NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 May 1945, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES

AIR FORCE LIST WELLINGTON, May 11. The following Royal New Zealand Air Force casualties were reported to-day, the rank being flight sergeant unless otherwise stated: — KILLED Baker, F/O. Colin Roy, D.F.C. Dannevirke. Burt, Sgt. Colin William, Lower Hutt. Carrodus, Ralph Franklin, Hastings. Chapple, P/O Paxton, Auckland. Dickson, F/O. Douglas James, Auckland. Evans,' P/O? Cedric John, Inglewood. Fernyhough. Samuel, Wellington. Hitchins, Eric Douglas, Christchurch. Loveridge, lan James, Wellington. . McGreal, Actg./F/Lt. John Trevor Auckland. Matthews, George Thomas, Wanganui. Millar, F/O Jeffery Alexander, Auckland. Nicholls, F/O. John Austin Perress, Paraparaumu Beach. O’Connell. Sgt. Michael Augustine, Dunedin. Raynel, W.O. Ronald Stanley, Taupin. Redpath, John Powell, Invercargill. Robinson, F/O. Brian Charles, Rotorua. Thwaite, Thomas Richard, Ohaupo. Webb, F/Lt. Bernard Herbert, Wellington. FUSSING, BELIEVED KILLED

Bary, Actg./Wing Commander | Ronald Edward, D.F.C., Palmerston North. Brightwell, W.O. John Mostyn, New Plymouth. Foy, W.O. Edgar i Joseoh, Auckland. Moffat, P/GJoseph Raymon, Palmerston North MISSING Ashworth, Frank Martin, Auck-J land. Bamford, F/O. .Robert Alec | Wellington. Barnes, F/O. Luke | Chistchurch. Barnett, F/O. William Albert. Auckland. Bott, F/O. Ernest Cail, Auckland. Taylor-Cannon, Actg./Squadron-Leader Keith Franville, D.F.C. and Bar, Alexandra Childs, F/O. Charles Phillip Dent, Wanganui. Christian, T/W.O. Henry James, Timaru. Clarke, W.O. Allied Bruce, Whakatane. Currie , P/O John, Dunedin. Davidson, Wilired lan, Te Kuiti. Dawson, W.O. Ronald Gordon, Rahotu. Driver P/O. Leslie Keith, Palmerston North. Dustin P/O. lan Henry. Levin. Egley, I/O. Richard Akehurst, Wellington. Graham, F/O. Lawrence Albert, Wanganui. Hay, T/W.O. Raymond Edward, Timaru. Hudson, F/O. Gordon David D.F.C., New Plymouth. Jennings, Flight/Lt. Peter Sinclair Christchurch. Lethbridge, F/O. Bruce Reford, Auckland. May, Walter Wilson New Plymouth. Mitchell WO. Owen James, Nelson. Morrison, F/O. John Kendall, Wellington. Nugent, F/O. Roydon Leslie, Auckland. Oakley, Arthur Leslie Archibald, Tokamaru Bay, East Coast. Parkin, F/O. Graham George, Wellington Peet, F/O. Gordon Leonard, Te Aroha. Roberts, T/W.O. Mervyn Albeit, South Canterbury. Scott, F/O. Bruce Frederic, Mornnsville. bilcock, Eric George, Upper Moutere Smith, F/O. Anthony Richard Ternson, Hastings. Taylor, Actg./F/Lt Owen Patrick Fewster, D.F.C., Rangiora. Werner, Actg./F/Lt. Roland Leslie, Kaitaia. Whitechurch, Actg F/Lt. Edward Kimpton, Morrinsvilk.. Wilkinson, W.O. Frederick Raymond. Christchurch.

PRESUMED DEAD (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING)

Wheeler, Wing Commander Arthur Brian,'D.F.C., Marton.

MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING) Blaikie. F/O. lan Armstrong, D.F.M., Palmerston North. Morgan P/O. Kenneth Frederick, Auckland

SAFE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM /previously REPORTED PRISONER OF WAR)

Leaning, W.O. John Campbel! England, Auckland. MacFarquhar W O Colin William Reid, Auckland. MacMillan, W.O. John Archibald McQuarrie, Wanganui.

SAFE IN ALLIED HANDS (PREVIOUSLY CONFIRMED PRISONERS OF WAR)

Browning, W.O. Robert Byron Palmerston North. Potts. P/O. lan Geoffrey Gwynne, Taupo. Raiment, W.O. Hilton Digby Ronald. California.

SAFE IN ALLIED TERRITORY (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING)

Robertson, F/O. Donald Earle Christchurch. N.Z.E.F. PERSONNEL. WELLINGTON, May 11. The following 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force casualty list was issued to-day, the rank being private unless otherwise stated: —

DIED OF WOUNDS (PREVIOUSLY REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION). Berryman, Lance-Corporal Dennis Gordon, Auckland.

PREVIOUSLY PRISONERS OF WAR, NOW SAFE.

Douglas, John Cameron, Arrowtown. Dyer, Geoffrey Frank, England. Jones, Norman Henry, Kaimata. Logan, Henry James, Te Aroha. Marshall, James Albert, Henry, Morrinsville. O’Kane, James Howard, Te Kuiti. Swainson, Charlie, Te Karaka.

PREVIOUSLY PRISONERS OF WAR, NOW SAFE IN ODESSA.

Allan. Walter Deryck, Fairlie. Carstensen, Edwin Robert, Dipton West. Gardner, Lewis Thomas, Fairlie. Lacy, Lance-Corporal Basil Alphonsus, Raurimu. Munro, lan, Gisborne. Te Rore, Hune, of Kaihu. Upton. Gunner Raymond Frederick, Sandringham.

PREVIOUSLY PRISONERS OF WAR, NOW SAFE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Aperahama, Toka, of Te Hapua. Berg. Leonard James, Hunter, Wellington. Davies, Charles Stanley. Sydney. Duell, Driver Walter James. Dunedin. Gear, Lance-Corporal Royal Albert, Auckland. Geary, Driver John, Mosgiel. Ginders, Sergeant Bertram Charles, Wellington. Harvey, Raymond Lewis, Oroua Downs. Madigan, Corporal Edmund Kennard, Nelson. Norris, John Foster Harold, Wellington. O’Rourke, Martin Hillary. Auckland. Pugh, James Robert, Clarence Bridge. Robinson, William Robert, Palmerston North. Rylance, Driver Philip Vernon, North-East Valley. Sibley, Driver Albert Henry, Christchurch. Stevenson, James Ray Milne, Woolston. Sweeney, Driver John Loughlin Fuller, Whangarei. Tonson, Robert Edward John, Auckland. Walsh. David, Ireland. Winstanley, Peter Noel, Orakei. Walsh, Sergeant John, Wellington.