MORE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER POWS

Those soldiers whose stories helped unravel the details of the Prisoner Helpers

The Soldier Sources: Project

HANSEN REGINALD HERBERT: NEW ZEALAND SOLDIER WWI - 24/530 AND POW

Bert Hansen’s daughter-in-law Kath Hansen has published several books elaborating Hansen’s memoirs.

In Pursuit of Freedom: The Unique Story of a New Zealand POW in World War One
In the Field – Mud and Blood on the Western Front

Army Records:

Auckland Museum: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C35277

Archives New Zealand: https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=16791293&digital=yes

Picture: Hansen after the war with unknown friend

BLEMMINGS WILLIAM R:

Native of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 8th City of London Post Office Rifle Brigade, Private, Reg. No. 3393.

Picture courtesy Courtesy Nigel Henderson, Great War Ulster Newspaper Archive

SKINNER JOHN STUART (JACK)

John (Jack) Stuart SKINNER, enlisted originally in 1914 with the Otago (New Zealand) Infantry Battalion, No. 8/105.

Photo courtesy Freddy Declerck and Skinner Family.

MCNAMARA THOMAS

Soldier of the Royal Irish Regiment hailing from Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Posted missing on the 21st March 1918 - No further information available.

MORE ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER POWS

Those soldiers whose stories helped unravel the details of the Prisoner Helpers

HANSEN REGINALD HERBERT: NEW ZEALAND SOLDIER WWI - 24/530 AND POW

Bert Hansen’s daughter-in-law Kath Hansen has published several books elaborating Hansen’s memoirs.

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In Pursuit of Freedom: The Unique Story of a New Zealand POW in World War One

In the Field – Mud and Blood on the Western Front

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Army Records:

Auckland Museum: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C35277

Archives New Zealand: https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=16791293&digital=yes

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Picture: Hansen after the war with unknown friend

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BLEMMINGS WILLIAM R:

Native of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 8th City of London Post Office Rifle Brigade, Private, Reg. No. 3393.

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Picture courtesy Courtesy Nigel Henderson, Great War Ulster Newspaper Archive

SKINNER JOHN STUART (JACK)

John (Jack) Stuart SKINNER, enlisted originally in 1914 with the Otago (New Zealand) Infantry Battalion, No. 8/105.

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Photo courtesy Freddy Declerck and Skinner Family.

MCNAMARA THOMAS

Soldier of the Royal Irish Regiment hailing from Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland. Posted missing on the 21st March 1918 - No further information available.