WOUNDED MEN RETURN

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23378, 11 July 1941, Page 8

WOUNDED MEN RETURN

FULL LIST OF NAMES

PARTY WELCOMED AT WELLINGTON SOLDIERS FROM GREECE AND CRETE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 10. Several hundred wounded men, recently arrived, were officially welcomed at Wellington to-day by Ministers and cheering members of the public. The party included both Maoris and pakehas, many of whom bore evidence of their strenuous and heroic fighting. The main topic of conversation among the men was, perhaps, the splendid work of the Maori soldiers who were praised to the skies by their pakeha comrades as the best soldiers in the world. The Maoris in turn paid a tribute to the pakehas, declaring that the whole of the New Zealand Army was splendid in battle and retreat. The party included soldiers wounded in the campaigns in Greece and Crete. Still cheerful and optimistic, all, whether- walking or cot cases, had stories to tell that proved that the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force had been welded into a strong brotherhood that would go through future actions with every individual and unit having complete faith in those with them. The men all said that the Germans were good soldiers behind their machinefuns, but did not like hand-to-hand ghting. The parachute troops were magnificently trained and marvellously equipped, and the organisation of their attacks was worked out to the last detail. • One .man, referring to the Red Cross, said *, that the Germans always respected it, and' would not fire on troops on the ground if they were without arms or steel helmets. The Acting-Prime Minister (the Hon. W. Nash) in a message read to the troops by the Minister for Defence (the Hon. F. Jones), stated that New Zealand was proud of her troops. The work they had done was beyond praise. "Now' that you arc back our simple and straightforward duty is to see that our feelings of pridfe in you are translated into practical action.” • Fart of Civilians "We shall do everything in our power to restore your health and enable you to return to civil life to carry oh the work of making New Zealand, in reality, a land for heroes to live in. It is our earnest wish-that you will all be - soon restored to health and strength to join the army Of New Zealand citizens in their march towards better things. Yours was a great task suecessfully * performed. Ours willbecarried out with the same devotion and detemination, in. the spirit of brotherhood; you have so nobly, exemplified.’ . Mr Jones spoke In similar steam. He said >that where New Zealanders had met the enemy , they - had , done their part in a way that earned.the admiration of the! world. M . The Mayor (Mr T. C A. Hislop) extended a welcome on behalf of the city and the Hon, W. Perry, M.L.C.. Dominion president of Returned Soldiers” Association, on behalf of all returned soldiers, “Some of you may not. find it easy to return,” he said, * tut the Government and the Returned Soldiers’ Association will help you.’’He hoped, thereturning men would join the Returned Soldiers’ Association and so help • themselves • and weir comr^ea;AThere Was work to be done,in NeC Zealand for the Boys overseas, and - they could go • on helping to win the I . war‘by joining in. - that work. .Members of Party The following soldiers were .included in the party (the town indicated is the residence of the . next-of-kin) ' t.‘ : -- OFFICERS ' Baim Walk&.'-'Temporary-; Majorr Gdsborne;Beaven, George Gor-, dbn. Lieutenant, Wanganuirßennett, pftilip'Lyell,' Staff -Captain, BfeW Ply? m 3; -Fkllk, N. - Brigadier, . Smd; Garriock, An&ewlnglis. Captain; Heisleyr John Liwtenarit; Timaru; Karaka, Waka vPotae, Second-lieutenant; Auckland; KelleWay, Cyril Thomas, Captain, .Auckland; Leslie, :• John Christie, .Second- - lieutenant, London; Manahi, Tua■walka, Second-Lieutenant, -Rotorua; taules. Charles lieutenant Wobdville; .Ngata^Wiffiato'Lieutenant, Hastings: Ormond,.JohnDayies,SecMd^<ratehant. Walpukurau; Slnclate, rSSiiirfV Wallace. Lieutenant, -Wellington; 1 John, ;, Setond 1 lifcutanaht.' 'Whangarei; Whyte, George Hafold, Major,- Wellington; Bnggs, George .Frederick, Mr, - Melbourne; 1 McKufop;,'>“Alexander t Gtfmeron, GoloneV Christchurch, 1 • NURSING SERVICE Brown; 'Barbara Irene, Epsom; Fiulkner,Annie, staff.. nurse, Puke-■ vAWwitchman. Margery Gwendoline, stoff- nursei ■ ■ Tothill, Mary Alias’ ' Compton, sister, Raetalu; lnsrtan;.MabcU Winifred,, staff nurse, Auckland. - ■ . / OTHER RANKS 'Aitcbison, John Thomas Ferdinand, Osfiniru:- Alexander, John; . Craig, Nkpierr Allan, - William. Abenger Cruidtshaink, Scotland; Allison, James Boride, Te Horo; -Alves, George; Christchurch; Anderson, 'Frederick, Kaeo; Anderson, , Leonard Charles, Dtuiidinr Anderson, churCh; - Anderson,. William Durhaih, Petone; Andrews, Gordon, Audkland; ’Annan, William John, Auckland;' Armour, William James, Auckland; Ashford, Dudley Frederick, Auckland; .Baker, Jack Noel, Ashbvur- . ton?}* f Bardsley; Thomas, Pirongia; Barker,- Arthur,. Auckland; Barron, James’ Albert,' Warkworth; Bacrtle, Stanley Cecil, Reef ton; Batchelor, James - Alexander, Christchurch; Bauchop, Horace, Haast Pass; Beale, Horace.iMwafd, Auckland; Bell, Mansfield Forbm,! Dupedln. Bennett, Albert, Waiuku; Bennipgtou. Lawrence, Wellington;

