344), POW No. 33181. 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).
The Kiwi Scorpions (Brendan O'Carroll): Tpr K. Yealands — truck driver, Blenheim; born Blenheim, 16 Apr 1921; wounded and prisoner of war 14 Sep 1942.
In Corporal Craw’s truck at Barce (13–14 September 1942); badly wounded when the truck was set on fire and crashed, and taken prisoner. Source: ‘The Barce Raid’, Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (NZ official war history).
Truck driver, of Blenheim; born Blenheim, 16 Apr 1921. Wounded and prisoner of war, 14 Sep 1942. Source: Episodes & Studies Vol. 1 (biographical notes).
Took part in the Barce Raid with T1 Patrol, 13/14 September 1942. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Kiwi Scorpions’ (Appendix VIII, T1 Patrol members who took part in the Barce Raid, September 1942).
CONFIRMED: Private, 2NZEF Nominal Roll 2 p.206 (23rd Bn); Online Cenotaph record 117058 also lists him on the LRDG Membership Roll Feb 1970 and as POW Stalag VIII-B. Source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/117058
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.206. Unit history: Mason, W.W. (1954). Prisoners of war; Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. External links: Germany imperial POW list, section 4 (Zenodo): https://zenodo.org/records/3955186; 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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