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NEW ZEALAND CASUALTY LIST TOTAL OF NINETY FIVE - [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, May 11. The following casualties to members of the Second N.Z.E.F. are reported;— —Killed in Action.— Private WILLIAM ALFRED MILLAR CAMPBELL; mother, Mrs L. M‘lnnes, Christchurch. Private WILLIAM CLARKE; mother, Mrs E. E. Clarke, Lancashire, England. Private NORMAN COLEY; Mr -A. Coley, Taupo, relationship not stated. Private JOHN BERNARD M‘CALMAN; mother, Mrs M. J. M‘Calraan, Hawera. Private WILFRED M‘ELREA; mother, Mrs H. M. M'Elrea, Milton, Otago. Lance-corporal ALAN MTIAE; mother, Mrs E. K. M‘Rae, Auckland. Private GARNET JOHN NICOLLE; sister, Mrs Iris Harvey, Shropshire, England. Private GEORGE TREVOR WEBSTER; father, Mr William Webster, Wallasey, Cheshire, England. Private JOHN YOUNG; wife, Mrs Mavis Young, Balclutba. —Died of Wounds.— Signalman GEORGE TILTON DAVIES; mother, Mrs R. Bell. Auckland, Private WALTER ROBERT SHANNON ; mother, Mrs F. E. Shannon, Greymouth. —Wounded.— Second-lieutenant Frederick Peter Anthony Chapman; wife, Mrs D. Chapman, Auckland. Private George Patrick Abernethy; wife, Mrs D. I. Abernethy, Dunedin. Private Andrew Walter Ferguson; sister, Miss A. Ferguson, Bay of Islands. Private Allan Charles Jennings;-wife, Mrs A. Jennings, Christchurch. Private Andrew Gilbert Lees; mother, Mrs S. C. Lees, Katikati. Private Arthur O’Halloran; wife, Mrs Ivy O’Halloran, Papatoetoe. Private Vincent George Patterson; wife, Mrs V. M. Patterson, Dunedin. Private Raymond Sutton Pettman; wife, Mrs R. S. Pettman, Auckland. Private Leslie Howard Rowland; wife, Mrs E. Rowland, Ruawai, North W airoa. Private George Victor Scobie; mother, Mr C. L. Scobie, Balfour. Private Richard Godfrey Symes; mother, Mrs H. M. Symes, Wicklow, Ireland. ' Private Harold Duncan Tod; mother, Mrs Mary Ann Tod, Seacliff, Otago. Private Cyril Leonard Wadsworth; father, Mr L. J. Wadsworth, New Plymouth. Warrant Officer 11. Roger James Webster; wife, Mrs P. O. Webster, Whangarei. Private Errol David Williams; mother, Mrs M. Williams, Cobden. Private Roydon James Wilson; mother, Mrs H. E. Wilson, Picton. Corporal Charles Horace Boncey; wife, Mrs P. E. Boncey, Wellington. Private Thomas Coburn; father, Mr J;, Coburn, Wellington. Private Clement Coffin; father, Mr P, C. Coffin, Pitcairn Island, Private Lynden Wyvern Currie; father, Mr W. S. Currie, Stratford. Private William M'Lean Duthie; father, Mr J. Duthie, Wellington. Corporal Vern Arthur Hopkinson; father, Mr A. Hopkinson, New Plymouth. Corporal Harold Charles Hulme; father, Mr H. C. Hulme, New Plymouth. Private Keith Kanake; father, Mr T. Kanake, Victoria, Australia. Private John Kilkolly; father, Mr Kilkolly, Dannevirke. Private Thomas 'William Madsen; mother, Mrs E. Hall, Masterton. Lance-corporal Victor Sydney Moors; father, Mr A. S. Moors, Wellington. Private England Ephraim Prestling; mother, Mrs E. Howchow, Tolaga Bay. Private Alan ■ Maxwell Sanson ; father. Mr A. M. Sanson, Masterton. Private Goulburn Frederick Whalen; father, Mr W. H. Whalen, Kapuni. —Air Force Casualties. — The following R.N.Z.A.F. casualties were announced to-day:— Pilot-officer Leonard Rodney Hewitt, suffering from synovitis of the right knee as the result of an. aircraft accident; mother, Mrs F. 0. Hewitt, Christchurch. Sergeant Ivor Wilders Port Evison, injured in a flying accident, suffering from superficial burns to face and hands; mother, Mrs O. Evison, Hastings. Sergeant Douglas William Tong, injured in a flying accident, suffering from superficial burns to the face and hands; mother, Mrs D. R. Tong, Auckland. LATER