Bilby, ■ George, Carterton; BUkey, Frank Edward, Auckland; Billings, John Patrick, Gisborne; Binnie, Jack, Gisborne; Bloomfield, Russell, Auckland; Boardman, Donald, Dunedin; Boberg, Edwin Burtie, Dunedin; Bole, William James, Ireland; Boosey, Edward William, Wellington; Brightwell, Walter Bennett, Taumarunui; Broadmore, Robert John Gooding, Te Kuiti; Brodie, Rattray ' Silke, Auckland; Brooks. Lisle John, Auckland; Brough, John Thomas, Waitara; Brown, Leonard William, Christchurch; Brown, Thomas Peter, Auckland; Brownsell, George, England; Burke, George Lawrence, Urenuj; Moftatt-Buchanan, Walter, Huntly: Burris, Percy William Halherall, Dunedin; Busch, Stanley Henry, Takaka; Butcher, Joseph Henry, Pukekohe. Cairney, Hank, Vancouver; Calvert, John Walter Perry, Waihi; Campbell, Douglas John, Christchurch; Campbell, George Everitt Vane, Wellington; Capon. William James, New Plymouth; Carey, Mathew Henry, Patea; Canyon, Arthur Tredenham, Featherston; Chard, Charles Lambton, Inglewood; Chivers. Leonard Oscar, Christchurch; Clark, William Edwin, Christchurch; Commons, James Francis, Christchurch; Congdon, Leslie Arnold, Palmerston North; Cornwell, Albert William, Christchurch; Couper, Gordon Henry. Hastings; Crawley, Hector Thomas James, Auckland; Crowe, Joseph John, Greymouth; Culley Trevor Keith, Hamilton; Culver, Richard John, Auckland; Curry, Robert Harold, Wellington; Cuthbert, Oswald Stanley, Onehunga. Daly, Frederick Herbert, England; Dawson, Leslie Bertram, Auckland; Day, Eric Lerway; Opotiki; Day, Harold Norman. Wellington; Dew, Esmond, Mangatira; Dick, Alfred James, Stratford; Dick, Ninian Duncan, Wellington; Dickey, Aubrey James, Christchurch; Dixon, John Willis, Blaketown; Doig, Ernest, Johnsonville; Douglas, Albert William, Auckland; Dry den, Gilroy Colin, Invercargill: Duane, Harry Thomas, Auckland; Duck, Reginald Victor. Johnsonville; Dyce, Ronald George. Southbridge; Dyer, Albert James, Wellington, Edwards, Mervyn Allan, Dunedin; Elliott, Ernest Samuel, Wellington; Entwisle, Gordon Ronald, Cambridge: Evans, Leslie Thomas Henry, New Plymouth. Fletcher, Arthur, England; Ford, Ronald - Robert, Greymouth; Fox, Arthur • Leicester, Invercargill; Fraser, Stafford James, Invercargill; Fry, Errol Gordon, Motueka; Fuller, Eric Douglas. Wellington. Galbraith, Robert Sharpe Cameron, Auckland; Galley, Frank William Victor, Kaikoura; Gallichan, Colin Cole, Frankton; Garrett, Edmond, Hornby; Garrett, Leonard Keith, Hornby; George, George Stanway, Levin; Gillespie, Denholm, Spreydon; Gillovic, Patrick Somme, Westport; Gilmore, Albert, Auckland; Goodger, Leonard Mattora, Christchurch; Gordon, Henry Wills, Auckland; Graham, George Charlton, Auckland; Graham, William Douglas, Te Kuiti. Halbert, Arthur John, Invercargill; Hansen, Martin Glendale, Wellington; Harrison, George, Wellington; Harrison, Maurice, Rotorua; Hartley. Ronald, New Plymouth; Hay, George, Dunedin; Hay, Gordon John, Ashburton; Haynes, Henry William, Sandringham; Heasley, Grey. Faulkner, Christchurch; Henderson, Leslie, Whangarei; Henley, Richard David, Woolston; Hill, Gordon William, Dunedin; Hill, Ross Alfred, Auckland; Hill, Stacey Edward, Napier; Hitchcox. Charles