REPATRIATED TO ENGLAND

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24370, 23 September 1944, Page 5

REPATRIATED TO ENGLAND

LIST OF N.Z.E.F. WAR PRISONERS

RETURN TO DOMINION “AS SOON AS POSSIBLE” (P.A.). WELLINGTON. September 22. Before the arrival iff England of. a number of New Zealanders who had been prisoners of' war, complete arrangements had been made for ■’ their reception and accommodation in a camp specially established for them, Said the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) this morning. After they, had been, given medical attention and re-equipped, said Mr Jones, they would be, granted generous leave and travel facilities in Britain. “Our principal objective,” said the Minister, “will be to bring them back to New Zealand as soon as possible, but this is governed by the shipping available. Next-of-kin .of repatriated prisoners of war can rest assured that everything possible will be done for the health and comfort of the . men, under the organisation set up for that purpose.” The following New Zealand Expeditionary Force prisoners of war have been repatriated from Germany and are now in the United Kingdom;— Bryson, Captain Charles Douglas, Wellington; Cathie, Captain Charles Harold (M.C.), Wellington: Cottrell, Anthony lan, wife, Mrs F. C. Cottrell, Christchurch: Folick, Captain Coleman, Auckland; Gilchrist, Captain Alastair Gordon, Dunedin; Heatherington,. Captain Owen Stanmore, Thames; Noakes, Captain Pat,. Auckland; Nunns, Lieutenant Clifford Arthur, Avondale.

Adams, Temporary-Sergeant Albert. Patea; Addis, Private Harold Thomas, Hastings; Andersen, Temporary-Corporal Ralph Christian, Palmerston North; Anderson, Private Andrew lan, Lower Hutt; Anderson, Private Douglas Lyle, Victoria; Andreassend, Private Alfred Daniel, wife, Mrs I. G. Andreassend, Christchurch.

