ACHILLES CASUALTY LIST

Evening Star, Issue 23451, 16 December 1939, Page 11

ACHILLES CASUALTY LIST

four of complement killed BUNEDIN NAB IN6UIDED LONDON, December 15. (Received December 16, at 11 a.m.) Four members of the Achilles complement were killed. They include : Able-seaman A. C. H. Shaw, of Rotorua. Seaman I. W. Grant, of Dunedin. The seriously injured include: Able-seaman E. V. Sherley, of Te Awamutu. L. C, Martinson, of Auckland. Only the captain and four other officers of the Doric Star were aboard the Graf Spee. The members of the crew were placed aboard other enemy ships, and are still missing. A Wellington Association message states:—The Naval Board regrets to announce the following casualties on the Achilles: — NEW ZEALAND NAVAL FORCES. —Killed.— ARCHIBALD COOPER HIRST SHAW, able seaman, N.Z.D. 1030, Oturoa road, Ngongotaha, Rotorua. lAN WILLIAM GRANT, ordinary seaman, N.Z.D. (8.5.), 1734, 44 Cavell street, Tainui, Dunedin. —Seriously Wounded.— ■ Edgar Vivian Sherley, able seaman, N.Z.D., 1163; Roche street, Te Awamutu. Lincoln Campbell Martinson, chief yeoman of signals, N.Z.D., 345, 2 St. Aubyn street, Devonport, Auckland. ROYAL NAVY. —Killed.— Frank Stenhett, telegraphist, 120 Old Mill Lane, Hazel Grove, Stockfort, Cheshire, England. Neville Jervoise Milburn, ordinary telegraphist, D/S.S.X., 23288, 15 Cardinley street, Otley road, Bradford, Yorkshire, England. —Seriously Wounded.— Samuel John Trimble, sergeant, Royal Marines, P.0./22169, 11 Hill View Park, Glengormley, Belfast.