Raymond, Dunedin; Hobbs, Stanley John,-Austra-lia; Hocking, George Edward, Cronadun; Hodgson, Henry, Wellington; Holliday, Wilfred Victor, Auckland: Hoskin.i . Clarence, New Plymouth; Hbwearth, Walter Joseph, Dargaville; Howie, Robert William Holden, Auckland;' Hulme,! Alfred Clive, Nelson; Hunt, Lewis Welton, Wellington; Hunter, Henry, Cambridge, Inkster, William John, Auckland. ; Jarvis, William John, Ireland; Johnstone, lan Roy, Ashburton; Joss, Arthur John, Christchurch; Joy, Thomas George, Christchurch; Joyce, Arthur Milne James, Westport; Kani, Tahakori, Masterton; ’Keegan, Elwin Patrick, Auckland; Kemble, Lawrence William. Auckland; Kerehome, Tawa, Levin; 5 . Kerwin,-,Thomas; Nestor, Picton; King. Guy Esmond, Huntly; King!, George,' Te- Puke; Kitto, Hector William, Otahuhu; Knightley, Frederick John. Kohukohu. • Lamg, Archibald, Dunedin; Last, Eric Sydney, Christchurch; Lawrence, Harry Allred, Christchurch; Leeks, Harold David Saint Nicolas, Wellington; Leslie, i John William, Marton; Lewis, Cecil Harold, London; Li,llicrap, .Herbert Fergusson, Glen Eden; Lister, William Kirk, Gisborne; Lloyd, Dudley Wyatt, Whangarei; Lomey, Ivor Anthony - Frederick,: Hawera; -Lyons, Thomas Frank, England. ' .McCauley, Robert Janies, Lumsden; McCormack, Bernard Arthur, Hokitika; McDonald, John, Okaiawa; McDonald,/ Ralph, Auckland;/McDonald, William; 'George, Invercargill; ; McDoWall.David McArthur, Invercargill;' McEwan, Robert Duncan, Wellington; McFarlane, Albert Edward, Invercargill; McGinnis, Michael Joseph, Dimedih; McGuinness, John* Christchurch; 5 McHwraith, John Palliser, Nelson* Mclntosh, Jack . Sinclair, Tixnara; McKay, George Ambrose, Heretaunga; McLaren, Robert, Auckland; McLean; Peter Moon, Tiraaru; McLeod, Norman Alexander, Dunedin; McMillan,' J. A., Tlimaru; McWhinney, David James, Dunedin; Madsen, Thomas Wilson, Masterton; Malloy, William Robbert,' Auckland; Marshall, Norman . Vectis, Matamata; Marshal, Ronald Stephen, Dunedin; Marshall, Thomas Francis, Wellington; Maxwell, Herbert Hugh, Rongotea; Meek, Douglas James, Tewera; Meta, ’ Wally., Morrinsville; Middleton, James: William, Marton Junction; Mitchell, .Roland Frederick Charles, - Wellirigtoh; Monica, Fiji, Tauwhera; Moore,: William Patrick, Dargaville; Moors, Herbert, Kaeo; Morgan, . Laurence . Clifford, Palmerston North; - Morrin; Leicester Weston, Pukekohe; Murray; Alan Cooper, Feilding; Murray. Dave, Poxton. Nellsen, Donald Norman, Southland; Newbum, Robert Louis, Kaitangata; Nicholas, Norman - Gregory, Rotoiti; Nielsoh, George Harold; Auckland; Nixon, Thomas Hamilton, Auckland; Norman, Francis Epic, Wellington. ; Olsen, Charles James, Puketiritiri; Olsen, John Deidric, Puketiritiri. I Pakai, Jenry; Opapa; Paki, Rimi, Whangarei; Parker/ Geoffrey, Gisborne; Paterson, /Robert Alfred, Hamilton; Payne?, Joseph; Southland; Payne, Robert ■ James, Christchurch; Peebles, William George, Eltham; Parker, John Rex; Waitakaro; Peters,. Alfred Malcolm, Auckland; Phillips, Rangi, Kaitaia; ■ Plane, George Edward, England; Poole, Harold, Auckland: Preston, William Eric, Lyttelton; Puha, Sergent Te Araroa; Rae, Frederick George, Nelson; Rahul, Hori. Dargaville.

