N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

Kaikoura Star, Volume LXII, Issue 22, 19 March 1942, Page 2

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES. WELLINGTON, March 16. The following casualties in the 2nd N.Z.E.F. are announced:— Killed in Action (Previously Reported Missing). Sharplin, Pte. Victor Clarence; Papakura. Presumed Dead (Previously Reported Missing). Birtles, Pte. Lennie Joyce; Chiistchurch. Munro, Spr. Douglas Stanley Alaude; Winton. Reeve, Corp. Thomas Edward; Christchurch. Wellington, I’te. Rore Antonio; Ngunguru. Presumed Dead (Previously Reported Wounded and Missing. Morrison, L/Corp. Ralph; Timaru. Died of Wounds (Previously Reported Missing). Lowe, I’te. Hector Smith; Christchurch Died of Wounds While Prisoner of War (Previously Reported Missing). Wheeler, I’te. Frederick George; Nelson Killed in Action. Silbery, Gun. Victor Basil; I’etonc. AIR CASUALTIES. WELLINGTON, March 15. The following Royal New Zealand Air Force and Royal Air Force casualties are announced: Acting-Squadron Leader Lloyd Watt Coleman, • D.F.C. and Bar, R.A.F., killed in action; Havelock North. Pilot Officer Braenie Holt Fenton, killcol in aircraft accident; Auckland. Pilot Officer William Russell Rattray, killed in an aircraft accident; Cromwell. Pilot Officer Oswald William Suckling, missing on air operations; Cambridge. The following casualty reclassifications are also announced:— Sergeant Ronald Leslie Brewer, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed in .tune; England. Sergeant Desmond Aubrey Dacrc, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed in June; Auckland. Pilot Officer Norman Mervyn Kebbell Kirkealdie, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed in May; Wellington.

WELLINGTON, March 16. Sergeant William Francis Joyce, killed in an aircraft accident; Wanganui. Sergeant Reuben Acton Scragg, missing on air operations: Havelock North. Pilot Officer Lewis Alfred Wright, missing on air operations; Riccarton. Sergeant Mason John Fraser, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed; Dannevirke. Pilot Officer Ronald Walter King, previously reported missing, now reclassified as prisoner of war; Timaru. Sergeant Edward Boyce Whitaker, previously reported missing, now reclassified missing, believed killed; Inglewood. Sergeant Edwin John Williams, previously reported missing, now reclassified missing, believed killed. Wife, Airs E. J. Williams, Auckland. Sergt. Williams was a sou of Airs and Afrs E. J. Williams, of Waimate, formerly of Kaikoura. NAVAL CASUALTIES. WELLINGTON, March 17. The following naval casualties, all of whom are missing except where otherwise indicated, were announced tonight:— Lieutenant Alexander lan Merritt; Auckland. Telegraphist Andrew Hardie Alundie; Blenheim. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant Henry Charles Robjohns; Bluff. Stoker Leslie Roy Wilson; Auckland. Stoker Francis Harold Williams, misspresumed killed; Wellington. Temporary Sub-Lieutenant David Winton Adams, missing, presumed killed; Carterton. Able Seaman Harry Bosward, lest overboard ; Auckland. Ordinary Signalman John Dobson; I’etone. Ordinary Signalman Ivan Lawrence Fortune; Winton. Ordinary Signalman Bruce Gindcrs; Wellington. Signalman Napthali Jaffe; Auckland. Ordinary Signalman Jeffrey Michael Grave Morris; Wellington. Ordinary Signalman Charles AlcEwen; Lower Hutt. Ordinary Signalman lan Franci George Shipman; Timaru. Ordinary Signalman Richard James Wagner: Auckland.