14 AIRMEN MISSING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20861, 13 August 1942, Page 2

14 AIRMEN MISSING

DOMINION CASUALTIES A 1 I DEATHS REPORTED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. The following New Zealand airmen serving overseas are reported as casualties: — „ . , , . Sergt. William. Henry Bright, missing on air operations. His mother is Mrs M. C. Bright, Auckland. Sergt. Martin John Byrne, missing on air operations. His father is Mr. J. Bryne, Cambridge. Sergt. Gordon Edwin Caitcheon, missing on air operations. His father is Mr. W. G. Caitcheon, Morrinsville. - Sergt. Alan Campbell, missing on air operations. His mother is Mrs. J. Campbell, Hawera. , . Sergt. Raymond Patrick Coppersmith, missing on air operations. His father is Mr. E. C. Coppersmith, W.estpOl-t. . . ; Sergt. Thomas Eric Crarer, missing on air operations. His mother is Mrs. B. Crarer, Wairoa. .. .... j Sergt. Charles Croall, missing .on air operations. His father is Mr. C. Croall, Hamilton. Flight-Sergeant John Edward Gilbertson, missing on air operations. His father is Mr. E. A. Gilbertson, Wellington. Flight-Sergeant James Richard Grattan, missing on air operations. His wife is Mrs. B.Grhttan, Thames. Sergt. Ronald Stewart Harvey, missing on air operations. . His father is Mr. W. T. Harvey, Christchurch. Sergt. Alfred Montgomery. McPherson, missing on air operations. His father is Mr. A. McPherson, Roxburgh. Pilot-Officer Leonard .. Martin Mason, missing in air operations. His father is Mr. R. V. Mason, Masterton. . - • .' . Sergt. Alan Walter Rutherford, missing on air operations. His mother is Mrs. G. W. Rutherford, Taupiri. Sergt. Siddle Henry gchofield, missing on air operations. His mother is Mrs. E. Schofield, Takapau. ‘ Sergt. Kenneth Arthur Dodman, admitted to hospital from injuries received on operations. .His father is Mr. H. A. Dodman, Auckland. Flying-Officer Robert James Kirkwood, R.A.F.Y.R., killed. His wife is Mrs. R. J. Kirkwood, England. Sergt. John Lloyd Joyce, previously reported missing on air operations, now reported safe. His mother is Mrs. E. M. Joyce, Christchurch. Sergt. Edward Drake Ansford, previously reported missing, now reclassified as a prisoner of war, New Plymouth. . Pilot-Officer Stuart William Stott Beedie, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed in August, 1941, Dannevirke. Sergt. Maurice Lloyd, Berg, previously reported missing, now reclassified as killed in action, New Plymouth. Sergt. Warwick Ashling Clouston, previously reported missing, believed killed, now reclassified as killed on active service, Auckland. Leading Aircraftman Leslie Dunn, previously reported as seriously ill, now removed from the seriously ill list, Whangarpi. Pilot - Officer Thomas Tristan Fox, previously reported missing, now reclassified as missing, believed killed, Auckland. ■ - v' Sergt. Geoffrey Arnold Gane, previously reported missing; notv reclassified as a prisoner of war, Blenheim. i; . Sergt. Thor Trevor Stuart Larson, previously reported missing, now reclassified as a prisoner of war, Dunedin. Sergt. Russell Johnstone Mountier, R.A.F., previously reported missing deaih now presumed in September. ■ , Sergt. Albert William O’Dowd,, previously reported missing, now reclassified as missing, believed killed in action, England. Sergt. James Gough Poison, previously reported seriously. ill, notv reported died through Illness, Christ- . church. . . ... . _ Acting Flight Lieutenant Robert Harold Strang, previously reported missing, . death . .now presumed in January, Invercargill. Sergt. Henry Twite Sturt, previously reported missing, death now presumed in January, Auckland. Sergt. Joel Treister, previously reported missing, believed killed, now reclassified as killed on active service, Auckland. The following New Zealand casualty is announced:-- . , k Aircraftman II Frederick Charles Brown, R.N.Z.A.F., died from natural causes. His wife is Mrs. M. I. Brown, Auckland. j.