N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

Grey River Argus, 20 June 1944, Page 6

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

LATEST LIST. P.A. WELLINGTON, June 19. The following Second N.Z.E.F. casualty list was issued to-day:— Killed in action, previously reported wounded and missing: McKay, Private Robert, Wellington. Killed or. active service: Wood, Private Bertram J., Khandallah. Died of wounds: Bain, 'Sergeant James W.. Dunedin. Died on active service: Morris, Cpl. Walter McK., Takapuna'.' Wounded: Hutchinson, Temp.-Sergt Clifford, Napier; Pearce, Sapper Thomas G., Wellington. Previously reported wounded now reported not wounded: Fitness, Private Owen T., Rotorua; Lambie, Private Alan, Leeston; Riddell, Private James H., Te Puke. SEVEN NEW ZEALANDERS KILLED IN CRASH LONDON. J'une 18. The bodies of ten airmen, seven of whom were New Zealanders, who were killed when a Sunderland crashed on the island of St. Kilda (Scotland) were buried at sea from an Admiralty trawler. The Sunderland was discovered on the summit of an 800 ft hill with the ten victims scattered in the vicinity of the wreckage. NAMES OF DEAD. WELLINGTON, June 19. It is officially announced that the names of the New Zealanders who Jost their lives in the crash of the Sunderland are: Warrant Officer Cecil Charles Osborne. Ashburton; Flying Officer Richard Dillicai’ Ferguson, Tauranga; Flying Officer William Alexander Thompson, Christchurch; Warrant Officer John Raymond Lloyd, Wellington; Sgt. Francis Matthew Robertson, Takaka; Sgt. David . John Chubbin Roulston, New Plymouth; Flight Sergt. Oliver George Reed, an Australian serving with the R.N.Z.A.F. NAVAL CASUALTIES WELLINGTON. June 16. The following naval casualties were announced to-night:— Killed in aircraft accident:—Roberts, Kenneth Sutherland, T/SubLieut... . (A) R.N.Z.N.V.R. Christchurch. Died as the result of illness:— King. Arthur William, Ord. Se.aman, Hamilton. Missing, presumed killed: —Thomson, Percy Donald, T/Sub-Lieut. (A) Kaipara Flats.