WAR CASUALTIES

Evening Star, Issue 24096, 17 January 1942, Page 5

WAR CASUALTIES

SEVENTEEN OTAGO NAMES (P.A.) WELLINGTON. January 16. The following 2nd N.Z.E.F. casualty list, was issued 10-day (rank private unless otherwise stated) OTAGO. —Mining, Believed Prisoners of War. — Speight. Lieutenant-colonel Norman (Jliarle?; wife, Mrs W. Z, Speight, Dunedin. Gilchrist, Captain Alaistair Gordon; mother. Mrs E. I. Gilchrist, Dunedin. Easton, Lieutenant Waller Ronald; wife. Mrs E. M. Easton, Oamaru. Eagar, Brian Joseph; aunt, Miss F. Flynn, Dunedin. Gauibio, .Stanley Edison; mot her, Mrs I. .1. Bcleski, Dunedin. Gray, Thomas Albert; mother, Mrs ft. Gray, Oamaru. .fephson, William Francis; mother, Mrs E. N. .Icphson, Dunedin. King, Arthur Edward; wife, Mrs A. I. King, Dunedin. Lillie, Joint Allenby; father. Mr H. Little, Hampden. Meilroy. John Matthew; mother, Mrs I. Melirov, Dunedin. Piltawii.y, Arthur Henry; mother, Mrs M. M. -Piltaway, Arrowlown. Rybuvn, Allan Josiaii: mother, Mr< Jessie Ryburn, Dunedin. Smith, Corporal Joseph Hiram; mother, Mrs E. N. Smith, Dunedin. .Speed. John; wife, Mrs M. L. Speed, Oamaru. Stone. Arthur Simeon; father, Mr G. H. Slone, Dunedin. Wallace, William Sibbald : mol her, Mrs C. Wallace, Dunedin. Wanvood. Adrian; wife. Mrs I. M. Warwood, Dunedin. OTHER DISTRICTS. —Died of Wounds. — (Previously Reported Died.) Waller?, Albert ; wife, Mrs. E. Wallers. Awanui. —Missing.--Steel, Second-lieutenant John Cnthberl.; father, Mr J. W. Steel. Wellington. Wobh, Second-lieutenant Robert Courtney; father, Mr E. R. Webb, Christchurch. Ballantyne, Staff Sergeant Derek Anderson ; mother, Mrs M. Ballantyne, Auckland . Corlett, Gunner James Francis: mother, ■ Mrs C. M. A. Q. Corlett. Carterton. Fagan, Gunner Jack Gordon; father, Mr A. M. Fagan, Te Puke. Fisher, Gunner George; falher, Mr W. Fisher, Korepehi. Jones, Gunner Rhys Morgan ; father, Mr • . H. L.- Jones, Tauranga. Knight. Lance-bombardier Albert Ernest; wife, Mrs E. E. Knight; Waipaoa. Mcßetii, Gunner Bernard; sister, Mrs E. Pittams, Kopaki. Ncilson, Temporary Bombardier Donald Alexander; mother, Mrs H. M. Neilson, Tauranga. Pearcey, Gunner Newman Edward; father, Mr E. C. Pearcey, Pahiatua. Putt, . Gunner Lloyd George; father, Mr L. H. Putt, Alton. Rensha.w, Temporary Bombardier William; mother, Mrs 0. Renshaw, Tauranga. Risk. Gunner David Hugh; father, Mr J. Risk, Ohura. Risk, Gunner James Alexander; father, Mr J. Risk, Ohura. Shaw, Lance-bombardier Adam Roland; mother, MrsJ M. Shaw, Mokauili. Weaver, Sergeant Gordon Allan; mother, Mrs A. Weaver, Auckland. Wills, Gunner John; father, Mr F, Wills, Te Karaka. Young, Gunner Ivan William ; mother, Mrs J. Young, Gisborne. MISSING, BELIEVED PRISONERS OF WAR, Evans. Temporary Major Hilary Mervyn; wife, Mrs M. Evans. Takapuna. Clay, Captain David Craig Lloyd ; sister, Mrs H. R. Peacock, Waipukurau. Webster,' Captain Frederick Edward; mother, Mrs A. C. Webs'ter, Auckland. Bevin, Second-lieutenant John Francis; father, Mr F. W.