N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21009, 4 February 1943, Page 4

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

SEVEN DEATHS REPORTED WOUNDED TOTAL 22 (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 4. Two Gisborne soldiers appear in the latest list of N.Z.E.F. casualties. They are: Wounded Morrison, Gnr. Edward William, Mother: Mrs. M. Morrison, Gisborne. Previously Reported Wounded —Now Reported Not Wounded. Spratt, Pie. George James, Gisborne. Casualties from other parts of the Dominion are as follows, the addresses being those of the next-of-kin:— KILLED IN ACTION Barnett, T/Bdr. Wyndham, Christchurch. Evans, Spr. James Lyons, Inglewood. Gardner, Spr. Daniel McDonald, Waihi. Hutchinson, Cpl. Ronald Edward, Kaikohe. O’Brien, Gnr. Rex Michael, Tauranga. Tilsley, Spr. Leslie Clarence, Thames. DIED OF WOUNDS Croy, Gnr. Edward, Parnell. WOUNDED Hanson, Lieut.-Col. Frederick M. H., 0.8. E., Wellington. Andrew, Lieut. Michael A., Kent, England. Blair, Lieut. James Henry, Wellington. Burns, L/Cpl. John Stanley, Dunedin. Culder, Gnr. Gordon Duthie, Ashburton. Carpenter, Spr. Cleveland Louis, Nelson. Carthy, Dvr. Reginald John, Wanganui. Corbett, T/L/Cpl. James Hay, Wellington. Fenton, Spr. Frank, D.C.M., Auckland. Gardiner, Pte. Victor J. Tinline Valley, Marlborough.

Grant, Sgmn. James Patrick, Waipawn. Johnstone, Sgmn. George Walter, Dunedin, Napier, Gnr. William Jenkins, Vancouver, Perkins, Spr. Lawrence Patrick. Auckland Pratt, Gnr. Keith John, Auckland.

Quin. L/Cpl. Thomas, Oamaru. Scholes, T/L/Sgt. James M„ Upper Hutt. Toorner, Bdr. Clifford James, Wellington. Vincent, Spr. Malcolm, Christchurch, Williams, Bdr. Joseph George, Masterton. Withers, Spr. Raymond Lawrence, Miramar. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING, BELIEVED A PRISONER OF WAR—NOW REPORTED NOT MISSING BUT REMAINS ON THE WOUNDED

LIST Reid, T/Major Hugh Murray, M.C. and Bar, Oamaru.

Corporal William a Sturm, who was killed in action recently, was the youngest son of Mr. and M.rs. W. Sturm, well-known residents of the Wairoa district. He left New Zealand with an ci,u;ly echelon aryl saw considerable fighting in the Middle. East. He was born at Nuhaka, and went to Wairoa a number of years ago to enter the employ of Stewart and Taylor. He was an extremely popular young man and. made, a host of friends. He married Miss Mclntosh, Putorir.o, who is left with three children.