CASUALTY LIST

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23315, 29 April 1941, Page 8

CASUALTY LIST

N.Z. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TWENTY-ONE REPORTED WOUNDED (PA) WELLINGTON, April 28. The following casualties to members of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force have been reported. WOUNDED Private Thomas Bardsley. His father is Mr T. Bardsley, sen., Pirongia. Private William Arthur , Thcimas Campbell. His mother •is Mrs J. A, Campbell, Waiuku. Lanoe-Corporal Frederick Alexander Krn«m His wife is Mrs Jv. crown, 26 Hargreaves street, Wellington. Private Roy Archibald Chnstiamen His mother is Mrs O, Christian sen, Rahway. Whareroa. Hawera. Private Charles Edward Clack. His. mother is Mrs E. Clack, c.o. General Post Office. Wellington. Private William Matthew Clark. His mother is Mrs Cath Clark. Kenderdine road, Papatoetoe. Private Leo Emerson. His father is Mr S. Emerson. Tinwald, Ashbur-

ton. Lance-Corporal Alan Dugald Gilchrist. His father is Mr J. H. Gilchrist, 137 Kimbolton road, Feilding. Private Alfred Cecil Dillard. His father is Mr Francis Gillard, 34 Milton street, Spreydon, Christ-

church. Sergeant Frederick Augustus Kibblewhite. His wife is Mrs B. I. Kibwhite, 14 Montreal street, Palm-

erston North. Private Frank James Laird. His mother is Mrs H. V. Laird, Ida street,

Blenheim. Private Albert Francis Victor Large. His mother is Mrs E. Large. Wakefield road, Johnsonville. Private John Alexander Livingstone. A relative is Miss Ivy Livingstone, 61 Ellis street, Frankton Junction (relationship not stated). Private William Allan Marshall. His father is Mr W. A. Marshall, Manu-

nui. Private John Richard Parcell. His mother is Mrs M. A. Parcell, Bannockburn, Otago. Private William James Plrimona. His mother is Mrs Nina Pirimona, 31 St. Mary’s road, Ponsonby. Corporal John Jowett Rogan. His mother is Mrs Alice Rogan, 1 Frieston road, Milford, Auckland. Private William Joseph Sewell. His father is Mr E. Sewell, 1 McCallum

street. Dannevirke. Private Thomas Campbell Weir. His next-of-kin is Mr L. G. Weir, Ohutu, Taihape. Private Athol Allan Winsor. His wife is Mrs S. E. Winsor, Parahi, Mata-

kohe. Private William Neville Wrlglev. His father is Mr William Thomas Wrigley, 25 Smithfield road, Wanganui. ANNOUNCEMENTS NOT DELAYED PROCEDURE OUTLINED The procedure followed by the army in the field in deali.ng with casualties is designed to ensure that relatives are advised at the earliest possible moment of any deaths or injuries to those whose fortunes they are following so closely. This has been emphasised by; army authorities, in answer to inquiries. The aim of the army organisation, it is pointed out,*is to see that wives, mothers, fathers, and other relatives know as soon as is humanly possible of any casualties. A complete and very thorough system for recording casualties exists in the Army. Daily, or as often as is practicable, each unit sends to its brigade or regimental headquarters full lists of the officers and men who have been killed or wounded, and these are sent on to Divisional Headquarters the same day. From that office they are telegraphed to the De-puty-Adjutant-General’s office at the base. There they are checked with the records, and the lists are then cabled to the countries from which the forces come. Action in Greece

It is emphasised that the return is to be forwarded by units daily, “or as often as is practicable.” If the New Zealand Division is still engaged in the rearguard action in Greece, a battle of movement under the most arduous conditions, it will be exceedingly difficult to maintain an up-to-the-minute office system in the battalions and batteries. Troop and platoon commanders, with their non-com-missioned officers, will take notes of the casualties suffered by their commands, but they must wait until there is a lull in the fighting before they can pass the details to their own unit headquarters. “Not Held Back” There are some people who assert that casualty lists are withheld for various reasons. There is no point in doing so. Units must get their lists in as quickly as possible, so that they may draw reinforcements to bring them to full strength again. The necessary checking and telegraphing of the lists take time, which deprives them of any value they may have to the enemy for his immediate purposes should they, by some means, become knbwn to him. DEATH ON ACTIVE SERVICE LIEUTENANT T. E. DAWSON Lieutenant T. E. Dawson, 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, announced in yesterday’s casualty list to have died of wounds, was well known in Christchurch, where his father, Colonel F. W. W. Dawson, was formerly assistant medical officer of health. Lieutenant Dawson was educated at Christ’s College, where he was a pupil from 1926 to 1930. After leaving school he joined the Christchurch staff of W. JD. and H. O. Wills, Ltd. Before the war he was corporal, sergeant, and then second lieutenant in B Company and Headquarters Company of the Ist Canterbury Regiment. He left New Zealand with the Ist Echelon as a second lieutenant, and was intelligence officer in the unit to which he was attached. Colonel Dawson has two other sons, Captain F. O. Dawson, and Lieutenant R. A. Dawson, N.Z.M.C., serving with the overseas forces. POSTED AS MISSING Lieutenant Eric D. T. Lewis, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, who has been posted as missing, was educated at Christ’s College ana the University of Otago, completing his medical degree at Edinburgh. LETTER OF SYMPATHY A letter of sympathy with Mr and Mrs H. F. Robinson (Riccarton) on the death of their son, Sergeant Gunner R. L. Robinson, has been sent by Mr V. J. Gamble, headmaster of the Hornby School, from teachers and pupils. NAVAL AIRMAN KILLED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 28. The following casualty to a New Zealand rating serving with the Royal Navy has been reported:— Leading Naval Airman Kenneth Neil Campbell, killed by enemy action in London. His father is Mr Neil K. Campbell, Remufcra, Auckland.