AIR CASUALTIES.
SEVEN NEW ZEALANDERS.
SIX REPORTED MISSING. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day. The following Air Force casualties are officially announced: Sergeant Harry Chapman Downs, R.N.Z.A.F., seriously injured in a living accident. His mother is Mrs A. E. Downs, 14 Calcutta. Street, Khandallnh, Wellington. Wing-Commander Leslie Clive Bennett, missing in air operations. His wife is Mrs ,T. Bennett, Chichester, England, and his father 'Mr F. H. Bennett, Harrow, England. Wing-Com-mander Bennett was born at Ngaroto, Nbw Zealand.
Flying-Officer William Harcourt Coleman, R.N.Z.A.F., missing, believed killed in operations. His mother is Mrs. A. Walton, 12 Derby Street, Devonport, Auckland. Pilot-Officer David Baynton Starky, missing as the result of an aircraft accident. His father is Mr F. B. Starky, Toa Toa, Bay of Plenty. Sergeant W. D. F. Annan, reported missing, believed killed. His father is Mr F. J. A. Annan, 58 Dickons Street, Napier. Pilot-Officer Frank Twain Poole, missing - , believed killed. His father is Mr C. H. Poole, 373 Herbert Street, Invercargill.-Pilot-Officer Rupert Edward Short, missing on air operations. His father is Mr T. E. Short, 143 Campbell Road, Green Lane, Auckland.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 249, 29 July 1940, Page 5
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