- Bevin, Picton. Pilcher, Second-lieutenant Norman Chaldccott; mother, Mrs E. B. Pilcher, Auckland. Adams, Robert Albert; mother, Mrs M. Adams, Walton. Aitchison, Hugh Douglas; father, Mr H. Aitchison, Shannon. Bottle, John Morgan; father, Mr G. Settle, Christchurch. Brcmner, David; wife, Mrs D, G. Bremner, Herne Bay. Brown, Elgar Samuel; father, Mr S. Brown, Dargaville. J Brown,.Steven George; father, Mr G. R. Brown, Invercargill. Buckingham, Corporal Clifford Robert; mother, Mrs M. Buckingham, Katikafi. Cavanagh, Clinton John; father, Mr M. M. Cavanagh, Queensland. Charles, Lance-corporal Thomas John; wife, Mrs E. E. Charles, Greytown. Clarke, Henry George; father, Mr G. P, Clarke, Gisborne. Clarkson, William Paul; sister, Mrs €. Carrol, Midhirst. Collins. Gilbert Henry; mother, Mrs M, Collins, Tauranga. Courscy, Lindsay Henry; mother, Mrs N. C. Coursey, Christchurch. Dale, Austin Daniel; mother, Mrs J. Dale, Invercargill. Davjdson, Nod Edward; father, Mr J. A Davidson, Hastings. Davison, Lance-corporal Thomas Stanley: mother, Mrs M. Davison, Woolston, Dawes, Leslie Edwin; wife, Mrs J. A. Dawes, Sydenham. Dcnmead, Norman Arthur; wife, Mrs M. W. Denraead, Hillsborough. Devlin, James; father, Mr A. Devlin, Kakahi. Dike, Leslie Alexander; mother, Mrs E, Dike, Waihi. Docl, Alwyu Athol; father, Mr A. J. Doc!, tVhangarci. Fenwick, EdwSrd Clifford; mother, Mrs M. A. Fenwick, Kaipara. Fordham, Ivan George; father, Mr G. L. Fordliara, Auckland. Foster, Cedric John; mother, Mrs E. H. Foster. Kaitaia. Fraser, John Liddle; fathei* Mr J. A. Fraser, Nelson. Gair. Gilbert John; mother, Mrs E. Gair, Waipawa.

Gardiner, Warren ilercwootl; mother, Mrs L. Gardiner, Wellington. Gardyne, James William; mother, Mrs M. Gardyne, Gore. Graham, Fred ; wife. Mrs N. J. A. Graham, Christchurch. Graham. Robert William; mother, Mrs A. M. Graham. Opoliki. Grant, Peter McPherson; wife, Mrs IN. Grant, Linwood. . Green, Ellis; friend, Mrs E. E. Craig. Waihi. Gribblc, Corporal James McDonald; mother, Mrs E. Cribble, Levin. Ilaimes, Corporal Roland James; sister, Miss W. E. Haimcs, Wellington. Halle. Leigh Philip; wife. Mrs L. H. J. Haile, Claudelamls. Hawkins, Graham Robert Campbell; mother, Mrs M. Hawkins. Hayward, William Arthur; mother, Mrs G. M. Hayward, Hikuraugi. Herbert, Corporal Lester Roland; mother, Mrs M. Herbert, Kaeo. Hill. William George; mother, Mrs A. M. Hill, Waihou Holmes, William Theodore; mother, Mrs A. Holmes, Waverlcy. Hoilamby, Albert Edward ; mother, Mrs L. K. Hoilamby, Waimate. Hutu, Donald Henry Lancelot; mother, Mrs F. 8. Hunt. Mntamatn. Hunter, Corporal Ben Cyril; mother, Mrs 8. M. Hunter, Hastings. Hunter, Clifford Cumqron; mother. Mrs E. Hunter, Dargaville. Ingerson, Rodney ’William; father, Mr W. L. Ingerson. Hamilton. Johnson, Jack Neville; mother, Mrs M. Johnson, Wellington. Jones. Louis William; father. Mr E. Jones, Palmerston North. Keeling, Lance-corporal George Kitchener: mother, Mrs A. I. Keeling, Auckland. Kelly, Terence: wife, Mrs E. M. Kelly, Sydney. Kennedy. Frederick David; mother. Mrs F. Kennedy, Wellington. King', Corpora) Dudley Robert ; mother, Mrs E. King, Temuka. Lansdell, Frederick William; father, Mr F. C. Lansdell, Lumsdcn. Lawrenson, James William; wife, Mrs A. J. Lawrenson, Hinds. Lawson, Morris Lyndhurst; father, Mr C. A. Lawson, Sumner. Lazarus, Sergeant Mitchell; mother, Mrs S. Lazarus, Papamii. ■ Loaboum, Herbert Charles: mother, Mrs F. E. Loabourn, Maramarua. Lee, Jack