N.Z. CASUALTIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 20 November 1941, Page 5

N.Z. CASUALTIES

MORE PRISONERS REPORTED WELLINGTON, November 19. The following list of casualties to members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force was issued tonight:— PRISONERS OF WAR (Previously Reported Missing) Bull, William Henry Blinman, LieutCol. Mrs. A. M. R. Bull, Parapar- !' aumu Beach (w.). Davis, Ernest Percy, Maj. Mrs. I. E. Davis, Christchurch (w.). Bedding, Thomas Geoffrey, Capt. Mrs. E. Bedding, Havelock (m.). Jones, Frederick William Osborn. Lieut. Mr. F. W. Jones, Wellington (f.). Anderson, John Nish, Gnr. Mr. A. Anderson, Morrinsville (brother). Anderson,- Thomas Good, Pte. Mrs. T: M. Anderson, Auckland (m.). Baigent, Lestock Ryvers, W.0.1. Mrs. M. W. Baigent, Wellington (w.). Becher, Thomas Joseph, Spr. Mr. J. T. Becher, Ahuroa (brother). Bigham, Godfrey Edwin Isaac, Pte. Mrs. R. I. Bigham, Eltham (w.). Boag, Stewart Railton, Drv. Mrs. F. M. Boag, Christchurch (w.). Brodersen, Clifford Marsden, Gnr. Mrs. D. Brodersen, Frankton Junction (w.). Brown, Brian Clifford, Drv. Mrs. L. G. Brown, Hawera (m.). Burgess, Arthur, Pte. Miss M. E. Burgess, Ashburton (sister). Campbell, Donald Wilfred, Pte. Mrs. C .A. Campbell, Dunedin (w.). Campbell, Gilbert Templeton, Pte. Mrs. M. H. Campbell, Ngakawau

(rn.). Cathro, Gordon Murray, Cpl. Mr. T. C. Cathro, Wanganui (f.). Chappell, Gordon Lennox. T/L/Cpl. Mrs. K. Chappell, Wellington (w). Chappell, Reginald Prosper, Gnr. Mr. Harry Chappell, Kaiapoi. (Relationship not stated). Christie, William Robert Lyall, Pte. Mrs. I. E. Christie, Tekawa (m.). Dalton, Arthur, Cpl. Mrs. M. Dalton, Napier (w.). Dixon, Owen Roy. Pte. Mr. C. Dixon, Martinborough (f.). Dodson, Thomas Henry, Pte. Mrs. M. J. Dodson, Rotorua (m.). Donnelly, Robert Sutherland, Sglm. Mrs. P. J. Donnelly, Invercargill

(w.). Drake, Joseph Renald, Drv. Mrs. L. Newton, Bluff (sister). Dunlop, Peter. T/W.O. Mr. J. Dunlop. Dunedin (brother). Edwards, Colin Aroha, L/Cpl. Mrs. D. Mader, Frankton, (sister). Farthing, Frank Hotson, L/Cpl. Mr. F. Farthing, Christchurch (f.). Flannery, George, T/Sgt. Mrs. M. M. Flannery, Dunedin (w.). Fletcher, Hector Thomas, Spr. Mr. N. A. Fletcher, Cambridge (brother). Francis, Leslie Ronald James, Pte. Mrs. L. H. Francis, Hawke’s Bay

(w.). Gardiner, William Claus, Pte. Mrs. L. Gardiner, Whakapara (m.). Gardner. Denis O'Meagher, Pte. Mr. R. C. Gardner, Paekakariki (f.). Geeves. Russell Charles, Gnr. Mr. J. W. Geeves, Dunedin (f.). Greening, William Albert, Pte. Mrs. A. Greening, Wellington (m.). Guild, Norman John, Gnr. Mrs. B. Guild, Johnsonville (m.). Hall, Ronald Patrick, Pte. Mrs. M. Hall, Hastings (m.). Hourigan, Kenneth, L/Sgt. Mr. T. C. Hourigan, New South Wales (f.). Hunter, Oliver Raymond John, Dvr. Mr. J. G. Hunter, Frankton Junction (uncle). Hyland, Charles Sydney, Drv. Mrs. Z. M. E. Hyland, Wanganui (w). Imeson, Thomas Frederick, L/Sgt. Mrs. Imeson, Christchurch (w.). Irwin, Joseph, Gnr. Mrs. E. Irwin, Auckland (m.). Jamieson, James Collin, Gnr. Mrs. M. Jamieson, Ashburton (m.). Knox, James Alexander, Pte. Mrs. T. P. Knox, Dunedin (w.). Leckey, Andrew, L/Cpl. Mr. J. Leckey, Ireland (f.). Lees, Alexander Robert, Pte. Mrs. E.

