PRISONERS NOW SAFE

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24585, 6 June 1945, Page 8

PRISONERS NOW SAFE

2ND N.Z.E.F. PERSONNEL (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 5. The following personnel of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who were formerly prisoners of war, are now reported safe;—

PREVIOUSLY PRISONERS OF WAR—NOW SAFE IN UNITED KINGDOM Stewart, Capt. Ronald Swanson, Gore. Aitken, Pte. Robert Selwyn, Waitetuna. Armiger. Gnr. John Splckernell. Auck-

land. Ashforth, Dvr. Geoffrey Archer, Onehunga. Baldwin, Pte. Edward Cecil. Hamilton. Bateman, Pte. Ernest James. Geraldine. Blackmore, Pte. Francis Victor,’ Scotland. Blair, Pte. Cecil Douglas. Manganuitu, Blake, Pte. Charles Robert, Greenlane. Blakeway. Spr. Arthur Verclon. Christ-

church. Bland, Pte. James Storey, Ashburton. Beilis. Pte. Raymond ChaHes, Greymouth. Beattie. T/L/Cpl. Noel Dudley, Palmers-

ton North. Canning, Gnr. Robert Alexander. Walpawe. Chapman, Spr. Ralph Eric, Ponsonby. Chitty, Gnr. Frank Edward, Gisborne. Clarke, Pte. Lawrence Gordon, Te Aw«-

mutu. Collin, L/Cpl. Frank Heich, Gisborne. Coulter, Pte. Kenneth Joseph, Cambridge. Crlghlon. Gnr. Stanley, Wyndham. Cripps, Pte. Victor Lawrence. Whatoro. Currie, L/Cpl. Ralph Duncan, Thames. Cushing, Pte. Keith, Dannevirke. Dallow, Cpl. AUred Joseph. Papanul. Dalziel. Gnr. John Andrew, Sumner. Daniel), T/Cpl. Winstone Frederick, Opo-

tiki. • Davis, L/Cpl. Thompson Moses, Whanga-

mru. „ , ■ Davis. Pte. William Henry Raby, Geral-

dine, _ _ „ Deans, L/Cpl. Adrian Douglas, Canter-

bury. Delves, Cpl. Norman Summers, Wanganui. Dlvehall, Gnr. Robert John, Lyall Bay. Everitt, Gnr. Timothy, Morrinsville. Ferguson, Sgmn. Arthur Ronald, Rawer e. Fleming. Pte. Norman David, England. Flower. Sgmn. Jack Minclver, Tauranga. Ford, Pte. Selwyn Ross. Nelson. Galbraith. L/Cpl. Douglas Roy, Rotorua. Galletly, Dvr. Alexander David, Burundi. Gardiner, Tpr. Napoleon Ralph, Whanga-

rei. „ Gilbert, Pte. Laurence Perpy, New Ply-

mouth. Goodley, Pte. Desmond Joseph. Te Karaka. Hakaraia. Pte. Peter, Otakt.

Hampstead, Pte, Neho, Hillgrove. Hayward. Pte. Jack, Robinsons Bay. Heggle, Spr. Alexander, Scotland. Henry, Pte. Ralph, Christchurch. Heywood. Pte. Wyvern Frank, Matakana. Hllller, Pte. Harry, England. Hollis. Dvr. Ralph Raymond, Epsom. Hopkins, Pte. William James, Greymouth. Howard, Pte. Robert Henry, Raetihi. Jessop, Pte. Hugh Neil, Henderson. Jones, Pte. Chris Bright, Pelorus Sounds. Julian, Pte. Walter Alan, Otakeho. Kelley. Pte. Walter Arthur, Geraldine. Kidson, Pte. Eric, Nelson. Kyle, Pte. Robert Anthony, Manurewa. Lavin, Pte. John William, Palmerston N. Lewis, Pte. George Alfred, Reef ton. Llghtfoot, Gnr. Stanley Dundas, Hare-

wood. Lockwood, Pte. Reginald, Petone. Lowen, T/L/Cpl Martin William John. Sea-

Lyders?’ Pte. Harold Christian Nils, St,

Clair. McGregor. Pte. David Leslie, Ashburton. McLean, Pte. John Lind, Invercargill. McLeod, Pte. William, Scotland. Matins, Pte. Albert Raymond, Ponsonby. Marshall, Pte. James Bryan, Gisborne. Matheson, Pte. John Kenneth, Dunedin. Miners, Spr. Charles Edward, Marsden. Molr, Pte. Garnet William. Invercargill. Molloy, Pte. Vernon Lance, New /Ply-

mouth. Moyle. Tpr. George James. Mosglel. Newland, Pte. Leslie Joseph, Masterton. Nichols, Pte. John Edward, Putaruru. Nicholson. Pte. Albert Leq, Te Aroha. Nickerson, Pte. Roy, Gisborne. Nield, Pte. Harry Edward. Paeroa, Niven. Pte. Bruce, Karorl. O’Sullivan, Pte. Leslie Michael, Rivers-

dale. • Packer, Pte. Alfred James, Ormondville. Patterson, Pte. Alexander (James, Saw-

yers Bay. Payne. Pte. Vincent Arthur, Whangarei. Penny, Pte. Sydney Arthur. Shag Point. Perkins, T/Bdr. Winston Thomas, Otakl. Pllkingtoil, Pte. John Ellison, England. Purvis, Pte. Kenneth, Ranglora. Peters, Pte. Arthur Stanley, Remuera. Phillips, Tpr. Alexander Moreland, Walton Price, Pte. William Henry, Miramar. Rae, Pte. Robert Matthew, Talhape. Reynolds, Pte. Richard John Morris, Or-

mond. Rigby, Pte. Gordon Guthrie, New Lynn. Rohrlach, Pie. Leonard Gordon, Kauae-

ranga. Rohrlach, Pte. Nelson Jackson, Kauae-

ranga. Sandys, Pte. William Lloyd, Otahuhu. Savage, Pte. George Malcolm. Masterton. Shepherd. Pte. Stanley Leonard, Tlmaru. Sim, Bpr, Henry Brassell Robert, Chrlst-

church. Smart, Pte. Francis Joseph, Christchurch. Smith, Pte. Charles William, Sprlngbum. Templeman, Dvr. Rae, Marlborough. Tomlinson, Cpl. Francis Harold, Miramar, Tuffin. Pte. Frank Edward. Tasmania. Wallace, Pte. Alan, Waverley. Walsdorf, Pte. Walter George, Okalawa. Ward, Pte. James John, Auckland. Weir, L/Cpl. Lionel David, New Plymouth. Williamson. Pte. Albert, Otorohanga. Wilson, Pte. Melvyn Keith,’ Palmerston

North. Wilson, Pte. Stuart Paterson, Helensvllle.

Trooper Raymond Elwyn Gardner, Whangarei, was incorrectly reported safe. He remains on the prisoner of war list.—(P.A.) ' ■