PRISONERS NOW SAFE

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24581, 1 June 1945, Page 6

PRISONERS NOW SAFE

PERSONNEL OF 2ND N.Z.E.F.

t (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 31. 1 The following list of personnel of the x 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force > who were prisoners of war and are now safe was Issiied to-day:— . PREVIOUSLY PRISONERS OF WAR—- > NOW SAFE . Batter, Sgt. lies, Papanui. , O’Brien, Sgt John Frederick, Blccarton. Roberts, Fte. Theodore Thomas Kitchener, \ Taumarunui. ' Smith, Pte. Johnny, Huntly. • Smith, Pte. Norman, Christchurch, : Somerville, Dvr. Donald Tawhitl, Papa- '■ . kura. t. Sullivan, L/Cpl. Daniel William. Te Ahu ’ Ahu. I PREVIOUSLY PRISONERS OF WARNOW SAFE IN .THE UNITED l KINGDOM • Aitken, Pte. Alan Arbuckle, Alexandra, t Anderson, Spr. John, Kaiapoi. i Autrldge, Pte. Robert Duncan, Dunedin. Barnes, Pte. James Cecil, Grey Lynn. . Beck, Pte. Douglas McLeod, Otapiri. , Bell, L/Cpl. Robert William, Foxton. i Bennett, Pte. Thomas Ferdinand, Eltham. 1 Black, Pte. George Richard Arthur, Auckland. ' Bowman, Pte. Charles David, Riccarton. Bradshaw. Gnr. Cecil John. Wellington. ’ Braxton, Pte. John William Kitchener, ' Otatara. Brian, Dvr. William Claude, Linwood. Brunei, Pte. Owen Patrick, Kaikoura. Bunker, Fte. Rang! Perl, Akaroa. , Carroll. Pte. Allred Nelson, Clyde. Castles, Spr. Thomas, Gisborne. , Cherry, Dvr. Graham Arthur, Longburn. Coleman. L/CpL Allan Thomas Keith, ’? i^ol^^e! 11 Raymond William, Christchurch. Collins, Pte. Herbert Maurice, Te Puke. Collins, Sgmn. John Edward, Dunedin. Collins. Gnr. Michael, Oamaru. Cunningham, Pte. Baden Lewis, Pongaroal Dailey, Pte. Frank, Makaraka. § avis. Dvr. Mandel, Karori. eere, Sgt. Leslie William, Naenae. Dufaur, Gnr. Edmund James, Hamilton. Eveleigh, Pte. Maurice Joseph, Foxton. Fagan. Gnr. Jack Gordon, Te Puke. Forbes, Pte. John Alexander. Sandringham. ' Gardner, Pte. John, New Lynn. Gibson, Pte. Herbert Harold, Tlmaru. Giles, Pte. Raymond Vincent, Wellington. Gill, Pte. Reginald Allan, Te Aroha. Goldwater, Gnr. Harold Clyde, Auckland. Goodwin, Pte. William, Taumarunui. Gordon, Gnr. William Stanley, Dunedin. Grace, Pte. Herbert Francis, Invercargill. Grelg, T/Cpl. Douglas, Timaru. Griffin, Dvr. Timothy. Wellington. Harding, Tpr. Charles, Scotland. Harrington, T/L/Cpl. Stanley Richard. Dunedin. Harrison, Pte, Mlkl, Walplro Bay. Harwood, Pte. Herbert Melvin, Dunedin. Hayward, Pte. Alfred Alexander, Akaroa. Hazlewood, Pte. Nell Harry, Longburn. Heath, Gnr. George James, Beckenham. 1 Hodges. Pte. Gordon Leonard. Wanganui. Hodson, Gnr. Herbert Joseph. Blenheim. Howard, Pte. Patrick Wilfred Stanton, Napier. Hurley, Spr. Ernest James, Waltotara. Ihaka, Pte. Watl, Pawarenga. Isaacs, Pte. Lewis Henry (no address). Jackson. Pte. Harry. Wellington South. Jackson, Tpr. John Oliver, England, i James, Gnr. Leo John William, Auckland. Johnson, Sgmn. Leonard, Mount Eden. Lamb, Pte. John Edward William, Melbourne. Larsen. Pte. Ronald Edwin, Wellington. Lawrence, Pte. Charles Howard. Hukanul. Lee, Pte. Ivan George. North-east Valley Lee, Gnr. William, Coromandel. Lester Dvr. James Sinclair Gordon, Waiau. Linton, Sgt. Ronald Noel, Seddon. Louden Pte. Ernest Francis George, Invercargill. Louden, Pte. Frederic Gordon William, Invercargill. Ludeman, Dvr. Eric James, Mount Eden. Lytollls. Gnr. Frederick Clarence. Northcote. McDougall, Pte. Lan Ronald, Greenhlthe. McFadyen, Pte. James Irving, Invercargill. Mclnemey, Gnr. Lewis Walter, Kamo. MacKenzle, Dvr. Alexander lan, Dunedin. MacPherson, Pte. Albert George Henry, England. McWhirter, Pte. Lance Moir, Inglewood. McWhirter, Pte. Thomas Alexander, New Plymouth. Marshall, Gnr. John Rennie, England. Mason. Pte. Stanley Joseph, Dunedin. Mayberry, Pte. John William, Waihi. Montgomery, Gnr. William Shore, Auckland. . , Morris, Spr. Robert William. Kaikohe. Morrison, Pte. Edward George, Tahunanul. _ Motion. Pte. David Roy, Campbell's Bay. Muir, Pte. Walter Ernest. Kaikoura. Mulvey, Sgmn. Gerard, Invercargill. Murray, T/Bdr. John Thomas. Auckland. Nash. Pte. Ernest Lionel. Dannevlrke. Newald, Spr. Frederick John Francis, Auckland. . . _ Ngapo, Pte. Lloyd Bishop, Kennedy’s Bay. Noble, Gnr. Ralph John. Grey Lynn. Packer, Pte. Ernest Henry William, Mangapeehl. Rankin, Pte. Peter Leslie. Fairfield. Rhodes, Pte. Leslie John, Christchurch. Richards, L/Cpl. James Wallace, Mosglel. Riddle. Gnr. William George, Dunedin. Robertson, L/Cpl. Herbert Leslie, Royal | Oak. Robertson, Pte. Maurice Llewellyn. Royal Oak Robinson. Dvr. George Henry, Te Kulti. j Rogers. L/Cpl. Noel Stanley. Blenheim. ■ Rogers, Dvr. Sidney Archibald, Milburn. Rohan, L/Cpl. Michael John. Gisborne. Sayer, Gnr. Leonard Charles. Masterton. Schlmanskl, Pte, Francis Leonard, Bel- | fast. ... j Selander. Pte. Charles Oscar William, \ Lyttelton. ~ , „ . i Sharpe, Pte. Horace James Vivian, Mata- | mata. i Sheehan, Pte. Bernard. Remuera. Shrlmpton, Dvr. George Samuel, Coro- j mandel. „ i Simpson, Pte. Godfrey Herbert, Wellington. " Sloan. Pte. William Edward, Westport. Southee, L/Cpl. Leo Patrick. Kaiwarra. I Steer, Pte. Arthur Noel, Taheatua. Stephen Gnr. James Alexander, Dalllngton. 8 Stewart. L/Bdr. William. Auckland. Stoop. Pte. Aubrey. James. Hokitika. Sutherland, Gnr. Leslie Courtney, Dunedin. Thomas, Pte. Arthur David, Dominion <- road. Tidswell, pte, Murray Edward, Upper r Hutt

