N.Z.E.F. CASUALTY LIST.

Greymouth Evening Star, 29 January 1943, Page 4

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTY LIST.

WELLINGTON, January 28. The following N.Z.E.F. casualty list was issued to-night: — Killed in action, previously reported missing: Boyd, Pte. Raymond M., Wellington; Gemmell, T/L/Cpl. Leslie W., Christchurch; Nepata, Pte. Joseph, Puketapu; Pulford, Pte.»Noelene AV. H., Clive; Smith, Pte. Frank L., England. Died of wounds: Hodge, Gnr. Kenneth F. L., England. Prisoner of war, previously reported wounded and missing, believed prisoner of war: Brown, Pte. Patrick G. Geraldine. Wounded: Handley, T/Major Wilson G., Wanganui; Carr, Lt. Sydney. Rotorua; Cole, Lt. Darcey A Onaero; McAulay, Lt. Hector A., Napier; Alien, Gnr. Luen A., Gisborne; Carter, Pte. William R., Te Kuiti; ■ Grainger, Sgt. Charles E.. Thames; Hall, T/L/Bdr. Middlemarch; Hunter, Sgmn. Ernest H. Pukekawa; Jackson, Spr. Hector W. M., Wanganui; McDonald, Sgt. Donald G., Timaru; Nurse, Cpl. Gordon, Hawarden; Paterson, Gnr. Janies D., Gore; Smith, Gnr. Robert G., Auckland. R.N.Z.A.F. LATEST LIST WELLINGTON, January 28. _ The following New Zealand air personnel serving overseas have been reported casualties, all of the R.N.Z. A.F., unless otherwise stated: — Missing on air operations: Andrew. Sgt. Richard T., Hastings; Ashwin, Sgt. Eric L., Waiheke; Bagnall, W.O. Trevor H., Palmerston North; Clark, Sgt. Mervyn 0., Christchurch; Denham, Sgt, Maurice T„ Wellington; Downard, Sgt. Henry AV. M., Hangatiki; Holmes, Sgt. Stanley, Whangarei; Jacobson, Flying Officer Gerald H., Akaroa; Kendal, Sgt. Christopher J. Napier; Lamont, Sgt. Charles D., Kaukapakapa; McAlpine, Sgt. Walter D. Chrihtchurch; Mahony, Sgt. Patrick, Christchurch; Marshall, Flying Officer Robert, Hastings; Newall, Flight-Sergt. Norman J., Nelson; Newlands, Sgt. David G., Timaru; Pullar, Sgt. Henry AV., Otautau; Shepherd, Flight-Sergt. Leonard C., Tauranga; Stokes, Sgt. Wallace F., Auckland; Sullivan, Pilot Officer Thomas G., Wellington, Missing and believed killed on active service: Doherty, Sgt, Andrew J., Wellington. Killed on active service: Earwaker, W.O. Samuel D., Christchurch; Legg, F.O. Murray A., Christchurch; Milnes, A./S.L. George E., R.A.F.V.R., Christchurch; Robertson, Sgt. Malcolm Eric E. Wellington. Missing, believed killed: McKillop, Robert H., Auckland. Missing, believed prisoner of war: Voice, Sgt. William J. S., Wellington. Reclassified as safe in United States: Blensor, P.O. Raymond E., Wellington. Reclassified as missing and believed killed. Marshall, P.O. Raymond K. Auckland. Death now officially presumed by Air Ministry: Ramsay, Sgt. William R., Kaitangata; Smith, P.O. Rupert J., Johrisonville. Removed from seriously ill fist: Sheldon, F.O. John V., R.A.F., Auckland.

N.Z. PLANE CRASH

WELLINGTON, January 28.

Two members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, both residents of Wanganui, lost their lives during a night flying test at a South Island air station on Wednesday, when their aircraft crashed.

They were: Sergeant Louis John Norfolk Gumbley. Father, Mr C. N. Gumbley, 64 Bignell Street, Wanganui; and Acting-Corporal Eric Courtney Bell. Mother, Mrs J. C. Bell, Springvale Road, Wanganui.