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World War II (1939-1945): New Zealand Prisoners of War

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  • New Zealand War Graves Project.
    Pte. William Robert McNeish (1913 - 1944)
    William Robert McNeish was the son of Archibald and Louisa McNeish, of Dunedin, Otago; husband of Netta Emily McNeish, of Dunedin. WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece. WW2 POW...
  • Pte. Charles Stewart Lovett (1898 - 1945)
    Charles Stewart Lovett was the son of Edward Lovett and of Mary Lovett (nee Spence), of Ashburton. Captured 28 June 1942 WW2 POW - Dulag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Germany WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine,...
  • Pte. Henry Cassilis Seelye (1918 - 1941)
    Son of William Percy Seelye and of Annie Elizabeth Walden Seelye (nee Crust), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Husband of Phyllis Linley (nee Jeavons), of Dunedin. Wounded and captured on 30 November 19...
  • Christopher Falcon Scott (1914 - 1990)
    He served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War 2. As part of his No. 75 (NZ) Squadron, on 22 Dec 1940 the Wellington bomber he was piloting was part of a bombing raid on Mannheim, Germany. T...
  • John McKnight (1903 - 1981)
    He embarked as a private in the infantry of the New Zealand Army (23rd Battalion, 5th Brigade of the 6th Reinforcements of the 2nd NZ Expeditionary Force) on 27 Jun 1941 - from Wellington to Egypt. As ...
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/second-world-war/prisoners-of-war

A project for New Zealanders who were held as prisoners of war overseas during any field of war and those who were held as prisoners of war in New Zealand (eg. Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II).

A prisoner of war (POW, PoW, PW, P/W, WP, PsW, enemy prisoner of war (EPW) or "missing-captured") is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war

During the Second World War New Zealanders in large numbers became prisoners of war, or went 'into the bag' as they popularly called it. One in 200 of New Zealand's population of the time were held in captivity - over 8000 people. This compares with around 500 POWs in the First World War. Source: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/second-world-war/prisoners-of-war
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