Further 77 N.Z.E.F. Members Traced

Northern Advocate, 25 October 1941, Page 6

Further 77 N.Z.E.F. Members Traced

[Per Press Association.—Copyright.] WELLINGTON, This Day. A further 77 members of the N.Z.E.F., previously reported missing, have been traced. Of the total 72 are prisoners of war, and five have found their way back safely to the base camp. One death from sickness is reported. The names are as follows: — DIED OF SICKNESS Leckie, Cameron Farquharson.—Mr. W. G. Leckie, Invercargill. PRISONERS OF WAR Previously Reported Missing Baker, Ralph John.—Miss K. Baker, Avondale (sister). Banks, Donald.—Mr. A. Banks, Wellington (brother). Basil-Jones, Courtney Wynne.—Mr. S. C. Basil-Jones, Christchurch (father). Bassett, Ernest Neilson.—Mrs. E. Bassett, Blackball (wife). Batt, Walter Cedric. —Mrs. N, C. Batt, Wellington (wife). Beachey, Alasiair.—Mr. C. S. Beachey. Marton (father). Bensemann, John Noel. —Mr. R. F. Bensemann, Nelson (father): Bertie, Noel Karamea. —Mrs. Bertie, Wanganui (mother). Black, George Richard Arthur.—Mrs. S. Black, Auckland (mother). Boanas, Samuel Edgar (Sgt.).—Mr. A. T. Boanas, Christchurch (father). Bottomley, Donald Thomas.—Mrs. M. J. Bottomley, Frankton Junction (wife). Bradshaw, William Meliss (Sgt.).—Mrs. V. T. Brown, Wellington (mother). Bragg, George Percival.—Mrs. Hammill, Wellington (mother). Brannigan, Athol Raymond.—Mrs. M. A. P. Brannigan, Eketahuna (mother). Brice, Robert Peter. —Mrs. M. Brice, Greytown (mother). Brooking, Arthur—Mrs. K. Brooking, Te Aroha (mother). Brown, James Henry.—Mrs. E. Brown. Dunedin (mother). *Browne, Alfred Frederick. —Mrs. E. Browne, Dargaville (mother). Brownlee, Allan. —Mrs. M. Brownlee. Pukekohe (mother). Brunette, John Herbert. —Mrs. E. M. Brunette, Wellington (mother). Buckingham, Leslie Malcolm.—Mrs. F. Gunn, Howick (mother). Byers, John Rapson.—Mrs. A. Byers, Oamaru (mother). Calkin, Peter. —Mrs. M. Calkin, Sydney (wife). Cameron, Robert Bruce.—Mrs. M. G. Cameron, Palmerston North (wife). Campbell, Edmund Huia Dantes (L.-Cpl.). —Mrs. L. Campbell, Wellington (wife). Carpenter, Eric Clifford (Sgt.).—Mrs. M. A. Carpenter. Auckland (mother). Carroll, James Carton.—Mrs. N. Carroll, Waipawa (mother). Castle, Kenneth Alfred.—Mr. C. Castle, Napier (father). Castles, Thomas. —Mrs. J. Bartie, Gisborne (sister). Clarkson, Sydney Carlyle.—Mr. S. A. Clarkson, Dunedin (father). Cochrane, Thomas Duncan.—Mrs. M. A. Cochrane, Auckland (wife). *Collier, James Stanley.—Mrs. E. H. Collier, Whangarei (mother). Comrie, Kenneth Lewis.—Mrs. E. Comrie, Wellington (mother). Corliss, Harold.—Mrs. A. Corliss, Wellington (wife). *Corp, George William. —Mrs. A. J. Browne, Dargaville. Coutts, Jack William.—Mrs. A. Coutts, Dunedin (mother). Cox, Robert John.—Mrs. J. M. Cox, East Tamaki (mother). Creagh, John O’Neill (L.-Sgt.).—Mr. E. C. Creagh, Wellington (father). Cullen, Patrick (L.-Cpl.).—Mrs. J. C. Cullen, Hastings (mother). Currie, Colin Holmes.—Mrs. M. R. Currie, Otautau (mother). De Joux, James Edward.—Mrs. M. De Joux, Christchurch (wife). Galloway, William (W.O. II). —Mrs. M. Galloway. Takaka (mother). Garthwaite, David Charles (Q.M.S.). — Mrs. N. Garthwaite, Athol (mother). Gaskin, Ernest John.—Mrs. M. Gaskin, Wanganui (mother). Gawith, Herbert Joseph.—Mr. J. Gawith, Putaruru (father). Gilbert, Chandos Puff'ett.—Mrs. C. G. Gilbert, Wanganui (father). Goldwater, Harold Clyde.—Mr. L. Goldwater, Auckland (brother). Grant, George Benjamin.—Miss I. Grant, Christchurch (sister). Greig, Leonard Duncan (Sgt.).—Mr. M. J. Greig, Normanby (brother). Gurr, Ronald Lamont (Sgt.).—Mr. G. L. Gurr, Auckland (father). Hamilton, Douglas Gordon (L.-Cpl.).—Mr. H. A. Hamilton, Gisborne (father). Hankins, Allen Edward.—Mrs. E. L. Hankins, Auckland (wife). Harper, Leonard Alfred.—Private A. C. A. Harper, Middle East Forces (son). *Hawken, Martin Gilbert.—Mr. M, G. Hawken, Whangarei (father). Heinisch, Henry Owen.—Mrs. H. A. Heinisch, Springton (mother). Hendle, Francis Alfred Roy.—Mrs. E. Stenson, Wellington (sister). Hickman, Colin.—Mrs. S. E. Hickman, Wanganui (wife). *Hilton, George Albert (Cpl.).—Mr. A.

Hilton, Whangarei (father). Hollanger, Charles. —Mrs. M. Hollanger, Timaru (mother), Hughes, James Samuel.—Mrs. F. A. Hughes, Opawa (wife). Humphreys, Charles Ensor. —Mrs. E. Humphreys, Gisborne (mother). *Hunia, Witana.—Mrs. D. T. Norman, Northland (mother). Kilbane, Dennis.—Mrs. K. Kilbane, London (mother). Leeder, Erastus William.-—Mrs. J. M. Leeder, Hamilton (mother). Leeks, Cedric Russell (Cpl.).—Mrs. H. R. Leeks, Auckland (mother). Lester, James Sinclair Gordon.—Miss M. Cole, Waiau (friend). Lilburne, William John.—Mrs. E. H. Lilburne, Moumoukai (mother). Lightbourne, Bruce.—Mrs. Lightbourne, Hamilton (mother). Phease, Reginald.—Mrs. A. E. Phease, Western Australia (mother). Pidgeon, George Joseph.—Mrs. L. Pidgeon, Auckland (wife). Ryan, Robert James. —Mrs. J. Focock, Wellington (sister). Smith, Lancelot Edgar.—Mrs. H. A. Smith, Auckland (mother). Safe at N.Z.E.F. Base (Previously Reported Missing) Bristow, William Harold (Sgt.).—Mrs. A. Bristow, Pukekohe (mother). Empson, Alan Howard (Sgt.).—Mr. S. A. Empson, Te Awamutu (father). RedDath, John Alexander (Sgt.).—Miss P. Redpath, Bermuda (daughter). Voyce, Gilbert Esmond.—Mrs. B. Voyce. Marton (mother). Witting, Raymond Roy (Sgt.).—Mrs. N. Witting, Dunedin (wife).