N.Z. AERODROME UNIT

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 March 1942, Page 2

N.Z. AERODROME UNIT

EVACUATED FROM SINGAPORE

WELLINGTON, March 6. ! A further statement concerning the, welfare of the officers and airmen oi 1 the New Zealand aerodrome construe- ( tion unit, which was serving in Maiaya, was made by the Minister foi | Defence (Mr. Jones) to-night. He said , that official advice giving names Qi j personnel in this unit who had been evacuated from Singapore to Austra- I lia had now been received at ad ■ Headquarters, Wellington, and urgent telegrams had been sent to the next- ° Inquiries were being made as to tne welfare of other New Zealanders who were at Singapore, and a sta would be made immediately toyinformation was received. in t m meantime correspondence should oe addressed care of Air Headquarters, list of officers and airmen of the aerodrome construction unit who have been successfully evacuated to Australia, the name given is that of the next-01-km. WEST COAST MEN Squadron Leader Eric Copland Smart, Hokitika. , , . , n Corporal George Gregory Lockington, Reefton. Leading Aircraftman Edward Jame„ Boyd, Hokitika. „ . j Leading Aircraftman Joseph Geraia Byrne, Ikamatua. i Leading Aircraftman Arthur Leslie | Thomas Varey, Westport. I Leading Aircraftman James Kennedy, ' Greymouth. [leading Aircraftman Gordon rerrit Peek, Greymouth. [Leading Aircraftman Robert Russell, Greymouth. i Leading Aircraftman Percy George Willis. Greymouth. I Aircraftman Percival Ronald Bourkc Roche, Greymouth. I Leading Aircraftman Michael Joseph Phillips, the address of whose [next-of-kin is given as Silverstream, lis the son of Mr. M. J. Phillips, c | Greymouth. The latter has received notification, as next-of-kin. [L. A. C. Phillips enlisted at «t'ey'mouth, but was employed in the Weiiington district. OTHER DISTRICTS

