WEST COASTERS RETURN

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 June 1944, Page 4

WEST COASTERS RETURN

FROM OVERSEAS SERVICE

Forty-live “West Coasters who recently returned to New Zealand from overseas service will return to the West Coast this week. The men are on indefinite leave and are to enter essential industry. The names of the men, with the addresses of their next-of-kin are as follow: —Gnr. Adams, Norman Frank, Cobden. Dvr. Bennett, Allred Robert Wm. Blaketown. Pte. Bourke, Paul, Westport. Gnr. Clark, Fowcett Seddon, Westport. Gnr. Connew, Forde Sydney, Westport. Cpl. Dixon, John Frederick, Greymouth. Cpl. Farr, Allan Edgar, Westport. Gnr. Ferguson, lan Fergus, Greymouth. Gnr. Fischer, James Francis, Punakaiki. Spr. Fitzgerald, Desmond David, Blackball. Pte. Foord, Steve Matthew, Ikamatua, Pte. Fowler, Michael Henry, Reefton. Gnr. Friend, Geoffrey George, Henry, Cobden. Pte. Gilbert, Russell Allred, Paroa. Pte. Gray, Cyril, Westport. Pte. Hall, Lance Wyllis, Karamea. Cpl. Harris, Leslie Raymond, Hokitika. Cpl. Har-

ligan, William, Kokiri. Pic. Haseler, Alfred Harris Glover, Kotuku. Pte. Heveldt, John Matthew', Wataroa, Gnr. Higgins, Clement Edward, Ho- < kitika. Gnr. Hogan, John Joseph, Murchison. Dvr. Holmes, John Jess, Brunner. Pte. Honey, Robert William, Arahura. Dvr. Hunter. Bernard, Runanga. Pte. Jenkins, John Joseph Wilfred,' Ahaura. Pte. Jensen, Allan C. Dunollie. L/Cpl. Jones, Thomas Alexander, Hokitika. Pte. Keenan, Michael Clarence, Woodstock. L/Cpl. Keith, Mervyn Herbert. Cobden. Pte. Knight, Norman William. ' Reefton. Dvr'. Lalor, James Francis, Kumara. L/Cpl. Lawn, Robert Gunson, Reefton. Snr. Luff, David Arthur. Westport. Pte. McCready, Lawrence, Westport. Pte. McGirr, Egbert John, Blaketown. Dvr. McGuinness, Patrick Edward, Greymouth. Sgmn. McLaughlan, Sydney Wilson, Cobden. Pte. McMahon, Kenneth William, Reefton. Pte. McNeill, John Edward, Ruatapu. Gnr. McQueen, Robert Cranston, Inangahua Junction. W.O. 11. Mann, Harry, Granity. S/Sgt. Marsh, Norman George, Cobden. Sgmn. Masters, Laurence, Runanga. Gnr. Mills, Henry John, Reefton. Gnr. O’Brien, Albert Walter Cyril, Hokitika. Pte. Parker, Percy Francis, Ross. Gnr. Patterson, Leslie Harold, Hokitika. Pte. Pethig, Malcolm John, Ross. Gnr. Poynter, John Herbert, Ngakawau. Pte. Raine, Eric Edward, Hokitika. Pte. Rea, Leslie Joseph, Westport. Gnr. Schroder, Harold Robert, Hokitika. Gnr. Sinclair, Donald, Kumara. Spr. Smith, Joseph Columba, Hokitika. Pte. Stephens, William Denis. Rimu. Gnr. Sumpter, Cecil Hyslop, Cobden. Pte. Watson, George Raymond, Granity. Included in the above list are 12 men for Greymouth, nine for Westport, four for Reefton and six for Hokitika, and one from each of the following townships: Wataroa. Punakaiki. Blackball, Ikamatua, Kumara, Kokiri, Kotuku, Murchison, Brunner, Arahura, Ahaura. Runanga, Dunollie and Inangahua Junction. Next-of-kin desiring transport to the homes of the soldiers can secure it by contacting the Grey R.S.A., phone 911 ,or 13. Only five men for Greymouth returned home this morning but insufficient arrangements had been made for their transport through next-of-kin not advising the R.S.A.