Hooper; Mrs L. L. Potham, Hamilton (relationship not stated). Lee. William Maitland John; brother, Mr C. Lee, Otovohanga. Lindsay, Anderson Ritchie; brother,,Mr D. ’ S. Lindsay, Otahuii. Lowe, Frederick; mother, Mrs S. A. Lowe, 1 Australia. McCunc, Thomas William Noble; mother, Mrs C. McCune, Auckland. McDermott, James; sister, Mrs G. G. Quirke, Wellington. McKcarncy, David Owen; father, Mr Owen McKearney, Kingsland. Mackintosh, Hector Frederick; aunt, Mrs B. Maud, Auckland. McLennan, Angus Colin; wife, Mrs T. M. McLennan, Hamilton. McMullen, Charles Frederick; brother, Mr S. McMullen, Auckland. Manning, Brunion Brown; mother, Mrs A. Manning, Mamaku. Margison, Harry; mother, Mrs A. H. Margison, Auckland. Merton, Lancelot Geoffrey; mother, Mrs M. F. Merton, Kaipara Flats. Miukell, David Macdonald; father, Mr G. R. Mickell, Morrinsvillt. Milne, Lance-corporal George Findlay; father, Mr G. W. Milne, Masterlon. Micham, Arnold James; mother, Mrs H. G. Micham, Auckland. Mitchell. Charles Raymond; Mrs G. M. Wells, New Plymouth (relationship not stated). Morey, James Leo; father, Mr G. N. Morey, Blenheim. Muir, Warrant Officer Raymond Bruce; wife, Mrs H. R. Muir, Auckland. Nicholls, Aubrey Edward; mother, Mrs M. Nuckolls, Gisborne. Nicholson, Malcolm; father, Mr R. H. Nicholson, Dargaville. Nicholson, Oliver; father, Mr R. H. Nicholson, Dargaville. ■Noakcs, Vernon Lloyd; father, Mr A. J. Noakes, Thames. Painter,,Jack Anderson; father, Mr A. J. Painter, Hastings. Faisons, Corporal Harold Avon; father, Mr B. A. Parsons, Auckland. Peillon, Paul Henry; wife, Mrs A. V. Peillon, Waiuku. Perske, Henry Anderson; mother, Mrs M, Perske, Queensland. Pierce, Cecil Albert Clarence; mother, Mrs H. Pierce, Whangarci. Plescher, Paul Joseph; mother, Mrs L. G. M. Plescher, Cambridge. Plummer, Gordon Alan; mother, Mrs E. M. Plummer, Auckland. Pool. Colin Hugh; wife, Mrs F. M. Pool, Auckland. Potts, Stuart Jack; father, Mr J. S. N. Potts, Dannevirke. Prtsion, Edward Arthur; aunt, Mrs L. Budden. Pukekpho. Puddle, Herbert Roy; wife, Mrs E. M. Puddle, Christchurch. Rankin, Donald Russell; wife, ’ Mrs B. G. Rankin, Wellington. Reid, Charles; sister, Mrs M. Hayden (address unknown). Richards, Lewis Charles; father, Mr T. F. Richards, Cambridge. Ridler, Douglas Allan; mother, Mrs Mary Ami Ridler, Wellington. Robb, Norman; wife, Mrs G. D. Robb, Matakohe. Robertson, Sergeant Neil; mother, Mrs H. M. Robertson, Waiheko Island, Rope, William Morley; brother, Mr B. V. Rope, Howick. - Russell, Robert: mother, Mrs A. Park Russell, Waikiwi. Ryan, Donald Reginald; sister, Mrs M. A. Johnson, Auckland. Schofield, Joseph Frederick William; mother, Mrs L. B. Schofield, Auckland. Searle, Ernest William; mother, Mrs A. A. Searle, Otautau. Shine, James; father, Mr D. Shine, Wailoa. ShirrifFs, Christopher Bramley; wife, Mrs M. D. ShirriiTs, Auckland. Silcock, Lance-corporal Jack Cedric; wife, Mrs F. L. Silcock, Otorohanga. .Silvester, Hugh; father, Mr H. Silvester, Tauranga. Smith, Alan .Augustus; wife, Mrs E. C. Smith, Wellington. Sotham, Walter Frank; father, Mr W. Sotham, Auckland. Sparling, Wilfred John; mother, Mrs F. Stevenson, Wellington. Staiger, Kenneth Gordon; wife, Mrs A. Staiger, Waitoa.

