Post #391832 by Toataiaha on Sat, Jul 5, 2008 5:46 PM

I have no idea of the total number of POWs from all of the Pacific Islands , or even from just Polynesia , but from New Zealand ,there were more than 8000 .
One in 200 of New Zealand's population of the time were held in captivity .
How many of these were incarcerated in Europe , and how many in Asia , not sure of that either .
The New Zealand service personal were not just from NZ , they included men and women from across the Pacific .