Till, Pte. Verdun Leonard, Frankton. Urquhart, Pte. Frederick John, Patumahoe. .Wadsworth, Pte. Cyril Leonard, New Plymouth. Webster, Pte. Leonard John, Masterton. Wright, Pte, Arthur Ernest, Woolston. Private Eric Vigers has advised his mother, Mrs R. Vigers, of Ranfurly street, St. Albans, that he has arrived safe in England after three and a half years in a German prison camp. Private Ralph Henry has advised his mother, Mrs J. Henry, 425 Cambridge terrace, that he is safe and well In London, after being a prisoner of war for four years. Advice has been received by Mrs F. J. Pretsch, Fendalton, that her nephew, Flying Officer G.. T. Kinnell, has reached England safely from a prisoner of war camp in Germany. Mr and Mrs George Cridge, 86 Heaton street, Christchurch, have received advice that their son, Ron, has arrived in England after being a prisoner of war since the campaign in' Crete. AIRMEN SAFE (PA.) WELLINGTON, May 31. Jhe following Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel, previously reported prisoners of war, are now safe in the United Kingdom:— Attwood, W/O Dudley Wallace, Ashburton. Blackstock, W/O Richard James Alexander, Eltham. Cohen, F/Sgt. Sidney, Wellington. Dashwood, W/O William Storrier, Tauranga. Gay, F/L Cedric Stanley, D.F.C. Walpukurau. Hayman, W/O William Charles, Timaru. Lauder, F/O William Ross, Oamaru. Lyell, W/O Clive Ireson, Auckland. Robinson W/O Alan James, Matamata. Sanderson, P/O John Alister, Christchurch. Scott. W/O Graham Leslie, Dunedin. Smith, W/O Albert George, Wellington. Teague, P/O Trevor Raymond, Christchurch.