WAR CASUALTIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24604, 12 May 1941, Page 4

WAR CASUALTIES

EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ELEVEN DEATHS REPORTED TWO SOUTH OTAGO MEN (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 11. The following casualties to members of the Second N.Z.E.F. are reported:— KILLED IN ACTION Private William Alfred Millar Campbell; mother. Mrs L. Mclnnes, Christchurch. Private William Clarke; ' mother. Mrs E. E. Clarke. Lancashire, England. Private Norman Coley; Mr A. Coley, Taupo. relationship not stated. Private John Bernard McCalman; mother. Mrs M. J. McCalman, Hawera. Private Wilfred McElrea; mother. Mrs H. M. McElrea. Milton, Otago. . Lance-coiporal Alan Mcßae; mother, Mrs E. K. Mcßae. Auckland. Private Garnet John Nicolle; sister, Mrs Iris Harvey. Shropshire. England. Private Georee Trevor Webster; father, Mr William Webster. Wallasey. Cherhire. England. Private John Young; wife. Mrs Mavis Young. Balclutha. DIED OF WOUNDS Signalman Georsre Tilton Daviesj mother. Mrs R. Bell. Auckland. Private Walter Robert Shannon; mother. Mrs F. E. Shannon. Greymouth. WOUNDED Second-lieutenant Frederick Teter Anthony Chapman; wife. Mrs D. Chapman, Auckland. Private George Patrick Abernethy; wiie, Mrs O. I. Abernethy, Dunedin. Private Andrew Walter Ferguson; sister. Miss A. Ferguson, Bay of Islands. Private Allan Charles Jennings; wife. Mrs A. Jennings. Christchurch. Private Andrew Gilbert Lees; mother, Mrs S. C. Lees. Katikati. Private Arthur O'Halloran; wife. Mrs Ivv O'Halloran, Papatoetoe.' Private Vincent George Patterson; wife, Mrs V. M. Patterson. Dun-

edin. •" . Private Raymond Sutton Pettman; wife. Mrs R. S. Pettman. Auck-

land. Private Leslie Howard Rowland; wife, Mrs E. Rowland. Ruawai, North

Wairoa. Private George Victor Scobie; mother.

Mrs C. L. Scobie. Balfour. Private Richard Godfrey Symes; mother. Mrs H. M. Symes, Wick-

low. Ireland. Private Harold Duncan Tod; mother, Mrs Mary Ann Tod. Seacliff, Otago. Private Cyril Leonard Wadsworth; ' father Mr L. J. Wadsworth. New • Plymouth. Warrant Officer II Roger James Webster; wife, Mrs P. O. Webster, Whangarei. Private Errol David Williams; mother, Mrs M. Williams. Cobden.. Private Roydon James Wilson; mother,

Mrs H. E. Wilson. Picton. Corporal Charles Horace Boncey; wife, Mrs P. E. Boncey, Wellington. Private Thomas Coburn; father, Mr J. Coburn, Wellington. ' Private Clement Coffin; father, Mr P. C. Coffin, Pitcairn Island. Private Lyiiden Wyvern Currie; father, Mr W..S. Currie. Stratford. Private William McLean Duthie; father, Mr J. Duthie, Wellington. Corporal Vern Arthur Hopkinson; father, Mr A. Hopkinson, New

Plymouth. Corporal Harold Charles Huime; father, Mr H. C. Hulme, New Ply-

mouth. Private Keith Kanake; father, Mr T. Kanake. Victoria. Australia. Private John Kilkolly; father, Mr Kilkolly. Dannevirke. Private Thomas William Madsen; ... . mother.,Mrs E. Hall. Masterton. Lance-corporal Victor Sydney Moors; father, Mr A S. Moors. Welling-

ton. Private England Ephraim Prestling; mother, Mrs E. Howchow. Tolaga

Bay. Private Alan Maxwell Sanson; father,

Mr A. M. Sanson, Masterton. Private Goulburn Frederick Whalen; father, Mr W. H. Whalen, Kapuni. AIR FORCE CASUALTIES

The following R.N.Z.A.F. casualties were announced to-day:—

Pilot Officer Leonard Rodney Hewitt, suffering from synovitis of the right knee as the result of an aircraft accident; mother, Mrs F. O. Hewitt, Christclu-.rch.. ' . Sergeant Ivor Wilders Port Evison, injured in a flying accident, suffering from superficial burns to face and hands: mother, Mrs O. Evison.

Hastings. .... :_ Sergeant Douglas William Tong, injured in a flying accident, suffering from superficial burns to the face and hands; mother, Mrs D. R. Tong. Auckland.