Ramsden, William Henry, Auckland; Rees, 'Victor Harold, Christchurch; Richards, Charles Albert, Auckland; Clark-Roberts, George, Christchurch; Robertson, Alex, Walroa; Robertson, James Edward Alexander, Dunedin; Robson, Edward Nikorima,"Thames; Robsonj Frederick Raymond, Auckland; Rogers, Geoffrey > Masefield, RelorUs Sounds. ' ! ‘ Ronalds, Gordon James, ,* Martmbbrough; Ross,, Charles Guido,. Hillgrove; Rowcrpft, Maurice Irma, Dunedin; Rowse, Albert Christopher, Pahiatua; Rumsby, ’ William, Auckland. •

■ Sadler, Wilfrid Belmont, Auckland; Sandrey, Malcolm Ernest/ ; Christchurch; Satterthwaite. Thomas, Kaitala; Scholium; Donald ' Thomas, Tekaiiwhata; Scoble, Arthur* lan, Invercargill; Scorgie, John Frederick, Cobden; Sexton, Richard; Shaw, William Herbert,; Rotorua; Shears, Cecil Arthur,, -Timaru; Shepherd; , Stanley GeOrge, Auckland; Sherman, Charles Henry, Tauranga; Shivas, Malcolm David.. John/.’ Hokitika;; . Simmons, Frederick.. Hastings;/ Sinclair. . Allen William, Napier; Sinclair, Dudley, Te Azaroa; Sheet, : William - Reginald, .Frankton < Junction:' Sloan, Ralph Stanley, Auoklandj/SMth, John Alexgmitti, ’ LovWl-Smitfc, Peter,Cornford, Papanul; Stafford, William Archibald, Papanui; Standeh, Edward Allen/Welllngton; Steyens, Frederick. John, Christchurch;/Stevens,/ Ray, Williwn, Weilington;. Plymouth;

Eric Samson, Gore; Sullivan, George Henry, Auckland; Sutton, Dudley Buchanan, Wanganui; Sutton, Robert Wyeborne, Invercargill; Symon, Herbert, Oamaru. Tahana, Joseph, Hokianga; Tawhai, Hopeha, Taukokore, Bay of Plenty; Taylor, Archie Ray, Auckland; Thomas, Prank Rowley Canavan, Hamilton; Thompson, Robert Hector, Invercargill. Thorley, Frank Howard, Wellington; Timmings, George Henry, Christchurch; Tregea, John James, Dunedin; Tunnicliffe, John Alexander, Winton. Vivian/ Thomas Errod, Dunedin. Waite, Keith Andrew, Wellington; Waites, Arthur Charles, Belfast; Wallace, Kenneth Cyril, Hokitika; Walsh,, Desmond James, Christchurch; Walsh, George Joseph, Dunedin; Walsh, Norman Edward John, Dunedin; Weaver. Victor, Wellington:, Webb, Frederick William, Dunedin; Wells, Archie Richard, Auckland; , Welsh, ArthurLewis, Gore; Weston, Henry James, England; Westrupp, Albert Sydney, Nelson; Whitley. Ronald Henry, Christchurch; Williams, Augustus. Weir lington; Williams, Bernard Walter, Dunedin; Williams, Paddy, Auckland; Williams, Reuben Lester, Whangarei;, Williams, Walter Scott, Wellington; Wills,: James Benjamin/ Christchurch; Wilson, Charles Stanley, Australia; Wilson, Colin Robert, Auckland; Wilson, Leo Alpbonsus, Dunedin; Wilton, Raymond Victor, Masterton; Winsor, Athol -Allan, .-.Matakohe; Wintrop, Frederick Bernard, > Wellington; WSlfsbauer, Kllburn, • Auckland: Wpods, Herbert Henry Michael. Joseph, Wellington; Workman/ Wesley v Harold Cecil, * Dunedin: Wright. .‘Edward Frederick, Auckland; Wright;- Thomas, England, • i William, Alexander, Invercar. •Ok Ymm*.John ‘ siiTfciwC-