Casualties and monuments MV Nino Bixio
part of athens memorial in cwgc s phaleron war cemetery
184 of dead no. 1 hold: 116 new zealanders, 41 australians, 16 uk , 11 south africans. 7 free french pows in no. 2 hold killed. there indian army pows in no. 3 hold, number of casualties among them not known. number of italian guards on deck killed.
the bodies of of dead brought ashore. 20 new zealand soldiers buried @ pylos , names included on cwgc s phaleron war memorial in athens. majority of dead have no grave sea, , therefore commemorated on alamein memorial in western egypt.
a chapel @ pow camp 57 built in 1943 , consecrated few days before armistice of cassibile. camp demolished after war chapel restored in 1990s. white marble tablet commemorating 116 new zealanders , 41 australians among ninio bixio s dead installed in chapel in 21st century.
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