E. Lees, Dunedin (w.). Leonard, Redmond John, Pte. Mr. M. Leonard, Waimate (f.). Longstaff, James Arthur, Pte. Mr. J. Longstaff, England (f.). McConaghey, James, Pte. Mr. J. McConaghey, Woodend (f.). Mace, Hector Frank, Drv. Mr. F. Mace Christchurch (L). McFadyen, William, Spr. Mrs. E. McFadyen, Gisborne (m.). McKenzie, James Henry, Pte. Mr. K. A. McKenzie, Gisborne (f.).

McKinley, Wilfred Hesper, T/Sgt. Mr. E. H. McKinley, Hamilton (f.). Madigan, Edmund Kennard, Cpl. Mrs. E. E. Madigan, Nelson (w.). Miller, Ralph Edward, T/Cpl. Mrs. R. A. Miller, Wellington (w.). O’Connor, Michael Patrick, L/Cpl. Mr. G. F. O’Connor, Hamilton (brother). Olsen, James Richard. Pte. Mr. E. Olsen, Pukeatua (f.). Penn. Stanley Raymond, Sgt. Mrs. J. Penn, Wanganui (m.). Perry, Isaac Lyster, Drv. Mr. F. W. Perry, Johnsonville (f.). Quinlan, John Courtney, Drv. Mrs. L. Quinlan, Auckland (m.). Robertson, Raymond Leslie, Pte. Mr. R. Robertson, Auckland (f.). Ryan, Michael Desmond, Drv. Mrs. S. M. Ryan, Springston (m.). Schriiffer, John Patrick, L/Sgt. Mr. J. Schriiffer, Middlemarch (f.).

Sergeant, Ronald Ernest Walter, Spr. Mrs. M. I. Sergeant, Wellington

(m.). Shalders, Albert Fulford, Drv. Mr. A L. Shalders, Oamaru (f.). Shaw, Stanley, L/Cpl. Mrs. I. Shaw Wellington (m.). Shields, Arthur James, T/Cpl. Mrs. M Russell, Christchurch (m.).

Smaill, Henry John, Spr. Mrs. F. Smaill, Dunedin (m). Smith, John Richard, Pte. Mrs. F. Smith, Auckland (m.). Stanton, Percival John James, Drv. Mr. P. W. Stanton, New Plymouin (f.). Stewart, George Smith-Doreen Sgt. Mr. Frazer Stewart, Kohuratahi (L). Thomas, Howard Bruce, Pte. Mr. H. B. Thomas, Gonville (f.). Till, Verdun Leonard, Pte. Mr. R. E. Till, Frankton (!’•)■ Twamley, John, Pte. Mrs. I. Twamley, Christchurch (w.). Webb, Francis Keith, Sgt. Mr. T. W. Webb, Pukearuhe (f.). South, Welch Wilder Clifford, Pte. Mrs. N. K. Welch, Western Australia (w.). Williams, Henry Charles, Drv. Mrs. Williams, Wellington (m.). ■ Williams, Henry Herbert, Gnr. Mr. J. Williams, Christchurch (brother). Winstanley, Peter Noel, Pte. Mrs. C. Winstanley, Auckland (m.).

DIED OF WOUNDS WELLINGTON, Nov. 19. Au vice has been received that Major Arthur Vincent Jenkins, of Wellington, died of wounds in Greece in April. Major Jenkins, who was 37, served throughout the campaign in Greece.

AIR CASUALTIES WELLINGTON, Nov. 19. The following air casualties were announced to-night:— Sergeant George Wells, R.N.Z.A.F;, previously reported missing, now believed killed in action. Father, Mr. George Wells, Feilding. Sergeant Frederick Alexander Spark. R.N.Z.A.F; previously reported missing, now reclassified missing, but believed killed in action. Wife, Mrs. F. A. Spark, Dunedin. WELLINGTON, November 20. The following air casualties were announced to-day:— Sergeant Gordon lan Harrowby, R.NrZ.-A:F., reported- missing bn air operations. Father, Mr. G .A. Harrowby, Auckland.

Sergeant Richard Trevor Griffiths, R.N.Z.A.F., reported seriously injured as the result of an aircraft accident, and admitted to sick quarters. Mother, Mrs. S. ' B. Griffiths, Rotorua. - Sergeant Arthur John Coe, R.N.Z.A.F., admitted to hospital, suffering from burns hands,

as the result of an aircraft accident. Father, Mr. J. Coe, Christchurch. "m 1 Sergeant Ronald Y est . Taylor, R.N.Z.A.F., previously reported missing, now reclassified as rffissing believed killed in action. Father, Mr. A. S. Taylor, Christchurch.