Flight-Lieutenants. — Anderson, Kenneth William Barclay, Lew,Plymouth; Begg, Adam Gordon, Dunedin; Butler, Frederick, Hamilton; Fin long. Maurice Beehan, Sydney; Goldingnan, Strachan Agnew, Palmerston North. Captains.—McGowan, Olhster Imlach, Auckland; North, Noel Hunter. Blenheim, Flying Officers.— .. Beveridge, Thomas Oxley Tod, Wellington; Gaby, William Arthur. Hamilton; Goodbeheere, Samuel Frederick John, Feilding; Hyde, Frederick de Mulloid, Hamilton; Parsons, Robert Roy, Auckland; Sinclair, Eliot Orton, Christchurch; Treloar, John James, Lower H Warrant Officers.—Baker, Lancelot John Goldsmith, Wellington; Cha klen, Thomas, Hamilton; Sturdee, William James, Featherston. Flight-Sergeants.—Keegan, Michael Hugh, New Plymouth; McLean, Malcolm Teller, Wellington; Roberts, Leslie Thomas, Auckland. Sergeants.—Campbell, _ Joseph f albert, Wellington; Glanville, Ed w ? Charles, Gisborne; Goodwill, E. A. J. Wellington; Gunn, Francis James, Lawrence; Kitt, lan Hamilton Hastings; Morrissey, Alan Waitoa, Neilson, John Finlay Smith, Napiei,. Mewth, Walter John, Gisborne. Corporals.— Armitage [ ?. ews P?' James, Tuakau; Clay, Gerald Harold, I Wanganui; Cummins, ['’rances Leonard Stratford; Gale, Francis Charles, Auckland; Gilchrist, John Pamoana, Utiki; Hardie, Robert Lorenzo, Wellington; Harris, Mervyn foyne Leonard, Auckland; Mac Lean, James Brand, Masterton; Martin, Percy Pattimore. Ratapiko; Mephan, Harry Vincent Auckland; Meyers, Sidney Thomas. Wellington; Mui dock, Howard Donald Alfred, Wellington; O’Brien, Edward, Auckland; Ouraille, Francis'George Wellington; Peterson. Ernest William, Albury; Ross, Gordon Hamilton, Gisborne; Semple, Leonard Victor. Wellington; Stein, Adam, Stratford; , Thorburn, Edgar Cecil, Auckland; Walls, Terras rocton, Christchurch. Leading Aircraftmen.— Achilles, Ernest Cecil, Wellington; Adlam, F£ r }~ est William, Midhurst; Archer, Edward Horatio, Manunui; Armstrong, Roy Leo, Christchurch; Barraclougn, Lawford Wilson, Auckland; Beard. Thomas Vivian, Feilding; Beatty.. Charles Arnold. Levin; Brown Anthony Leonard, London; Brown, William James, Auckland; Brownlie. Eiochan Benjamin. Palmerston North: Burgess, Francis Graham, Rangiora; Cadogan, Maurine Bernard, Palmerston North; Catherall. Keith Francis Tasman. Masterton; Chamberlain, Leslie Alfred, Wanganui; Church. Oswald Vincent, Wellington; Clare, William Keith, Auckland; Claydon, John Bryan, Christchurch; Coffin, James, Ohakune; Colville, Paul Henry, Christchurch; Corich, Ivan Jack. Christchurch; Cunningham, William John, Timaru; Davies, Ronald Courtenay, Nelson; Dew, George Noel, Manurewa; Dron, Noel Alwyn, Nelson; Dyett, Carl Henry, England; East, Noel, Wellington; Engel, George Albert, Johnsonville; Fitzwilliam, Edward Gordon, Hamilton; Flavell, Howard Thornton Day, Gisborne: Fowler, Leslie, Christchurch; Gardiner, Bernard Lennox, Queenstown; Graham, Athol Melville, Wanganui; Graham, Stanley Lawrence, Shannon; Hanlon. Norman John, Wellington; Harbidge, Brian Christopher, Christchurch: Harland, Ralph, England; Heffer, Donald Francis, Blenheim: Playward, Heathcote Clifford, Christchurch: Haynes, Terence George, England; Heslop, Cyril Heslop, Wairoa; Hikairo, Hone. Ngongotaha; Hopkins, Edward Thomas, Christchurch; Howie Ernest Humphrey, Ohura; Jones. Gordon Gwynne, Masterton; Kerr, Walter Leslie, Nelson; King, Peter Robert, Oamaru; Kirkaldie, David, Wellington: Kruse, James, Christchurch; Ladyman, Robert Frederick, Palmerston North; Lafferty, Charles Basil, Auckland; Lapworth, Owen Shakespeare, Wellington; Lawton, Richard Henry, Wellington; Lennox, Robert, Petone; Little, William, Wellington; Lockie, Allhn John, Wellington; Lynch, William George, Waitahuna; McArthur, Allan William, Invercargill: McCarthy, Francis Augustine, Auckland: McCormick, Clyde Graham, Stratford; McDonal, Alexander Joseph, Lake Waikaremoana; McElligott, John, Wellington; McFarlane, John Scott, Nelson; McGlone, Phillip George. Auckland; McMillan, David Morton, Christchurch: Mcßae. Cyril Duncan, Mosgiel; Maguire, Andrew Isles, Hamilton: Manning, William Brown, Wellington; Mills, Noel Spencer. Blenheim; Moncur, Alexander Francis, Rotorua; Morris, Ronald, Wellington; Murch, William Gilbert, Auckland; Old, Joseph Stewart, Paeroa; Phillips, Michael Joseph, Silverstream; Powell, William, Wellington; Prichard, William Herbert, Ashburton; Ramsay, Ivor Horace, Te Kawa; Ritchie, Pliillip Jack, Ouruhia; Robertson, Ronald Hislap, Christchurch; Russell, Eric Leslie Bevan, Swanson; Sharpe, Kenneth George, Wellington; Smith. Joseph William, Christchurch; Smith, Sam, Petone; Stewart, Daniel, Wellington; Streater, Frank Fdward, Auckland; Swallow, Thomas CiifTord. Mosgiel; Thomson, John, Scotland’; Todd, William Reddock, Christchurch; Tombs, Arthur, Wellington; Upham, Francis Gerald, Paekakariki; Wallace, Douglas Carley, Auckland; Wallace, John Harold, Blenheim; Warren, James Patrick, Dunedin; West, Thomas Albert, Christchurch; Wilson, Raymond Francis, Lyttelton; Wineera, James, Rotorua. Aircraftman Gould. Leonard Arthur Wellington.

Private Ward, Donald Arthur, Te Kuiti.

Flight-Lieutenant A. G. Beg'g was formerly stationed in the Grey district and South Westland, as an engineer ot the Public Works Department.