N.Z. CASUALTIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 December 1944, Page 4

N.Z. CASUALTIES

ARMY LIST WELLINGTON, December 29. The following 2nd N.Z.E.F. casualties are announced, the rank being private unless otherwise stated:— Killed in action: Ball, SecondLieutenant Sydney William, Auckland. Anderson, Leslie Douglas, Mrs. C. M. A. Anderson, Greymouth (m). Ball, Walter Charles, Wellington. Bayley, Reginald Maurice, Masterton. Clark, Ronald Beresford, Rangiora. Day, Douglas Royden, Blenheim. Guthrie, Clive Cathcart, Dunedin.. Haydon, Lance-Corporal Leonard Crawford. Herbert, Temporary Lance Corporal Theodore Charles Junius, Dannevirke. Hurst, Earl Geoffrey, Wanganui. Kingan, William James, Oamaru. Morse, Temporary Corporal Allen Thomas, Ashburton. Mahon, Joseph Martin, Petone. Moss, Charles Henry, Geraldine. Rayner, Colin William, Napier. Sandon, Jack Harold, Australia. Schultz, - Lance-Corporal Terence James, Gisborne. Waigth, Thomas Arthur, Roxburgh. Died of Wounds: Matheson, Charles Irvine, Wanaka. Missing: Hollis, Michael, Tikitiki. Hotere, Hipiriona, Manunui. Missing, believed prisoners of war: Heath, Mervyn M., Riverton. Mclvor, Ronald J., Wyndham. Thyne, Oswald H., Invercargill. Prisoners of war (previously reported missing): Phillips, Raymond, T.L./Cpl., Kaiwaka. Sattler, Francis H.. New Plymuth. Wounded: Included in a lengthy list of wounded are the following:— Thomas. Richard H. 8., 2nd. Lt., Hokitika. Knapp, Jacob H., Pte., Hokitika. LATE PTE. ANDERSON. Pte. Leslie Douglas Anderson, whose death in action is reported in the above list, was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, of Preston Road, Greymouth. He was 22 years of age and had been overseas for over 12 months. Prior to his departure he was employed by Shannon and Glen, bakers, and he was a member of the Blaketown Football Club and the Greymouth Surf Club.