WAR CASUALTIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24141, 6 December 1941, Page 13

WAR CASUALTIES

AUCKLAND SOLDIERS BANK MANAGER'S SON SECOND TO . BE KILLED Two sons of Mr. and* Mrs. W. Morrison, of 28 Arney Road, llemuera, have now been killed in action with the Expeditionary Force, advice having been received of the death in Libya on November 24 of Second-Lieutenant Lloyd Bentley Morrison. Another and youngest son, Private Arnold Robertson Morrison, who was aged 23, was killed in action on May 25 during the fighting in Crete. The third and eldest son, Captain W. R. K. Morrison, suffered minor wounds in Greece. Mr. Morrison is manager in Auckland for the Union Bank of Australia. Second - Lieutenant Morrison, who was aged 25, was born in Te Awamutu and educated at the Timaru Boys' High School and Auckland University College, where he was captain of the second fifteen in 1939. He later joined the staff of the Union Bank, and at the time of his enlistment was attached to the Newton branch. He and his younger brother left New Zealand with the First Efchelon. Information that her youngest son, Lieutenant Robert Ross Wilkie McBride, was killed in action in Libya on November 25, has been received by Mrs. F. Mcßride, J.P., of 18 Gladstone Road, Mount Albert. Lieutenant McBride is the 21st old boy of the Mount Albert Grammar School reported to have lost his life in the present war. He also received part of his education at the Gladstone School and Kowhai School. For some years before the outbreak of war, Lieutenant Mcßride was a member of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, from which he enlisted in the

Expeditionary Force. He sailed withIhe Second Echelon and in Britain was chosen to attend an Officer Cadets Training Unit at Larkhill, Wiltshire, where he passed out in the first three, being top of the New Zealanders in the course. He then rejoined his regiment, the 7th Anti-Tank Regiment, and was later promoted lieutenant, being attached to Divisional Headquarters. He was married shortly before leaving New Zealand. Advice has been received by Mr. George McMillan, of Dilworth Avenue, Remuera, that his son, Gunner George McMillan, has been reported missing. Gunner McMillan is one of two sons serving ij the Expeditionary Force, the other, Second-Lieutenant Norman McMillan, also leaving New Zealand in an artillery unit with the Third Echelon. Gunner McMillan was educated at King's College and at the time of his enlistment was a member of the staff of Hancock and Company, Limited. He served in Greece but not in Crete, his unit being evacuated direct to Egypt.

Private advice has been received that Second-Lieutenant T. L. Cooper, of Auckland, has been wounded. SecondLieutenant Cooper, a married man whose home vas at Kohimarama, was serving with the New Zealand forces in the Middle East. An expert motorist and a keen yachtsman, Second-Lieutenant Cooper was service manager for Dominion Motors, Limited, in Auckland, before his enlistment. He was an enthusiastic racing motorist in past years and took part in contests at Hennings Speedway, Mangere, and at Muriwai Beach. Advice that her son, Private Ronald Cooper, who was reported missing in Crete, is now a prisoner of war has been received by nis mother, Mrs. R. Cooper, of 4 Buchanan Street, Devonport. Private Cooper was secretary of the Papakura Amateur Athletic Club before enlisting.