ROLL OF HONOUR

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24759, 6 December 1943, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR

NAVAL CASUALTIES TWO DEATHS PRESUMED ' ( (P.A.) "WELLINGTON, Saturday ' The following naval casualties are announced: — MISSING, PRESUMED KILLED » , McKay, I. A. (T.A. Sub-Lieut.) (A), R.N.Z.N.V.R.— Sprinj? Creek. ; Robinson, H. (Stoker-P.O.) —Christchurch. ! NOW PRESUMED DEAD PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING »■ Hughes, H. W. (T. Sub-Lieut.), R.X.Z.N.V.R. ' —Wellington. t Scales, R. F. (Lieut), R.N.V.R.—Ducedin. PRISONERS OF WAR S ' TRANSFERS TO GERMANY (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Saturday fi Since last bulletin the Prisoners of I j War Office has received advice or 205 II more prisoners of war transferred to f Germany from Italy, 84 of them being from C.C.P.G. 103/7, and 61 from 3 C.C.P.G. 103/6. Twelve only are from i C.C.P.G. 103, and the balance from ten [ other camps. There are still approxis mately 2420 whose whereabouts are at 1 ! present unknown. ] Cabled advice has been received of s a visit to Stalag VIII.B by an Inter--3 national Red Cross delegate at the end of October. Approximately 2000 New v Zealanders were interned there, and 3 total British personnel of over 30,000. j An International Red Cross delegate ] visiting Japanese camps states that the [ centre Lughwa, near Shanghai, holds k slightly over 1700 internees. It is ar« t ranged in a 60-acre compound with a large, well-equipped kitchen for the preparation of children's meals. Artesian wells supply adequate water, and there s is ample accommodation for indoor and a outdoor sports and musical and theatri--3 cal entertainments. Hakodate, the main t camp, holds approximately 407 ine ternees, all from Java and Singapore. The camp has wooden buildings, electric it light _ and coal stoves. Each prisoner t was issued with five Army blankets, a There is ample hot water. e NEWS OF AUOKLANDERS s CAMBRIDGE MAN IN JAPAN r _ _ r Official advice has been received by t Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Barton, of St&.iley s Bay, that their youngest son, Captain L. C. Barton, has been transferred -) from Italy as a prisoner of war to Ofiag V.A in Germany. Captain Barton was . captured while serving with the Second 3 N.Z.E.F. in June, 1942. T Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Veale, 4 Combes--71 dale Road, Remuera, have been ad--1 vised by cablegram from England that 3 their younger son, Gunner Morey Thompson Veale, who has bgen a pri- ; soner of war in Italy for two years, has been transferred to Germany. Gun- , ner Veale left New Zealand in April, ; 1941.. j A letter-card has been received by [. Mrs. J. McNeil, of Cambridge, from her . only son, Robert (Bert) McNeil, who , is a prisoner of war at- Fukuoka No. 2 camp, Japan. He was a signalman in the Royal New Zealand Navy, and was taken prisoner during the Java battle. 1 Official advice was received by his - mother in March from the Government" ? to say that her son was a prisoner, but s this is the first personal message to : come through. j OBITUARY 1 MR. JOSEPH HARPER The death has occurred of Mr. Joseph Harper, a pioneer farmer of the Pakiri district, who was born at Waiku- > mete 88 years ago. Mr. Harper was 1 the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John 1 Harper, who arrived in New Zealand in ! the ship Essex in 1845, reaching Russell, then Kororareka, at the time ? of the insurrection of Hone Heke. Mr. Joseph Harper had been fanning at 1 Pakiri since 1874. His wife, whom he s married in 1882, died last year and he i is survived by two sons and two" , daughters. There are five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. | MRS. R. E. ATTWOOD death occurred last week in* : Wellington of Mrs. Rose E. Attwood, mother of Mrs. J. A. C. Allum, i Mayoress of Auckland. Mrs. Attwood, ; who was 83. was a native of Yorkshire - and she had been resident in New Zealand for about 40 years, first at Warkworth, where her husband, Mr. T. W. Attwood, who, died two years ago, was engaged in fruit fanning. Mrs. Attwood is survived by a son and three daughters. MR. F. H. PERROTT (0.C.) MORRINSVILLE, Sunday The death has occurred of Mr. Frank • Henry Perrott, at Morrinsville. Mr. Perrott was born in England 88 years';, ago, and came to New Zealand at the age of eight. About 1908 he took up farm land at Waitoa. He came to live in Morrinsville about eight years ago. He is survived by three daughters. MR. P. B. BROAD (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Sunday The death has occurred of Mr. Philip ' Benedict Broad, aged 53. He was Crown Solicitor for many years, and was a member of the management committee of the Wellington Cricket Association. 2 and chairman from 1928 to 1936. He was also prominent in dramatic circles. - He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. DUTCH FESTIVAL A function to celebrate St. Nicholas' Night, one of the oldest traditional Dutch functions, will be held in the Y.W.C.A. to-night. Adult members of • the Dutch community in Auckland and their guests will be welcomed by the > Consul for the_ Netherlands, Captain F. Bauer. A variety of entertainment has • been arranged. 'All the proceeds are r to be placed in the Netherlands Soldiers and Sailors' Fund. FLYING-BOAT ARRIVES A Tasman Empire Airways flying- - boat arrived from Sydney on Saturday. ' v It carried 17 passengers, including the following:—Messrs. W. K. O'Hara, R. W. Parkinson, C. J. Daley, W. H. Fish, , A. E. Rudder, J. S. McAlpine, E. G. Vaughan, C. N. Havward, B. E. Wil- ,* son. C. R. Johnson, M. Lazarus, F. C. * Griffith, L. H. Otwav and Mrs. Otwav. Messrs. Daiey, Wilson and Griffith are visiting the Dominion to purchaso stud sheep for shipment to Australia.