WAR CASUALTIES

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 102, 2 May 1944, Page 6

WAR CASUALTIES

N.Z. AIRMEN

SUB-LIEUT. J. J. M. ANDERSON

Temp. Sub-Lieut. J. J. Murray Anderson, R.N.Z.N.V.R., who is reported killed in an aircraft accident abroad, .was the younger son of the late Mr. Sydney L. Anderson," Napier, and Mrs. G; L. Anderson, of 30 Dorking Road, Brooklyn. He was born at Napier in 1922, and educated at Taradale School and

the Napier Boys' High School, where he gained : prominence as' a' swimmer. He was for some years on the staff at Woolworths' head office, Wellington and was well known as a yachtsman arid an active member of the Royal Port Nicholson Qlub. Volunteering for service with the Fleet Air Arm, he went overseas early in 1942, and. did his naval training at Portsmouth and flying training at Detroit, Pensacola, Miami, and later in Maine,'be£ore-be-ing posted to an aircraft-carrier as a' fighter-pilot. .

PILOT OFFICER MCJENNETT

Pilot Officer. Frank. G. A. -McJjennett, who has been reported killed'on: active service overseas, was '■ the .only son of Third Officer A.'McJenriett, of the Wellington Fire Brigade, and Mrs. McJennett, and brother of Miss Muriel McJennett. Born in Wellington' in' 1922, Pilot Officer McJennett was educated at Clyde Quay, Miramar Central, and Kilbirnie Schools and Wellington College. On leaving college m 1939 he was for a time employed in the head office of Selfridges (N.Z.), Ltd., and was on the part-time staff of, the Fire Brigade as an auxiliary watch room attendant. At the age of 17, and a week or so prior to.the outbreak of .war,: he joined the 2nd Field

Company, N.Z. Engineers, and "served with this unit until accepted for service with. the. R.N.Z.A.F. ' early in 1940. For a time he was attached to the fire section before remuster for, air crew. He gained his "wings" at] the age of 18, and as sergeant pilot left for England in 1941. As a fighter! pilot he served in various parts of Britain for nearly three years, and gained his commission last year. His main interest in sport was tennis and swimming. Pilot Officer McJennett was buried in the R.A.F. cemetery in Brookwood, England. His father is well known throughout the New-Zea-land fire service, and came into particular prominence for his work in connection with the Emergency Precautions Service. . FLYING OFFICER B. MAXWELL ! Flying Officer Bruce Maxwell, who was recently reported as being<seriously wounded on air operations, was a well-known amateur entertainer in

Wellington.. He V enlisted in the R.N.Z.A.F. at the age of 18, but served for a year with the A.S.C. as,a driver. He was trained as an airman first in New Zealand and later in Canada. Flying Officer Maxwell is an old boy •of The Terrace School, Scots College, and Nelson College. His mother! Mrs. E. V. Maxwell, lives at Homebush" Road, Khandallah. ,