CASUALTIES IN N.Z.E.F.

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23753, 26 September 1942, Page 6

CASUALTIES IN N.Z.E.F.

42 MEN REPORTED AS MISSING (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 25. ' The names of 72 men .'are included in a list of casualties in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force issued to-day. Forty-two men are reported as missing, and 24 as prisoners of war. The list is:— MISSING AND REMAINS ON WOUNDED LIST Ashcroft, Henry, Pte,, Stratford. ~ Brosnahan, Hugh, Pte., Kerrytown. Fearn. Ronald J., Pte.. Epsom. Harrison, Francis P., Pte,, Mount Albert. MISSING Horton. Frederick E., Pte. Mr L. Horton, Ashburton (£.). MISSING (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PRISONER OF WAR) Barnaby, Hilary, Pte., Tuakau. Bartlett, Robert I„ Pte., Waitahuna. Bennett, Stanley S„ Pte., Hinds. Brown, Elgar S., Pte., Waipoua Forest, Cantrill. Alfred J.. Cpl.. Newton. Clark, Reginald B„ Pte., Dfmedln. Clearlie, Alister, Pte., Galloway. Compton, Alfred A., Pte., Auckland. Cox. Harold C., Pte., Dubbo, New South Wales. Cunningham, John T., Pte., Wellington. Derbidge. William C., Pte., Taumarunul. Eason, William E., Pte., Otautau. Fuller, Frederick C. t Pte., Parnell. Gallon, Ronald J. M„ Pte., Dunedin. Gilbert, Thomas W„ Pte., Kumara. Graham, Robert W„ Pte., Opotiki. Henderson, George W„ Orepukl. Hook, Alfred J., Pte., Mangawl, Humm, Stanley R., Pte., Frankton Junc-

tion Hurley, Denis J., Pte., Mangapapa. Lambert, Cyril C., Pte., Lower Hutt. Mcßain, lan D., Sgt„ Cobden. McLean, William A., Pte., Napier. MacMillan, George W.. Pte., Waharoa. Manning, Bruton B„ Pte., Mamaku. Morrison, Desmond T. S„ Putaruru. ■ Nicholson, Victor A., Pte., Greytown. ■ Oldham, Frank H. T.. L/Cpl., Liverpool, England. Prior. Francis. Pic.. Mount Albert. Razey, Arthur E. S.. Pte., Kingsland. Robinson, Hubert, Pte., Manchester, England. Rodgers, Roy, Pte., Wellington. Sharpies. Fred., Pte., Auckland. Sntham, Waiter f., Pte., St. Hellers Bay. Spooner, Gavin G., Pte., Taihape. Wildborc, Reginald M„ Pte., Ashhurst. Wonlridgc, William H., Pte., New Plymouth.

PRISONERS OF WAR (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING.) Hulton, Campbell,-Pte., Rotorua. 'Munro, Donald, Pte., St. Kilda. Neame, Terence M„ Tpr„ Turiwhate. Shirley, Thomas P„ Bdr., Napier. Wallace, Edward J„ Pte., Lyall Bay. PRISONER OF WAR (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING, BELIEVED PRISONER OF WAR) Lynch, Raymond J. (M.C.), T/Lt.-Col„ Whangarei. PRISONERS OF WAR (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING Kedgley, Edwin G.. Mjr., Auckland. Campbell, Bruce, Lieut., Lower Hutt. Wilson, Peter K., Lieut., Remuera. Armstrong, Robert K., Pte., Waiau. Bamford, Harold D„ Pte., St. Albans. Burrows, John J., Pte., Halswell. Burson, lan S., L/Cpl., Inglewood. Greygoose, Alick, Pte., Rakala. Heath, George J., Gnr., Beckenham. Jillings, Leslie E., Pte., Devonport. Jones, Walter B„ Pte., Whangarei. Lancaster, Joseph S., Gnr., Lincoln. McFadyen, James 1., Pte., Invercargill. McLeod, Gordon V., Pte., Christchurch. Munt, Henry C., Cpl., Wellington. Peters, Henry L. E., W. 0.11., Manala. Williams, Arthur D., Cpl., Dunedin, Wilson, Allan C„ L/Cpl., Hastings. WOUNDED Cunningham, Alfred J., Pte. Mrs R. Chamberlain, Ruru (m.), Langley, Neville A., Gnr. Mr E. A. Langley, Whangarei (f.). Low, James P„ L/Bdr. Mrs I. Low. Hastings (m.). Reardon, Eugene, L/Sgt. Mrs G. Reardon, Auckland (m.). Smith, Harold C„ Pte. Mrs M, R. Smith, Arrowtown (m,). PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING NOW REPORTED NOT MISSING Lash, William W., Pte., Stratford. AIR CASUALTIES

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, September 25. The following Rojal New Zealand Air Force casualties are announced.;— James, Victor Dennis, P. 0., missing on air operations. Mrs M, James, Middlemarch (m.). r Pepper, Terence Barnes, Sgt., missing on air operations. Mr S. C. Pepper, Havelock North (f.). Tanner, John Harold, Sgt., missing,on air operations. Mrs G. Tanner, Wellington (m.). Town, Lewis Arthur, L.A.C., reported 111, not serious. Mrs A. Town, Wright's Bush (m.). The following, previously reported missing, are now reclassified • /nissing, believed killed in action:— Crarer, Thomas Eric, Sgt., of Walroa. Cray, Trevor Haughton, Sgt., Of Napier. Dobbin, Lawrence St. George, ActingFlt./Lt., of Milford, Canterbury. Jury, Jack Leslie. Sgt., of Auckland. Newlcve, Cyril Charles, Sgt., of Takaka. Sampson, Henry Woolls, Sgt,, of Napier. Steward, Jack Graham, Fit. Sgt., of Christchurch. Evans, Ernest William, Sgt., of Christchurch, previously reported .missing believed interned, now reclassified as safe and returned to unit. Hughes, Bernard Francis Anthony. Sgt., of Wellington, reported missing, now reclassified as prisoner Of war. Sparrow. Richard Maxwell, P. 0., of Dunedin, previously reported missing, now reclassified as prisoner of war. NAVAL CASUALTY (P.A.) WELLINGTON. September 25. The following naval casualty is announced: Harrison, William, Temp.-Sub/Lt., R.N.Z. N.V.R., killed in an aeroplane accident. Mr W. R. Harrison, Auckland (f.). ■