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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20634, 9 December 1941, Page 9

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N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES WOUNDED TOTAL 65 FURTHER LIST ISSUED (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A further list of N.Z.E.F. casualties was issued to-day as follows: — KILLED IN ACTION Williams, Capt. Erroll W. S., Australia. Aitkcn, Gnr. Writ. H. 8., Dunedin. Biggs, Gnr. Astor Albert, Dunedin. Brown, Ptc. Kenneth .Ronald, Kaiku. .Campbell, Pte. Cyril Thomas, Hamilton. Durant, Cpl. Samuel F,, Te Kopuru. Gillctt, Pte. Keih Dcdley, Orekei. Godwin, Pte. Darcy Noel, .Wellington. Guy, Pte. Win, John C., Dairy Flat. Johnson, Pte. Vivian Thomas, Temuka. Manson, Pte. Thomas Aubrey, Taumarunui. Mayne, Gnr. Thomas Henry, Invercargill. Miles. T/Sgt. Reginald Chas., Auckland. Mulvilllll, L/Cpl. Hugh Edmund, Auckland Murdoch, L/Cpl. G. It:, Whatitire, R.D.. Wangarei. Oliver, Gnr. Noel Chas., Auckland. Preston, W. 0.11 L. It., Wellington. Head, Gnr. Walter A., Christchurch. Rodgers, Pte. W„ Kamo Springs, Whangarei. Saundcrsou, Pte. J. R., Takapuna. Shaud, Pte. Hugh Charles, Dunedin. Spain, Pte. Ronald Albert, Drury. Thompson, Sergt.' Robt. Geo., Whakatane. Wilton, Pte. Francis James, Thames. Wyatt, Pte. Aubrey Ernest, Auckland.

WOUNDED Pugh, Major T. J. G., Mosgiel. Jones, Lieut. Noel, Wellington. Jeavons, 2nd.-Lt. Alfred ,T .H„ Dunedin Philips, 2nd.-Lt.Verdun D., Invercargill. Ambrose, Pte. James Aloysius, Gore. Andrews Pte. James Reuben, Timaru. Banks, Pte. Harry Oswald. Springston. Bowes Cpl. Franklin, Christchurch. Campbell, Pte. Don It. F., Morrinsville. Chapman, Pte. Henry Moil-', Geraldine. Cheesman, Pt a. Gerald Frank, Dunedin. Climo Pte. Henry James, Collingwood. Cowie, Pte. Keith William, Dunedin. Curry. Pte. Gerald Samuel, Akaroa. Dallow, Cpl. Alfred Joseph, Christchurch. Dey, Pte. Donald Stanley; 'Climtcmu'cli. Dorward, Cpl. Ronald Wilfred, Waimate. Dowie, Cpl. Edward Wm., Peter, Timaru. Drummond, Pte John T., Invercargill. Dwver, Pte. Matthew, Balfour. Kde, Pte. Bruce Irvine, Timaru. Entwistle, Pte. Albert, Christchurch. Fielding - , 3?to. Edward, Christchurch. Fitzgerald, Sergt. John Thos., Caversham. Fowler, Pte, Norval 0„ Port Nelson. Goodger, Pte. Thos. G. D., Wyndham. Hull Pte. Henry John, Queenstown. Helm, Pte Francis S„ Riverton. Henderson, 1 Pte. Dugald C., Lawrence. Hughes, Pte. Albert, Broad Bay. Johnston. Pte. Leslie. Auckland. Kelly, Pte. Dennis Nicholas; Riversdale. Lamond, Pte. Basil Ernest, Tokonui. Latchford, Pte. William F., Riverton. Learmond, Pte. Robert Wm., Scotland. McKwun, Pte, Frank 11., Invercargill. McGibbon, B/Sgt. William, Heriot. Mclnroy, Pte. Frank Albert, Christchurch. Mackie, Pte. Edward Harris, Kaitangatr.. McPhedran, Pte. Donald C., Glenham. Maddever, Pte. Wm. P. C., Wellington. Maxwell, Pte. George D„ Banks Peninsula. Mellor, Pte. Lyall Fox. Ohau. Muir, Pte. Hugh Joseph Thos.. Dunedin. O’Donnell, Pte. Leslie James, Malians. Owens Pte. Matthew Bernard. Leeston. Pierce,’ L/Cpl. Neil David, Alexandra. Richards, Pte. Clyde Hermann, Ch church. Richardson, Pte. Francis W„ ChViStchurcli. Rouxe.lle, Pie. Louis Francis, Dunback. Rvnn Pte. John Joseph Australia. Scoones, Pte. George Stewart, Dunedin. Smith, Pte. Robert S., Christchurch. g m itli Pte. William Benson, Papakura. Sneyd, Clifford A., Invercargill. Strufßers, Pte. Chns. G., Hakataramea. Strothers. Pte. G. 8.. Sutherlands. Stubbs, Pte. Keith, Oxford. Sykes, Cpl. Arthur, Ross. Taylor. Cpl. Matthew Henry, Winton. Trevella, Pte Chas. J., Christchurch. Turner. Pte. G. L„ Christchurch. Watkinson, Pte. Douglas L„ Riverton. Williamson. Pte. George Henry, Bluff. Wilson, L/Cpl. D. V. M., Christchurch.

Lieutenant J. G. B. Morris, whose death in action in the Libyan campaign has been notified, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morris. Tolaga Bay, and a nephew of -Mr. W. G. Sherratt, Gisborne. He was commissioned in New Zealand, and went abroad with an early draft of the Second New’Zealand Expeditionary Force.

Mr. L. Illingworth, Gisborne, has received advice that his. brother, Lance-Corporal Alan Illingworth, Lyttelton, was killed in action on November 27. Lance-Corporal Illingworth lived in Gisborne for 24 years six or seven years ago.