DEATHS IN ARMY

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24137, 2 December 1941, Page 9

DEATHS IN ARMY

TWO KILLED IN ACTION MAJOR WOUNDED MORE PRISONERS OF WAR [BY telegraph—PßESS association] WELLINGTON, Monday The following casualties to members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force were announced today:— KILLED IN ACTION Jermyn, Douglas Fraser—Mrs. J. F. Jermyn, Blenheim (wife). Maxfield, Laurence Edgecombe—Mrs. A. A. Maxfield. Auckland (wife). KILLED ACCIDENTALLY Turner, Arthur Haydn (L.-Cpl.)—Mrs. E. M. Turner, England (mother). DIED Churchill, Leslie Stewart—Mrs. J. Churchill, Dunedin (mother). Robinson, Thomas Joseph—Mrs. J. Robinson, Oamaru (mother). WOUNDED White, Alvan Willmette (Major)— Mrs. M. B. White, Wellington (wife). Montgomery, George Frederick—Mrs. 8. A. Montgomery, Gisborne (mother).

Rosson, Frederick Charles—Mr. G. Rosson, Wellington (father). Srhofield, Donald Vaughan (Sgt.)—Mrs. N. J. M. Schofield Hastings (wife). Wallis, Alirk Richard John (Cpl.)—Mrs. F. C. Wallis, ITawe.ra (mother). • PRISONERS OF WAR Hart, Edward—Miss Sarab Knox, Dunedin (cousin). PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING Bowyer, Robert John—Mrs. E. Bdwyer, Ashley Bank (wife). Cayless, Ernest Martin —Mrs. A. Cayless, Wellington (mother). Donaldson, Frank Harry—Mr. A. B. Donaldson. AVanganui (father). Fiddes, Thomas Georife —Mrs. L. M. Fiddes, Windsor (mother;. Hodgson, John Williasn—Mrs. Hodgson, England (mother) Jardi tie, Norman Stanley—Mr. R. A. Jardine, Wellington (father). Lamb, John Melville—Mr. J. G-. Lamb, Christchurch (father). Stainer, Reginald Arthur—Mrs. E. Staiger, England (mother)1 • LIEUTENANT W. H. McXAY PROMINENT MAORI ATHLETE (0.C.) HASTINGS. Monday The death of Lieutenant W. H. McKay, of Hastings, which w; : reported this week, was the result of wounds received in Crete last May. He was shot through both legs by machinegun fire and, being unable to walk, was taken prisoner of war. He was taken to Greece, and died in an Australian hospital just outside Athens. Volunteering for service in the early days of the war, Lieutenant McKay entered camp with the Maori Battalion and gained his commission before leaving New Zealand. He went through the Greek campaign. He was a son of Mrs. W. P. McKay, of Mahia Peninsula, and was about 35. After receiving his education at Waerenga-ahika College, near Gisborne, Lieutenant McKay spent six years on the teaching staff of the college. Forced to give up this profession because of his eyesight, he moved to Hastings, where he undertook outdoor work. Subsequently he entered journalism as a sporting writer. Lieutenant McKay represented the New Zealand Maoris at Rugby, hockey and tennis. He played against the Indian hockey team three seasons ago. He was also prominent as a tennis player, and in 1934 he was one of four men who played exhibition matches against visiting British tennis players at Rotorua. VATICAN CITY BROADCAST PRISONER IN ITALY A personal message from SecondLieutenant E. H. Bishop, who is a prisoner of war in Italy, to Mr. L. Evans, of Taupiri Street, Te Kuiti, was broadcast by the Vatican City radio last night. The message read: "Through the kindness of the Vatican I am able to send you a message. I am fit and well. Ask everyone to write via American Clipper." AIR FORCE LOSSES FIVE DEATHS REPORTED PRISONERS AND MISSING [BY TELEGIUPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Monday The following Royal New Zealand Air Force casualties are announced: — Allatt, Walter John (Pilot-Officer), killed in action—Mr. A. V. Allatt, Morrinsville (father). Anderson, Alexander Cairns (Pilot-Officer), previously reported missing:, now reclassified missing, believed killed in Action — Miss J. M. Anderson, Sydney (sister). Gibson, John Cuthbort MoKechnle (Set.), previously reported missing, now reclassified missing, believed killed in aclion— Mrs. J. C. Gibson. Wellington (wife). MacDonnld, Stuart Hayden (Sgt.), previously reported missing, believed killed, death now officially presumed by Air Ministry to havo occurred in October, ]O4O -Mrs. S. H. Mac Donald, Wellington (wife). Wither, Douglas Anthony (Sgt.), killed as a result of an aircraft accident—Mrs. M. Wither, Dunedin (mother). Bourke, Laurence Philip (Pilot-Officer), missing on air operations—Mrs. L. Bourke. Palmerston North (mother). Duffy, Thomas Patrick (Sgt.), previously reported missing, now reclassified prisoner of war and wounded —Mr. F. Duffy, Maryborough (father). Houghton. Edwin (Pilot-Officerl, previously reported missing, believed prisoner of war now reclassified prisoner of war— Mr. E. W. Houghton, Pa'merston North (father). Hope, Lawrence Berosford (Sgt.), previously reported missing, believed prisoner of war, now confirmed prisoner of war—Mr. P. D. Hope, French Pass (father).