CASUALTY LIST

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23323, 8 May 1941, Page 10

CASUALTY LIST

EIGHT MEN KILLED IN ACTION FORTY-FOUR WOUNDED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 7. The following official casualty list was issued to-day:— KILLED IN ACTION Private John Oliver Comer. His mother is Mrs M. J. Comer. Thames. Corporal Leonard Rex Dowding. His father is Mr F. N. Dowding, Waitara. Warrant-Officer Amos Dowell Hunter, His wife is Mrs E. M. Hunter, Greymouth. Private John Terence O’Donnell. His mother is Mrs T. O’Donnell, Winton. Gunner Walter Roland Clarke. His father is Mr E. Clarke, Papakura. Sergeant Lionel Charles Clews. His father is Mr T. G. Clews, Papatoetoe. Gunner James Herbert Cosson. His wife is Mrs E. Cosson, uckland. Gunner Lyle Joseph Petersen. His father is Mr A. J. Petersen, Masterton. WOUNDED .The following have been wounded:— Private Frederick Cadman Bagnall. His father is Mr C. L. Bagnall, . Dargaville. Bombardier Harry Thomas Duane. A brother is Mr R. C. Duane, Auckland, Private Leslie Desmond Eden. A friend is Miss Lena Mclntosh, Auckland. Lance-Bombardier Stafford Bradley Elsinore. His wife is Mrs Julia Els- ' more, Auckland. * Corporal Jack Goodall, His mother is Mrs Amelia Goodall, Te Awamutu. Private Arthur Norman Raymond Goodwin. His mother is Mrs M. Goodwin, Timaru. Private Gordon Richardson Hopkins. His wife is Mrs Z. E. Hopkins, New Plymouth. Warrant-Officer Thomas Cuthbert Jackson. His father is Mr J. W. Jackson, Timaru. Gunner Atholstan Roy Lowe. His wife is Mrs E. R. Lowe, Totara north. • Lance-Corporal Murray lan Douglas McGcll. His mother is Mrs M. F. McColl; Auckland. Private Herbert Barr Martin. His wife is Mrs D- C; Martin, Invercargill.Corporal Vincent William O’Rourke, , His wife is Mrs C. E. O’Rourke, Timaru. Private Lawrie Nelson Parris. His wife is Mrs O. Parris, Waihou, Gunner Stanley Ure Roberts. His father is Mr C. P. Roberts, Auckland. Temporary Corporal Mervyn Mathew Roe. His mother is Mrs Laura Roe, Puriri. Sergeant Alexander Scott, His mother is Mrs A. Scott, Christchurch. Private Henry Simpson. A brother is Mr J. Simpson, Temuka. Private Alfred Leslie Steele. His wife is Mrs D. I. Steele, Opua. Private Richard William Tasker. His mother is Mrs V.. Fischer, Te Kopuru. Private Leonard Raymond Verrall. A sister i% Florence Cole, Auckland. Private Francis John Weatherall. His father is Mr John Weatherall, Naseby. • Major Arthur Vincent Jenkins. His wife is Mrs M. K. Jenkins, Sydney. Lieutenant Eric Harold Blow. His father is Mr H. I. Blow, Auckland. Lieutenant Guy Napier Richardson. His wife is Mrs J. F. Richardson, Auckland. Second Lieutenant Edmond Clive Foot, His wife is Mrs Elsie C. Foot, Devonport. Second Lieutenant Ernest Gordon Lewis. His father is Mr G. H. Lewis, Christchurch. Gunner lan Anderson. His wife is Mrs B. E. Anderson, Thames. Gunner Jack Wilfred Barker. His mother is Mrs G. Barker, Nelson. Lance-Bombardier James Ivan Burrowes. / His wife is Mrs N. E. Burrowes, Dunedin. Gunner Charles William Corner, His mother is Mrs S. O. Corner, Napier. Gunner George Albert Hansen, His mother is Mrs M. A. Hansen, Cromwell. Gunner Herbert Sydney Harper. His mother is Mrs J. Harper, Christ-; church. Gunner Mervyn Head. His wife is Mrs N.-M. Head, Mount Maunganui. Gunner George Albert Jonnston. His next-of-kin is Mr F. C. Johnston, Wellington. Gunner Roland Arthur Kirby. His father is Mr H. M. Kirby, Hamilton East. Gunner Norman Mackay. His mother is Mrs E. Mackay, Auckland. Gunner David- Roderick McLeod. His mother is Mrs E, A. McLeod, Wai- . tqa. ■ Gunner Patrick John Madden. His mother is. Mrs L. Madden, Napier. Lance-Bombardier Eric William Henry Muir. His mother is Mrs Lean • Muir, New Plymouth, - Gunner Geoffrey Edward Smith. His mother is Mrs J. C. Smith, Auckland. : Roland Campbell Smith. His mother is Mrs J. C, Smith, Auckland. Gunner Walter Edward Stride. His cousin is Mr Alex. McDonald, Christchurch. Gunner Gordon Leslie Wiggins. His sister is Mrs Laura Palmer, Auckland. Gunnel* Brown Gustavus Yates. His mother is Mrs E. Yates, Auckland. AIR FORCE CASUALTIES (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 7. , The following Air Force casualties were announced to-night:— Sergeant John McPherson. Killed in air operations. His mother is Mrs A. E, McPherson, Carterton. Pilot Officer Hugh Upton .Howard v Tripp. Missing on air operations. His father is the Rev. H. H. Tripp, Orari. PRESUMED DEAD The deaths of the following are now presumed:— Pilot Officer Brian Henry Herrick, previously reported missing. His father is Mr E. J. Herrick, Hastings. ; Leading Aircraftsman Raymond Robin Henry Nuttail, previously reported missing. His father is Mr H. Nuttall, Napier. Pilot Officer Nicoll Brian Fawcett, reported missing in August. His ’ father is Mr F. P. Fawcett, Feild- ' -Ihg. ‘ .