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New Zealand prisoner of war statistics
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This graph shows that the vast majority of New Zealand Army POWs (6897) were captured between April 1941 and September 1942. Of these 1856 were captured in Greece, 2180 in Crete and the remainder in the Western Desert. Approximately a fifth of these were wounded or died in POW camps during this period.
From Wynne Mason, W. Prisoners of War. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 (War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1954)
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Hi,Sue - you may have already done so,but try his son Martin at skinner@infogen.co.nz.
Gerald Skinner was one of my Skinner cousins
Hi Sue
For any NZ Second World War solider, inlcuding POWs, the best way to find out about their military experience is to order their personnel file. Here is some more information about how to do this.
General information about the POW experience can be found here and, in much more detail, the official history
Hope this helps
Jamie Mackay
Can you please provide me some information about Gerald Skinner, who was a prisoner of WW2 in Italy. He is my uncle and he came back here alive. His brother James Skinner was killed in Egypt. He is now deceased some years ago.
Which camp was Gerald Skinner in as POW and would love to have more information during his time as POW in Italy.
Thank you
Sue Nicholson
Niece of Gerald and James Skinner
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