"Stone walls do not a person make (much) Italy Feb 1943." Pen, ink and pencil drawing by JHG Alp, held as POW during WWII.
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Prisoners of War
During the Second World War over 8,000 New Zealand service personnel became prisoners of war. This compares to around 500 POWs in the First World War. Online Cenotaph has utilised the following sources to update the records of close to 8,000 records:
- New Zealand High Commission (Great Britain). (1917). A short sketch of the work of the New Zealand Prisoners of War Department in London and of other undertakings connected with the war. London, England: High Commissioner for New Zealand.
- 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.
Results
| Photo | Force | Wars | Service # | |
| 117237 |  | Baker | Reece Lindon | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 36649 | | |
| C18429 | | Baker | Stephen Waldie | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 5563 | | |
| C143513 | | Balcombe | Eric Francis Keeble | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22383 | | |
| 150945 | | Baldwin | Edward Cecil | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 29488 | | |
| C20571 | | Bale | Arthur James | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | 780 | | |
| C139404 | | Ball | Keith Basil | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23869 | | |
| C18178 | | Ball | Jack Payne | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | C/5484 | | |
| C127671 | | Ballantyne | Diamond Allan | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 11719 | | |
| C143522 | | Baller | Edmond Robert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22448 | | |
| C134325 | | Balloch | Frank | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 2152 | | |
| C134327 | | Balneaves | Alexander James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 5752 | | |
| 155095 | | Balneaves | Andrew Cunningham | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 42160 | | |
| 135635 | | Bamford | Harold Desmond | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 13819 | | |
| 117246 | | Bamford | James Lambeth | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 35101 | | |
| C141373 | | Banfield | Gordon | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 25005 | | |
| C139405 | | Banfield | Ivan Richard | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 26449 | | |
| C134330 | | Banks | Donald | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 4434 | | |
| 156009 | | Banks | John Edwin | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 434930 | | |
| C37886 | | Banks | William Henry | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 6/2061 | | |
| C134332 | | Banner | Ernest Ambrose | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 7502 | | |
| C34969 | | Banton | Horace Jack | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 63235 | | |
| C34612 | | Barach | Ronald Alan | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22880 | | |
| C143377 | | Barach | Nigel Jack | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21648 | | |
| 166802 | | Barber | James Robert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 6522 | | |
| C134341 | | Barber | Walter Macdonald | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 2766 | | |
| 117252 | | Barbour | Raymond Henry | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 16126 | | |
| C122034 | | Barclay | George Stanley | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | 2/2/232, NZ413369 | | |
| 150785 | | Barclay | James Keith | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 29210 | | |
| 117253 | | Bardsley | John | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 13194 | | |
| C17645 | | Barford | Bryan John | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ 1510 | | |
| C143388 | | Barker | Alan | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22855 | | |
| C27827 | | Barker | Allan Charles | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 6324 | | |
| C143395 | | Barker | Herbert Charles | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20340 | | |
| 90577 | | Barker | Claude Relton | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | NX21644 | | |
| C18186 | | Barker | Frederick Robert | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | C/5435 | | |
| C143392 | | Barker | George Leith | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20040 | | |
| C143394 | | Barker | Herbert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 11048 | | |
| C121003 | | Barker | Jack Wilfred | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 22798 | | |
| C120959 | | Barker | John | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 4878 | | |
| C139767 | | Barker | Norman | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23876 | | |
| 117258 | | Barker | Pare | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 16277 | | |
| 122816 | | Barlow | Richard Hewson | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 30847 | | |
| C17974 | | Barnaby | Hilary A. | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 63003 | | |
| 117262 | | Barnaby | George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 24420 | | |
| 79624 | | Barnard | Clement Aubrey John | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 292 | | |
| C134295 | | Barnes | James Alton | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 1183 | | |
| C143404 | | Barnes | Leonard Bruce | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21068 | | |
| C139768 | | Barnes | James Cecil | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 25006 | | |
| 144894 | | Barnes | William Duncan | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 15293 | | |
| 145850 | | Barnes | John Francis | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 17738 | | |
| 157394 | | Barnes | Walter Frank | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 446578 | | |
| C128499 | | Barnett | Clarence Albert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 9204 | | |
| C135369 | | Barnett | William Albert | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945, Regular Military Service | NZ413929, 133203 | | |
| C139769 | | Barnett | Clyde | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 25007 | | |
| C134300 | | Barnett | Francis Edward George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 8845 | | |
| C143406 | | Barnett | Frederick James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21726 | | |
| 122822 | | Barnett | Leslie Warnock | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 63036 | | |
| C143462 | | Barnsley | Alfred John Arthur | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21008 | | |
| C143466 | | Barrett | Hubert Charles George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21161 | | |
| C139770 | | Barrett | Desmond | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23878 | | |
| 144933 | | Barrett | John | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 15377 | | |
| 117270 | | Barrett | Lawrence Michael | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 2158 | | |
| 117269 | | Barrett | Roy Oswald | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 14521 | | |
| C18187 | | Barron | Alexander Deryck | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | W/3696 | | |
| C134395 | | Barron | Fred Christmas | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 5560 | | |
| C143470 | | Barron | Gordon | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 10554 | | |
| 178236 | | Barron | John Saunders | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 13477 | | |
| 117277 | | Barrow | Charles Frederick | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 35351 | | |
| C139771 | | Barrow | Norman Douglas | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 14665 | | |
| 144545 | | Barrow | William | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 14244 | | |
| C17983 | | Barstow | John Arthur | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | 2369 | | |
| 148485 | | Bartlett | Albert Roderick | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 24890 | | |
| 153209 | | Bartlett | George James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 37430 | | |
| 117281 | | Bartlett | Maxwell Isaac | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 35464 | | |
| 144882 | | Bartlett | Sydney Joseph | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 15271 | | |
| C116083 | | Bartlett | Robert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 39203 | | |
| C134409 | | Barton | Alan Murray | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 1185 | | |
| C120983 | | Barton | Louis Clare | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 23545 | | |
| 178517 | | Barton | David Grigor | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 31035 | | |
| 117283 | | Barton | Edward George | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 14855 | | |
| C143480 | | Barton | John Lyell Tone | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 6567 | | |
| 177229 | | Bartosh | Frank Lewis | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 31062 | | |
| C141631 | | Bartrum | Ivan Lennox | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21346 | | |
| 176252 | | Basil-Jones | Courtney Wynne | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20619 | | |
| C18188 | | Baskett | George Robert | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | C/7223 | | |
| C134413 | | Baskin | Bryan Hamilton | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 5315 | | |
| C143482 | | Bassenden | William Norton | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 21092 | | |
| C141364 | | Bassett | Raymond Anthony | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 25009 | | |
| 165713 | | Bassett | Arthur Walter | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 63271 | | |
| C143630 | | Bassett | Ernest Neilson | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20579 | | |
| 157593 | | Bassett | William | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 44831 | | |
| 117292 | | Bastion | Bernard Henry | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 11975 | | |
| 152583 | | Batchelor | Arthur Kay | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 35303 | | |
| 117294 | | Batchelor | Noel | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 16094 | | |
| C140609 | | Batchelor | Ross Trevor | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 35932 | | |
| 117298 | | Bateman | Ernest James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 13512 | | |
| 84422 | | Bateman | Richard Robert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 42132 | | |
| 153331 | | Bates | William Edward | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 37645 | | |
| C134421 | | Batt | Walter Cedric | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 4294 | | |
| 117304 | | Batt | Harold Ernest Norman | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 29172 | | |
The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.