Part 4 - Nominal Roll All AIF POW "Evades" in Switzerland Chapter 3 - The Seventh Division AIF The 18th Brigade The 18th Brigade consisted of the 2/9th Inf. Bn, the 2/10th Inf. Bn and the 2/12th Inf. Bn. As part of the 7th Division, it had been involved in the fierce fighting in Libya and the capture of Giarabub in March 1941. It was then withdrawn from Tobruk to join the rest of the Division in Syria. The 18th Brigade however, retained its Sixth Division rectangular colour patches until the end of the war, despite the re-organisation that saw the formation of the 9th Division from parts of the 6th and 7th divisions. The Brigade was not involved in the fighting in Greece or Crete by the Sixth Division, but as some of its POW captured by the Germans in North Africa had been handed over to the Italians, some of those POW managed to escape to Switzerland. 2/9th Inf Bn - Unit History None of its POW entered Switzerland, while QX7756 William Edward Bailey remained a "Free Man" underground in Italy. 2/10th Inf. Bn - Unit History SX6310 Ronald Leonard Douglas - entered 03.11.43, left 23.04.44. 2/12th Inf Bn - Unit History QX6017 Lt Tom Wootton Elliot - entered 02.10.43, left 23.09.44 Brigade HQ |