N.Z. AIR CASUALTIES

Grey River Argus, 31 March 1943, Page 1

N.Z. AIR CASUALTIES

WELLINGTON, March 30. The foiiowmg New Zealand an casualties have been reported:—■ Missing on Air Operations:—Bailey, Irwin F., Sgt., Auckland. Beeie, jack hi., Sgt., Hamilton. Connen. Bernard J.., F. u. cnrisrcnurcn. Grant,' fan A. C., F. 0., Auckland. Hai - ns, Harold R., Sgt., Wellington.- Milne Roderick F., Fit. Lieut., k.a.i* ~ -Wellington. Powdrell, Walter H.. Sqdn. Ldr., R.A.F., Wairoa. Harding-Smitn, Dudley, Sgt., Nelson. I'abor, Lionel W., Sgt., Gatlins. Whyte, John H. F. Fit. Sgt., Oamaru. Missing, believed killed on active service: —Cnghton, Allan, Sqdn Ldr., Blenheim, Gow, John G., Fit., Sgt., Winton. Spain, Vernon E., Sgt., Dunedin. Previously reported missing, deatn now officially presumed:—De Clifford, Merv'yfi C., P. 0., Riverton. Donne, Gnaham L., .0., Wellington. Kerr, Leonard P., Sgt., Auckland. McKenzie Frank E., Sgt., Christchurch. Potts, Donald N., P. 0., Opotiki. Thomson, John 1., Sgt., Mosgiel. Vessey, nonald W., Sgt., Ashburton. Wood, Colin L,, Sgt., Hicks Bay. Previously reported missing, now confirmed prisoner of war:—Gibbes, William E., Fit., Sgt., Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Henderson, Kaymonn W., P. 0., Invercargill. Short, Sydney! A. H., F. 0., Paeroa. Smith, Keith J. S'. Sgt., Wellington. Previously reported missing, oelieved'killed, death now officially presumed:—Green, Harold L, Sgt., 'J'urua', Hauraki Plains. Newlove, Cyril C.. Sgt., Takaka. Previously reported dangerously injured on active service, now transferred to seriously ill list: —Treacher, Raymond, Sgt., Hastings. Reported missing on air operations, now reclassified safe: Bayly, Warrant Officer James, of Auckland Injured on active service: Jerrat, flight Sergeant John Reddell, Auckland. Killed on active service: Warner, Flying Officer Nelson Whittington Watts, Whakatane. - , Previously reported missing now reclassified' missing, bei'ieved killed: Ensor, Sergeant Weiland Fairfax, of Auckland; Fairbairn, Flying. Officer Leonard John, of Christchurch.