WAR PRISONERS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 5 August 1941, Page 4

WAR PRISONERS

DOMINION TROOPS 113 IN LATEST LIST GISBORNE SOLDIERS (Pop PrcRS Asnoclntion.l WELLINGTON, this day. The latest list of New Zealand Expeditionary Force casualties contains the names of 113 men who are now reported to be prisoners of war, including 11 soldiers from the Gisborne, East, Const and Wairoa districts. The prisoners include 12 who were either previously reported killed in action or presumed dead by a court of inquiry, and 1 eight who were previously announced to have died of wounds. The soldiers from Gisborne, East Coast and Wairoa districts arc: Prisoners of War The Red Cross, Geneva, confirms the following are prisoners of war, previously reported killed in action: Kay, Pte. Thomas Jackson. Wife: Mrs. A. V. Kay. Gisborne. Geneva confirms the following as prisoners of war in Greece, previously reported missing: Goodley, Pte. Desmond Joseph. Father: Mr. .1. Goodley, Te Karaka. Harvey, Pte. John Kitchener. Mother: Mrs. A. Harvey, Wairoa. Hodgson, L/Cpl. John Carppbell. Father: Mr. F. ,T. Hodgson, Wairon. Rogers. Pte. Colin Norman. Father: Mr. J. J. Rogers, Makauri R.D. Rutledge, Pte. Keith Ralph. Father: Mr. W. L. Rutledge. Matawai. Tapping, Pte. Phillip George. Mother: Mrs. B. Tapping, Gisborne. Te Weehi, Pte. Nehe. Sister: Mrs. J. Maxwell. Tokomaru Bay. Weeks, Pte. John Cuthbert. Father: Dr. 11. Weeks, Tolaga Bay. Whitehead. Pte. Frederick Kitchener. Mother: Mrs. S. Whitehead, Gisborne. Wilson, Pte. David Alfred. Father and mother: Mr. and Mrs. F. Wilson, G.isborne. Wounded and Missing Foster. Pte. Alan. Father: Mr. J. Foster, Wairoa. Casualties from other parts of the Dominion are as follows, the rank being that of private unless otherwise specified, and the addresses those of the next-of-kin: DIED 01' SICKNESS Willem, John Clarerly, Wellington. MISSING—PREVIOUSLY KEDOKTED WOUNDED Brooks, Michael Joseph, Wellitiftton. PRISONERS OF WAR Thn Red .Cross, Geneva, confirms the following are prisoners of war —previously reported killed in action: Andrews, Keith Albert, Wellington. Carter. Dvr. John Charles, Collingwood. Kelly. Marshall, Pakaraka. Kyle, Raymond George, Wellington. Matheson, Stewart Wilton, Wellington. Potter, Dvr. Sydney, Wellington. Rolleston, Christie, Mnketu. RulVell, Dvr. Ronald Leslie, Wellington.. Schick. Sgt. Franz Maxwell, Daniaville. The Red Cross, Geneva, confirms the following as prisoners of war in Greece —previously reported presumed by the court of imjuiry to be killed in action:— Cammiek. Gnr. Martin, Auckland. Wilson, Reginald- Robert. Ashhurst. The Red Cross, Geneva, confirms the following as prisoners of war in Greece —previously reported died of wounds: — Clarke, Ernest Robert, Invercargill. Budding, Graham Walter, Whangarei. Hesson, James, Alexandra. 1 Mark, Cpl. Bruce, Dunedin. Barnett, Clarence Albert, Belihnr. Gates, Edward William, Hawera. Manning, Lawrence Frank, Hawarden. Stcflert, T/Cpl. Arthur Robert, Carterton. Geneva confirms the following as prisoners of war in Greece —previously reported missing:— Ahradsen, Cpl. Kenneth Ahead, Johnsonville Alcock, William Lewis, Wingntui. Anderson, Inn. Mayfield. Bailey, Alan Walter, Timaru. Barber, Walter Macdonald, Christchurch. Barker, Gnr. Jack Wilfred, Nelson. Bell, L/Cpl. Gordon George, Wellington. Blackwell. Sydney Hurst, Eltham. Burgess, Victor, Kent, England. Butler, Gilbert Lionel, Stratford. Carson, Spr. Stanley Edgar, Lyttelton. Clark, John William Thackway, Green