Slokcs, Waller Greenwood Verdun; father. Mr H. Stokes, Howick. Sullivan, John; mother, Mrs Flynn, Taumarunui. Symonds, Philip; father, Mr J. Symons, Scotl's Gap, Taitard, Edmond Ronald; Mrs B. Talfard, Kohukohu. Taylor, James Richard; sister, Mrs L. J. Tavcndale, Christchurch. Thompson, James Alexander; wife, Mrs G. Thompson, Woodbury. Tonkin, Waller Llewellyn; father, Mr W. Tonkin, Nelson. ■ 1 reader, Joseph Douglas; wife, Mrs K. t M. Troader, Forded. Tufliey, Desmond Drydon: mother, Mrs H. Tufliey, Invercargill. Vuglar, William; wife, Mrs L. Vuglar, Auckland. Walker, Charles Rex; wife, Mrs J, Walker, Carterton. Walker, Harold Percy Scott; mol her, Mrs M. Walker, Queensland. Ward, Alan; mother. Mrs A. G. Ward Timaru. Watson, Harry William; father, Mr L H Watson, Auckland. Watson, Ivo Hanley; father, Mr 1. H, Watson, Auckland. W alson, John Mitchell ; wife, Mrs D. Watson, Auckland. Wheeler, Albert Frank; mother, Mrs G, E. Wheeler, Auckland. Welch, Colin Tuffnel; father, Mr L. Welch, Masterlon. Williams, Lester Bernard; father, Mr A E. Williams, Christchurch. Williams, Gordon Owen; mother, Mrs E. J. Williams, Invercargill. Williams, Lance-corporal Howland Geoffrey; mother, Mrs E. J. Williams, luvercar- , gill. Wilton, Temporary' Sergeant Albert Vivian; mother, Mrs E. Wilton, Nelson. Winsladc, Sergeant Norman; mother, Mrs G. M. Winsladc, Wellington. Winter, Ernest Joint; mother,- Mrs M. A. Winier, Auckland. Wiseman, Corporal William; wife, Mr.-, F.. J. Wiseman, Auckland. Withovidge, Roland Adrian; mother, Mrs L. A. Witheridgo, Auckland. Wilhey, Leonard Henry Gordon; wife, Mrs B. Wilhey, Auckland. Woodham, Warrant-officer Cyril Walter; mother, Mrs D. Woodham, Christchurch. Woods, Sergeant Peter Reginald; mother, Mrs D. C. Woods. Auckland, Wright. George Arthur; mother, Mrs M. M. Wright, Ramarauia. —Prisoner of War.— (Previously Reported Missing.) Board, Lance-corporal Comer Douglas Stilwell; father, Mr B. Board, Hangatiki. Hayes, Roy Strathallan; father, Mr F. Hayes, Feathcrston. Kent, William James; sister, Mrs C. M. Dennis, Hamilton. AIR FORCE LIST. The following air casualties were announced to-day (all R.N.Z.A.F.): — Davis, Pilot-officer Robert Charles, missing on air operations; mother, Mrs K. Davis, Taumarunui. Downs, Sergeant Harry Chapman, missing on air operations; mother, Mrs A. Downs, Wellington. Masters, Pilot-officer Robert Sidney, previously reported missing on air operations, now reported killed in action; mother, Mrs E. E. Masters, Hastings. Crossley, Pilot-officer Edmund Douglas, missing, believed prisoner of war; wife, Mrs E. D. Crossley, 53 Disraeli street, Hawcra. Newman, Sergeant Reginald James, previously reported missing on operations, now reclassified as killed in action; father, Mr W. L. Newman, Tikorangi R.D., Waitara. Rankin. Sergeant Noel Bain, missing on air operations; wife, Mrs J. I. Rankin, 300 High street, Dunedin. Reynolds, Sergeant Arthur Russell, mtss- " jag on air operations; mother, Mrs A. 3V. Reynolds, 23 Fitzhevbcrt street, Wellington.