Edward Allan Brightwell

Forenames

Edward Allan AWMM

Surname

Brightwell AWMM

Also known as

• Ted Brightwell AWMM
• Aussie Brightwell AWMM

Service number

WWII 7885 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM C/o Brightwell Brothers, Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mr E.P. Brightwell (father), 102 Hampton Road, Artarinon, New South Wales, Australia AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 05 Jan 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 7885 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.24 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.24

Embarkation details

WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.24 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.24

Capture details

• WW2
  13 Dec 1941 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
• WW2 Sidi Rezegh AWMM
• WW2 POW - P.G. 57, Gruppignano, Udine, Italy AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
• 13 Apr 1945 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Killed during an action between Germans and a village. (while in P.O.W.) AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
27 (Machine Gun) Battalion AWMM

Son of Edward Penrose Brightwell and Ivy May Brightwell, of Artarmon, New South Wales, Australia

Reported killed while on the march AWMM

Death

13 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Venray War Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands AWMM VIII. G. 3. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2054170
  Sources Used
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 24
• RSA review: the official journal of the N.Z. Returned Services' Association
  "Review" 19th December 1945
• The Evening Post
  Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 102, 27 October 1944, Page 6
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.