Best, Driver George William Kitchener, New Plymouth; Bourke, Driver Cosslett John, Inaha; Boyce, Sapper' Harold Roy, Picton; Bragg, Private Martin, Half Moon Bay; Brickell, Private John Austin, Wanganui;' Brown, Private ■ Clarence Rudolph Augustus, mother, Mrs C. Brown, Blaketown, Greymouth; Brownlee, Driver Allan, Pukekohe; Buckley, Private Gordon Lindsay, Auckland; , Bursori, Lance-Cor-poral lan Selby, Inglewood. ' Cain. Private Robert Henry, wife, Mrs E. M. Cain, Hornby: Campbell, LanceSergeant John Llewellyn. Wanganui; Campbell, Private Kenneth John, mother. Mrs P. M. Campbell, Oxford; Carr, Private George Robert, Whahgarel; Carter, Private Alfred, Dunedin; Clark, Lance-Cor-poral David, wife, Mrs H, D. G. Clark, Scotland; Coe, Private Arthur Trevor, Maharahara; Coulter, Private Charles Mafeking, Eltham; Cousins, Private James Clarence, Gisborne; Crabbe, Driver George William, wife, Mrs M. Crabbe, Waimate; Craig, Temporary Lance-Corporal William Allan, mother, Mrs A. Craig. Timaru. Dawson. Temporary Lance-Corporal Edward Watson, Victoria; Derbidge, Private Arthur John, Taumarunui; Dixon, Gunnel- Albert Walter, Wellington: Dobson,' Private Robert Franklyn, mother, Mrs H, Dobson, Christchurch; Dornan, Private Thomas, Featherston; 1 Dowling, Private Leslie Thomas, Tuatapere; Dredge, Private Harold Egbert, Nelson; Dunn, Private Arthur Edward Gibson, Waihou. Edmundson, Sergeant lan Charles, Napier; Ellison, Private Thomas Mutu, Karitane P. 0.; Epps, Private Stanley Bertram. Cambridge. Farley, Driver Francis John; Foley, Lance-Corporal Zam James, Auckland. . Gillespie, Private Murray Campbell, Palmerston North; Glass. Private Stanley John. Grey Lynn; Graham, Corporal Gordon John, Gisborne; Green, Temporary Staff-Sergeant Percy: Wanganui. Hammond, Private . John Charles. Ponsonby; Hauwai, Private Whareharakeke, Taneatua; Head, Gunner Mervyn, Walhi; Hearn, Private Walter Apzac, mother,. Mrs W. Hearn. Merivale,. Christchurch; Hill, Private William, New Plymouth; Holmes, Private Donald Sefton, Dunedin; Horan, Private Richard James. Manurewa; Horgan,. Private Vincent. Invercargill. Jay, Acting-Lance-Corporal David, London; Jones, Private Roland Francis; wife, Mrs L. Jones, Christchurch. Knight, ■ Private Roy . Richard, mother, Mrs E L. Knight, Christchurch., Laird-, Private Victor Clements, Blenheim; Lamb. Sapper Jbhn Melville, Wellington; Leach, Private Cecil James. Auckland; Lowe, ’ Private, Walter' Edward, mother. Mrs A. Lowe, Mayfield R.D., Ashburton; Lucinsky, Private Frederick Kitchener, Palmerston North; Lynch, Private James’William. Melbourne, • McCallum, Private Norman. Napier; Mac Donald, Staff-Sergeant lan Fraser, Mount Eden; Mac Donald, Private Thomas Hamilton, Hamilton East; McKenzie, Corporal James Eric, Apitl; McKinlay, Temporary Sergeant Wilfred Kasper, Frankton Junction; . McKinnon, Private Donald, mother, Mrs J.- -McKinnon, -Winchester; McLafchle, Private T Thomas He'iiry, Gisborne; McQueen,- Private Eoin Moy, wife. Mrs D„ McQueen, . Cheviot; Mandeno, Gunner Alexander Jowe,- Te Awamutu; Mockford, Private TKOmas, Henry, Dunedin: Munro, Private Frederick Fraser. Scotland;' Murdoch, Warrant Officer II Wallace, Wanganui. Nathan, Corporal Edward Noel David, Maropiu. O’Boyle. Corporal Nell Thomas, father, Mr D. • O'Boyle, Rangatira- • Valley, Temuka; O’Bryan, Private Stewart Gordon, Rarotonga; Orr. Driver Arthur Richard, brother, Mr Orr. Christchurch; Orr, Private Walter Richard, England. Pahl, Private Leonard Ralph, Nelson; Parker, Private John Francis, Wellington; Pearce, Private Thomas Clarence, Auckland; Plescher. Private Paul Joseph, Cambridge; Potts, Private Gordon Ernest, Opunake; Prestling, Private England Ephraim, Gisborne: Priest; Private Edgar Norman, Waharoa.

Reid, Gunner Alexander Lowe Watson, Mossburn;. Jfran, Private. Patrick .Joseph, wife. Mrs P. J. Ryan, Christchurch.

Saggers, Private John Francis Kitchener, Wellington: Sheerin, Private ' Maurice, Palmerston North; Shields, Private Charles Joseph, Ireland; Shirley, Bombardier Thomas Pat, Napier;- Simmonds, Private Nelson Jack, “Lower Hutt; Smith, Private George Edward, Thorndon; Smith, Private .Herbert Earle, Auckland; Spence, Pri-' vate Robert Beaumont, Belmont; Srhoy, Private Frank,: Stafford: Steffert, Tempor-ary-Corporal Arthur Robert, Carterton; Sutherland, Sergeant Frank- Alexander, Avondale; Sutherland. Sergeant Lindsay Robert Barrie, Dunedin.

Te Runa, Lance-Corporal Parekura, Walpiro Bay. . Wainwrlght. Private Jack Edwin, Te Kuiti; Wakeham, Gunner Russell Gilbert, Lower Hutt; Walker, Private Walter Anzac. Dunedin; Wallace, Private Edward James, Lyall Bay; Weaver, Sapper John Hilton, Napier;. Williams,. Private Ivan Silvester, Tuakau; Wilson, Private Clyde Rov,. Hukerenui; Wrathall, Private Richard Leonard, Newton; Wright, TemporaryCorporal 'John Clement, Palmerston North.