N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES
30 SOLDIERS WOUNDED EIGHT POSTED MISSING r : : :>.!■■ (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. The latest N.Z.E.F. casualty list contains the name of one Opotiki soldier who is wounded. He is:— Previously Reported Missing—Now Reported Not Misting but Wounded Bennett, L/Cpl. Hugh D. Father: Mr. G. E. Bennett, Opotiki. Casualties from other parts of the Dominion are as follows, the addresses being those of the next-of-kin: — MISSING JuiTett, Pte. Arthur H., Palmerston N. Leckner, Pte. Wilfred C., Dargaville. O'Brien, Pte. Robert A. T., Otautau. Wallace, Sgt. V. 8., Rotorua. -S' Wynne. Pte. James H., Devonport. MISSING, BELIEVED PRISONER OF WAR B ind, Pte. Arthur E;, Patea. Lloyd, Pte. Martin 8., Stratford. Morgan, Pte. Rv.ri T., Wellington. WOUNDED Butcher, Capt. Ed. 8., Tangowahine R.D. Paterson, Lieut. Kenneth W„ Roalyn. Wood. Lieut. Denis L., Ilunedin. Mot-gun, 2/Lieut. Edward, Rotorua. Batistich, Pte. Anthony J., Dargaville. B.adshaw, L/Cpl. Cuthbert G., England. Carr, S/Sgt. John G. E.. Whangayei. Collett, Gar. William C„ Dunedin.' Cunningham. Tpr. Martin F., Masterton. Dalglish, Pte. William J., Morrinsville. Dabble, Gur. Alexander, Menzies Ferry. Duggan, Bdr. John W. H., Dunedin. Ferguson, Pte. William R., Hikurangi. Griffith, Pte. Ernest T., Cambridge. Hobbs, Pte. Frederick G., Fendalton. Hullten, Pte. Henry G.. To. Puke. M .rshall-Inman, L/Sgt. lan L., Tirau. Johnson, Gnr. Hughie 8., Ashburton. Kinsella, Sgt. Arthur W„ Howiek. McKeekan, Cpl. Robert W.i Ififwee. Maze, Pte. Gordon L., Balclutha. Menzies, Pte. John, Brunnerton. O’Sullivan, Pte. Eugene T. P., Rivcrsdale. Penny, Pte. Sutton C., Shag Point. Reynolds. Gnr. Kenneth R., England. Rothbury. Pte. Ronald H., Auckland. Shanks, Cpl, Thomas, Scotland. Timihou, Cpl. Pine N., Rotorua. Weir, L/Cpl. Andrew A. C., Matangi. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSINGNOW REPORTED NOT MISSING BUT WOUNDED Jones, Pte. A. E., Ngaere. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSINGNOW REPORTED NOT MISSING Bone. Dvr. Ronald K„ Dunedin. Booker, Pte. Noel 8., Whitford. Campbell. Pte. Daniel. Dunedin. Geary, Pte. John C., Otago. Gillies, Pte. Hugh L, Auckland. Lambert, Pte. Colin F., Masterton. Norwood, Cpl. John L., Whangarei. Taylor, Dvr. William G., Nekon. Watson, Pte. Roy L. G., Avondale. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED—NOW REPORTED ACCIDENTALLY INJURED Rowell, Gnr. Donald S. R„ Mt. Albert.
Pilot-Officer Keith H. I. Easton, wild was reported in the air force casualty list published on Saturday as missing, believed killed, enlisted from Gisborne, where he had been prominent in the Boy Scout movement for some time. lie held the position of rover mate in the Boy Scouts, and made many friends in the country districts bv keeping in touch with the Lone Scouts, his many visits to them and his ready sympathy gaining the confidence of the boys scattered in the least accessible parts of the district. He was in the Lands Department’s office in Gisborne, and after entering the air force went to Canada to complete his training. His parents live in Auckland.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20858, 10 August 1942, Page 2
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