AIR FORCE CASUALTIES.

Kaikoura Star, Volume LXI, Issue 47, 19 June 1941, Page 3

AIR FORCE CASUALTIES.

The following air casualties are announced from AVellington : Sergeant Arthur AVilliam Simpson. R.N.Z. A.F., missing on air operations; WangaSergeant Norman Jonathan Ingram; D.F.M.. previously reported missing, now officially classified as interned: Wellington Sergeant Erie Eugene Croker, R.N.Z.A.F., died in hospital from injuries received in flying accident; Poigt Chevalier. Sergeant Morris Bruce Fearn, R.N.Z. A.F., missing on operations; Invercargill. | Sergeant Douglas Gordon Callender: R.N.Z. A.F., killed on air operations; Dunedin. Pilot Officer Rex Mulligan Morrow, R.N.Z. A.F., now reclassified killed in action; Fendalton. Flight Lieutenant Neville Williams, D.F.C., R.N.Z.A.F., previously reported missing, now reclassified missing, believed killed in action; Auckland. Sergeant Clifford Barnaby Barton, R.N.Z. A.F., missing on training flight; Dun Sergeant Morris Bruce Fearn, R.N.Z.A.F., Previously reported missing, now reported safe; Invercargill. Pilot Officer Wilfred Thomas Everist; R.N.Z. A.F., missing on air operations; Ch’ch. Wing Commander Ulic Young Shannon. R.A.F.; previously reported dangerously ill: Wellington. Pilot Officer Robert Stanley Chisholm, R.A.F., reported missing on air operations; AVellington. Acting-Wing Commander Igor AVilliam Braye, D.F.C., R.A.F., lately attached to the R.N.Z.A.F., has been reported missing on operations. DEATH OFFICIALLY PRESUMED. Pilot Officer Edward Reid Osborn; Dunedin. Pilot Officer Loris Jardine Ernest Ewing, R.A.F., Hastings. Sergeant John Bernard Philpott, R.N.Z.A.F., AVellington. [ Sergeant Lindsay Douglas Anderson, R.N.Z. A.F.. AVellington. MEN FROM RANGITANE NOW IN GERMANY. national Red Cross that the following airmen, previously reported missing from the Rangitanc, are now prisoners of war in Brown, Wallace Crichton : Nelson. Daley. AVilliam Albert; Gore. Fox. Albert Richard Evans; Invercargill. Hunt, Francis Iveson Robeson: Gisborne. Lewis, Henry Roderick; Auckland. Macdonald, Arthur George; Sydney. Murray, John Donald: Ashburton. Shearer, Keith AVilliam; Te Kuiti. Sommerville, Geoffrey Field; Raetihi. Harden. Acting-Pilot Officer Billy Noel; Grey

Mitchell, L/Corp. James McDougall; A land Mitchell, Private Leslie Gordon; Auckland. Moorhead, Private Lenard Malvor; Dargaville. Morgan, Private Clifford Peter; Whangarei. Murtagh, Corporal James Phillip; Te AwaNeville, Private George William; Auckland. Nicholson, Private Alan Finlay Peter; A’land Nicol, Private lan McLaren; Auckland. Payne, Private Edmond Walter; Owhango. • Peek. Private Ivan Harold; Auckland. Pope. Driver Arthur Quentin; AVellington. Roberts, Private Frederick John; Whakatane. Robinson, Private Gordon William; Marton. Satterthwaite, Private George; Auckland. Scobie, Private AVilliam George Edward; Manukau. Scott, Driver Charles Frederick; W’gton. Shaw, Private Douglas Robert; Clevedon. Sirrett, Private Frank AVilliam; AVellington. Sisterson, Private George Clark: Te Aroha. Smith, Private Frank Charles; AVellington. Spain, Private Ronald Albert; Auckland. Spencer, Private James Henry; Auckland. Sutherland, Driver Alexander George; Oamaru. Wallis, Private Alfred Owen; Upper Hutt. Warner, Private Edward George; Otahuhu. Welsh, Private Matthew; Ngaruawahia. AVemyss, L/Corp. Joseph; Australia. Wilkins, Private Jack Spencer; Auckland. Winters. Private Sydney George; Te Puke. EIGHTH LIST. KILLED IN ACTION. Young. Private Leo Alphonsus; Greymouth. DIED OF WOUNDS. Martin, Signalman Alan Clarkson; Kaiapoi. DIED OF SICKNESS. Harris, Private Ivan Ernest; Milford. WOUNDED. Adams, Private James Henry; Hokitika. Baigent, Private Leo; Nelson. Bell, Private John Septimus; Invercargill. Birtwistle, Private Jack Harrison; A’land. Blank. Private Frederick Mervyn: Shannon. Broadbent, Private Robinson Edward; AVellington. Brodie, Private Charles AVilliam; Linwood. Cherry, Private AValter; Clyde. Clinton, Private John Henry: Christchurch. Cross, Private Maximilian Eustace; Howick. Dittmer, Private George Frederick; Taumaranui. Doody, Corporal Bernard John; Whitecliffs. Dunn. Private Percy; Dunedin. Dutton, Sergeant Charles Horace; Motueka. Eaglesham, Private Richard Bell; England. Edmond, Private Robert Ross; Mayfield. Farnell. Private Evan; Havelock. Ford, Private Kenneth Leslie; England. Gaudion. Private Eric John Robertson; WaiGeorge, Private Claude Edward; Ch’ -h. GiLanders, Private Donald Henry; Ri Itu. Gillespie. Private Joan; Leland. Git.nL. Private George l’< iu.min; Ch’ch. G'<€n, Private Frederick Ewart; South AV ales. G I », L/Corp. Ivan A’.fM: Aucklan I Hanes, Private Met' .a fcric, Springla-i Is. Ila-greaves, Private «o‘ip ; Christcliurc i. Hart. Private Barton Hcniy; Ohokn. llawtlirrn, Private Mik; Cambridge. If..wood, Private Th.'nu s Charh-s Kenn” g High, Private Harold Ellis; Englan 1. McNeish, Private AVilliam Robert; Milton McPherson, Private Gordon: Nelson. Mannering, Private Ivanhoe Percival; Ch’ch Matheson, Private Kenneth John; Dunedin. Moffat. Private AVilliam James; Redwood’s A’alley. Mortlock, Private Stanley George; Hawera. Mulligan, Private Augustine John; Timaru. Murphy, Private Michael Patrick; Gore. Murray. Corporal Alan Lawrence; A’land. Patrick. Private Charles: Scotland. Patterson, Private James Leonard; Invercargill. Raifr. Private James Owen; Owen. River. Ramage. Sergeant Cyril Stewart; Invercargill. Rose, Private Charles Ferdinand; Nelson. Thompson, Private Edward; Roslyn Bush. Warr, Private Frank; England.

Kimberley, Acting-Pilot Officer Harold Maynard; Nelson. Shaw, Acting-Pilot Officer lan James; A’land