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256772 Pte. Raymond Arthur Brown New Zealand Expeditionary Force 25th Btn. from:14 Roy Street, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand Raymond Brown left New Zealand in WW2 on 13th of September 1941 with the 25th Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, arriving in Egypt on 20th of October 1941. He was 22 years old. During an advance he was reported missing on 22nd of July 1942. It wasn't until 18th of November 1942 a cable was received outlining his incarceration at Campo PG 57, Gruppignano, Italy. He was moved to Campo PG 107, Udine, Italy on 121st of April 943. In 1944, Raymond's next of kin received a capture card from Stalag VII/A, dated 23rd of June 1944 POW number 130300. Raymond was finally liberated on 13th of May 1945, and returned to New Zealand via London, UK. Having been a POW took its toll on Raymond. His health was very poor on his return to New Zealand, exacerbated by excessive drinking. Sadly he passed away in March of 1964 from congestive heart failure and alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.