Edgar Henry Garland

Edgar Henry Garland (1895, Wellington, New Zealand – 4 May 1973) was a New Zealand officer, known for numerous escapes from German prisoners camps during WWI. He was regarded as one of the most cunning and slippery of the British officers by the German War Office. He became a famous around the end of the war and got the nickname "The Elusive Garland".
Biography.
Edgar Henry Garland was a New Zealand soldier in World War I. He trained as a pilot at the New Zealand Flying School at Kohimarama, Auckland in 1916. Garland was serving with 'Unit - RFC(SR) 66 Squadron, flying Sopwith Scout (Pup) B1767. He made twenty-four flights over the German lines before being shot down on 22nd August, 1917. He made a forced landing in Ostend and was interned at the Holzminden prisoner of war camp, reserved for British and British Empire officers. He participated in the largest POW escape of the war - the first "Great Escape" in July of 1918. During this escape twenty nine officers escaped, but only ten made it out of Germany and, eventually, to Britain. Flight-Lieutenant Garland was captured again but went on to make a total of eight escape attempts.
One of the early books about his escape attempts, published firstly in the early 1920s describes Garland: 
The Official newspaper of the New Zealand Society of Great Britain published the Letter addressed to Garland from his mother. The letter was despatched from his mother in Wellington on 26 July 1916. By the time card reached him, he was already shot down and was a prisoner of war in Holzminden. This reached him on 2 November 1918, via the High Commissioner in London. This happened seven days before the Armistice finished the war.