ADDITIONS WELLINGTON, May 12. The following casualties to members of the Second N.Z.E.F, are reported (tho rank is Private unless otherwise stated) *— —j-Killed in Action. — GEOFFREY WYNNE ALISON; father, Mr Eweu Alison, Auckland. ARTHUR HENRY NELSON BELL; mother. Mrs E. Graham, Manuuui. LEONARD WALLACE DAVEY; father. Mr F. C. Davey, Dargaville. HAROLD GEORGE DODD; mother, Mrs J, Dodd. Whakatane. JIM EAST; father, Mr A. J. East, Cambridge, CARREL FIDLER FERGUSON; mother, Mrs A. I. Ferguson, Whangarei. CLAUDE FINCH; brother, Mr S. G. Finch, Hamilton. CLIFFORD KINGSLEY GRAINGER; wife, Mrs K. E. Grainger, Auckland. NOEL STEWART LEONARD; father. Mr J. H. Leonard. Helensville. Corporal HORACE LONGWOETH; mother. Mrs M. E. Longworth, Wellington. LESLIE STEWART MARSHALL; father, Mr F. Marshall, Makaraka. NORMAN GILBERT PERKINS: father, Mr Gilbert Perkins, Te Puke. —Died of Wounds.— HECTOR ONYON; mother, Mrs E. E. Onyon, Te Awamutu. —Wounded.— Lieutenant William Allan Pyatt; father. Mr A. E. Pyatt. Auckland. Second-lieutenant Charles Might Coote; mother. Mrs Hida Blanche Coote. Whangarei. 1
Clarence William Bayley; friend, Herbert Hamjnou, Dargaville. Bernard George Leo (Bland; (relationship not stated), Mr B. F. Bland. Gisborne. Ray Danby Brayshaw; mother, Mrs E. L. Brayshaw, Palmerston North. Kenneth Ronald Brown, father, Mr William Robert Brown, Kaihu, North Auckland. John Alfred Burrows; mother, Mrs E. Burrows, Mangonui. Noel Charles Clifford Crouch; mother, Mrs M. C. C. Wood, Point Chevalier. Patrick Cullinane; father, Mr David Cullinane, Fordell. Corporal Samuel Frederick Durant; wife, Mrs E. I. Durant, Dargaville. ■ Albert Harry Erskine; (relationship not stated), Mr W. S. Erskine, Morrinsville. Godfrey Mark Feaver; wife, Mrs B. Feaver, Whangarei. Cyril -Fletcher; mother, Mrs S. Fletcher, Wellington. Reginald Andrew Foster; brother, Mr T. Foster, Matangi. Frederick William Hislop; mother, Mrs E. Hislop, Hataitai. Jack Douglas Mayer Hooper; mother, Mrs Gladys Hooper, Kaitaia. Albert Roy Hornell; mother, Mrs E. Hornell, Auckland. Ernest John Irwin; (relationship not' stated), Mrs M. Irwin, Auckland. David Arthur Johanson; mother Mrs Mabel Johanson, Cambridge. Daniel John Kenny; father, Mr J. F. Kenny, Victoria, Australia. Douglas James Livingstone; father, Mr J. S. Livingstone, Auckland. Victor Henry M'Pherson; mother, Mrs J. B. M'Pherson. Warkworth. - Eric Howie Nicholls; wife, Mrs Betty Marden Nicholls, Manaia. Ray Nickerson; (relationship not stated), Mr J. Nickerson. Gisborne. Hector Stephen Peacock; father, Mr R. G. Peacock, Murchison. Cyril Jellicoe Petersen; mother, Mrs L. Petersen, Auckland. Carlton Leith Rawson; mother, Mrs Cecilia Rawson, Taneatua. Allan James Stephen' Richardson; mother, Mrs A. E. Richardson, Auckland. Michael Rodgers; mother, Mrs A. A. ■ Rogers. Stratford. Corporal Donald Thomas Scholium; father, Mr J. A. Scholium, Tekauwhata. , , Corporal Reginald Charles Slade; father, Mr F. J. Slade,- Napier. Nathaniel James Alex. Smyth; mother. Mrs Martha Smyth, Ruatona, East Coast. . ■ , Sergeant Douglas- Spmley; mother, Mrs S. J. Spinley, Morrinsville. Patrick Neville Stephens: wife, Mrs P. I. Stephens, Te Awamutu. Corporal Lewis Stokes; father, Mr S. Stokes, Auckland. _ Montague Thomson; wife, Mrs A. J. Thomson. Auckland. • Leslie Williams; foster mother, Mrs M. V. Morgan. Whangarei. Lance-corporal Richard Francis Williams; mother. Mrs F. M- V llHams. Auckland. Ernest Gilbert Wood; mother. Mrs B. Wood, Auckland.
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Evening Star, Issue 23882, 12 May 1941, Page 6
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