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Pte. Bryon Harford Sexton
New Zealand Army 24th Battalion
from:Waihi Beach, New Zealand
Bryon Sexton was wounded in the 1st of December 1941 near Sidi Rezegh where his brother John Sexton was killed on the 25th of November 1941.
Bryon became a POW and was on The Jason that left Benghazi on 8th of December 1941 with 2000 POWs. The boat was sunk by the submarine Porpoise. 500 drowned. Bryon was rescued and finished up at Campo PG85, later being taken to Stalag 344 and then Stalag 398.