Is. Clunks Gnr. Norman William 8., England. Cox, William Forest, Halcombe. Craig, T/L/Cpl. William Allan. Timaru. Dawson, T/L/Cpl. Edward W„ Australia., Derbidge, Arthur John, Taumarunui. Dodds, William, Auckland. Duncan, L/Cpl. John Fausett, Pukekohe.. Ensor, Richard Walter, Hastings. Ferguson, Andrew Walter, Bay of Islands. FlintolT, Bdr. Ronald William, ltr.ngiorn. Guudion, Thomas David, Christchurch. Harper. Gnr. Herbert Sydney, Christchurch Head, Gnr. Mervyn, Tauranga. Heir. L/Cpl. James Arthur, Hastings. Henderson. L/Cpl. Willinm M.. Mangnpehi. Heron, Spr. Harold Herbert, Wellington. Haseltine, Reginald Thwaites, Ashburton. Hinton, Sgt. John Daniel, Colne Bay. Hodder, Raymond Stanley. Carterton. Hydor, Sydney, Wellington.’ Jackson, Spr. George Stanley, Wellington. Jakes, Will, Inglewood. Johansou, David Arthur, Cambridge. Johnson, Sgmn. Leo., next-of-kin unknown Kanake, Keith, Australia. Keltic, Harry, Greytown. Kerr, Vincent, Wellington. Kittenburg, Awtlry Overton, Waluta. Knight, Louis James, Greymouth.. Liuegar. Charles Alfred, Wellington. Little, Robert Stanley, Dannevirke.. Livingstone, Dougins James, Auckland. Lloyd, Alfred George, Havelock North. Lloyd, William Euan Gordon, Dannevirke. McCook. Sgt. Jack, Kaponga. McKeown, Cpl. Bernard M., Wellington. Maeleod, Francis, Wanganui. Mncmurtrie, James Alexander. Napier. Marshall. L/Bdr. Francis Sydney. Auckland Marshall. Robert Keith, Ashhurst. Minogue, William Martin, Christchurch. Morton, Gnr. Robert McDonald, Dargaville. Muff, T/Cpl. Dudley Roberts, Christchurch. Muir, L/Bdr. Eric Wm. H., New Plymouth. Newland, Leslie Joseph, Masterton. Nichols. James, Evans Creek, S. Westland. O’Donnell, Willinm, Onmaru. Petrie, Dvr. Cyril Arthur, Masterton. Rao, Martin Hastings, Nelson. Rnyner, Frederick William, Putaruru. Richardson, Allan James Stephen, Auckland Rogers, Gnr. Benjamin Charles, Invercargill RomeriL Spr. William G., Christchurch. Scobie, George Victor. Balfour. Sheerin, Maurice. Palmerston North. Shields, Charles Joseph, Ireland. Sklenars, Maurice Vincent, Linton. Smith, Gnr. Ronald Campbell. Auckland. Sole, Owen Parry, Wellington. Sutherland, T/Cpl. Eric W. A. Christchurch Taylor, Dvr. Horace Stanley. Auckland. Thompson, Tpr. David Wm., Wellington. Tideman, Norman Alfred, Christchurch. Veri-all, Leonard Raymond, Auckland. Warihi, S/Sgt. James, Whakarewarewa. Watson, Albert John, Invercargill. Way, Spr. Bernard Edward, Auckland. Williams, T/Cpl. Gordon Hale, Wanganui. Wishaw, Harold Munro, Australia. Buckley, Gnr. Hobt. Campbell, Christchurch The Rod Cross, Geneva, reports the following are prisoners of war in Greece:— Pyke, Eric Gibson, Christchurch. WOUNDED—REMAINING ON THE MISSING LIST Yager, Francis Leslie, Ahuroa. WOUNDED Smith, Albert Frederick, Auckland.

Advice has been received in Gisborne that Lieutenant Robin Sinclair, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Sinclair, and Second-Lieutenant J. W. C. Craig, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Craig, arc both prisoners of war in hospital in Greece. These two officers were previously reported missing in Crete. They were in the Greek campaign, and in the Crete battle were known to have been in the fighting at Malemi aerodrome. Previously they were officially listed as missing. Mr. D. McCallum, 586 Aberdeen road, has received official information that his son, Private lan Douglas McCallum, who was posted as missing and wounded after the Greek and Crete campaigns, is now a prisoner of war and in a Greek hospital.