AIR CASUALTIES

Evening Star, Issue 25084, 27 January 1944, Page 4

AIR CASUALTIES

WING-COMMANDER FREEMAN MISSING (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Jan. 27. The following New Zealand air personnel serving overseas are reported as casualties • OTAGO. —Missing On Air Operations.— Freeman, Wing-commander Trevor Owen, D. 5.0., D.F.C. and bar; mother, Mrs E. Freeman, Dunedin. Petrie, Acting Flight-lieutenant John Russell D.F.C.; father, Mr F. Petrie. Balclutha. . OTHER DISTRICTS. —Died Natural Causes.— Brown. Corporal John; wife, Mrs K. Brown, Waipukurau. —Killed On Active Service.— Johnson, Pilot-officer Samuel-Graham; Father. Mr N. S. Johnson. Hamilton. • • . Neilson, Flight-lieutenant James Gillespie, D.F.C.; father, Mr J. Neilson, Feilding. Walls, Flying-officer Rex James; father, Mr J. Walls, New Plymouth. Walsh, Flying-officer John Dermot; father. Mr D. Walsh, Hawera. Wilde, Sergeant Gordon George; wife, Mrs V. Wilde, Nelson. —Missing On Air Operations.— McFarlane, Flight-lieutenant John Osborne; father Mr H. O. McFarlane, Gisborne. Newton, Pilot-officer Norm. Thomas, D.F.C; father, Mr T. H. Newton, Wellington. -Williams, Flying-officer James Nelson; father,- Mr H. B. Williams, Gisborne. —Dangerously Injured.— Bluett, Flight-sergeant Roy; mother, Mrs M. E. Bluett, Christchurch. . NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES. —Died From Natural Causes.— Stoddart, Leading-aircraftman Gordon William Edwin; wife, Mrs E. M. Stoddart, Christchurch. —lnjured. O'Brien, A/C. 2 Desmond Whishaw; mother, Mrs H. O'Brien, Auckland. • i