Together with Brigadier James Hargest Miles arrived in the Italian prisoner - of - war camp Vincigliata PG 12 in 1942 .
Brigadier James Hargest is the commander of the New Zealand 5th Infantry Brigade and captured around the same time .
Together with Brigadier James Hargest , the commander of the New Zealand 5th Infantry Brigade and captured around the same time , Miles arrived in the Italian prisoner - of - war camp Vincigliata PG 12 in 1942 .