NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24605, 13 May 1941, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES

EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FORTY-SIX DEATHS SIX OTAGO SOLDIERS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 12. The following casualties to members of the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force were announced to-day: — KILLED IN ACTION The following were killed in action: — Second-lieutenant Fergus Blair McLaren; mother, Mrs Hilda McLaren. Dunedin. Driver Claude Nelson Adderson; father, Mr A. A. Adderson, Masterton. Lance-corporal Frederick Telford Ball; wife, Mrs F. T. Ball, Christchurch. Signalman Ronald Mervyn Bradley; wife, Mrs A. J. Bradley. Auckland. Private Albert Harold Arthur Bryant; wife, Mrs M. Bryant, Christchurch. Private Hugh Hunter Buchanan; father, Mr R. H. Buchanan. Dunedin. Private Henry Thomas Cunningham; father, Mr H. T. G. Cunningham, Bluff. Sergeant Thomas Morris Drummond; mother, Mrs F. S. Drummond, Petone. Private George Fowler: mother, Mrs M. K. Fowler, Blue. Private William Harold Jackson: wife, Mrs E. Jackson. Outram. Private Francis Patrick Kelly; mother, Mrs W. J. Kelly, Riversdale. Private Eric Winslow Swain; father. Mr George Swain, Dunedin. Private Charles lan Albert Thomson; brother. Mr J. C. Thomson, Wellington. Private John Thompson; brother, Mr Douglas Thompson, Feilding. Private Arthur Edward Wells; father, Mr F. E. Wells, Outram. Second-lieutenant Norman Frederick Chissell; father, Mr C. H. Chissell, Whangarei. Driver Francis Henry Bennett; mother, Mrs H. F. Bennett, Geraldine. Private Albert William Gasston; wife, Mrs M. E. Gasston, Hamilton. Private Percy Goldsmith: father, Mr O. Goldsmith, Ruatoria. Driver Walter Verdun Mosen; mother, Mrs D. L. Mosen, Raetihi. Private Matiu Bopata; mother, Mrs Waimatai Ropata, Wairoa. Driver Alfred Edward Waddington; father. Mr P. E. Waddington, Waiuku. Driver James William Ferdinand Welsh; father, Mr J. Welsh. Dunedin. . . Lance-corporal George William Wheeler; mother, Mrs Ada L. Wheeler. Scotland. Driver William Edward Winter; father, Mr W. E. Winter, Swanson. Private Geoffrey Wynne Alison; father, Mr Ewen Alison, Auckland. Private Arthur Henry Nelson Bell; mother, Mrs E. Graham, Manunui. Private Leonard W’allace Davey; father, Mr F. C. Davey, Dargaville. Private Harold George Dodd; mother, Mrs J. Dodd. Whakatane. Private Jim East; father, Mr A. J. East. Cambridge. Private Carrel Fidler Fergufion; mother, Mrs A. I- Ferguson, Whangarai. Private Claude Finch: brother. Mr S. G. Finch. Hamilton. Private Clifford. Kingsley Grainger; wife, Mrs K. E. Grainger, Auckland. , , .. Private Noel Stewart Leonard; father, Mr J. H. Leonard. Helensville. Corporal Horace Longworth; mother, Mrs M. E. Longworth, Wellington. Private Leslie Stewart Marshall; father, Mr F. Marshall. Makaraka. Private Norman Gilbert Perkins; father, Mr Gilbert Perkins. Te Puke.

died of wounds The following died of wounds:— Private Hector Onyon; mother, Mrs E. E. Onyon, Te Awamutu. Gunner Peter Hoey; wife, Mrs Lucy Hoey. Te Pupuke, Kaeo. Private Newton Noel Bryant; mother, Mrs E. J. Bryant, Napier. Driver Mvies Norman McDonald: mother, Mrs B. McDonald, Waimate. . Private lan William Richardson} mother. Mrs J. Richardson. Kaiapoi. Driver John William Rod; wife. Mrs M. Rod, Wellington. DIED OF SICKNESS The following died of sickness:— Lieutenant John Lewis Tait: mother, Mrs C. M. Tait, Wellington. ACCIDENTALLY HULLED The following were accidentally killed: — Signalman Colin Lyncss Knight; mother, Mrs M. A. Knight, Christchurch. Lance-corporal Peter Rintoul Tait; father. Mr William Tait, Raglan. WOUNDED The following were wounded:— Captain Alfred Lorimer Hogg; mother, Mrs A, J. Friedlander. Auckland. Captain Neville Boaz Cowper; wife, Mrs L. J. Cowper. Brisbane. Driver Arthur Ernest Armishaw; father, Mr E. D. Armishaw. Dunedin. Driver Lewis Asher; mother, Mrs G. Asher. Wellington. Driver Robert Campbell Buckley; wife, Mrs L. S. Buckley, Christchurch. Driver George Michael Carroll; wife. Mrs C. Carroll. Otahuhu. Private Harold John Chapman; sister. Miss L. M. Chapman, Auckland. Driver Eric Lorraine Corry; mother, Mrs A. I. Crowley,' Palmerston North. Signalman James Henry Fearon; father. Mr W. B. Fearon, Hamilton. Private David Cormack Forbes; wife, Mrs J. L. Forbes, Auckland. Private Wilbur Bruce Goodwin; father. Mr C. Goodwin. Auckland. Driver Claud Bennett Hitchon; father. Mr M. H. Hitchon. Paihia. Driver Robert Bruce McKenzie; mother. Mrs O. N. McKenzie. Bulls, Signalman Alan Clarkson Martin; father. Mr J. C. Martin. Kaiapoi. Warrant Officer John Martin Milligan; mother. Mrs M. Milligan. Heretaunga. Driver Henry William Morgan; sister, Mrs T. A. Hodson. Stratford. Driver Jack Ivan Murdoch: mother. Mrs Maude Hannah Bone, Napier. Driver James Nichols; wife. Mrs Ann Nichols. Te Kauwhala. Private John Raymond Saundcrson: father, Mr W. Saunderson. Auckland. Lance-corporal Peter Edward Stace; mother, Mrs Stace. Auckland. Driver Horace Stanley Taylor; mother, Mrs F. H. Taylor, Birkdale, Auckland. Driver Quentin Richard Woodsbey Taylor; mother. Mrs F. M. Taylor, Northcote. Auckland. Private John Wilson Whifefield; mother. Mrs F. Whitefield. Palmerston. Corporal Norman Wiuslade; mother. Mrs G. N. Winslade. Wellington. Captain William Ayto: father. Mr Joseph Ayto. Invercargill Lieutenant Vernon Clive Poole: father. Mr A. V. Poole. Invercargill. Private Leslie Charles Adam; father. Mr C. W. Adam Christchurch. Driver Arthur Albert , Adderson: father. Mr A. A. Adderson, Masterton. Private William Lewis Alcock; mother. Mrs Annie Alcock. Wingalui. Private Vernon Howard Bahr; mother. Mrs Annie Tuohv. Auckland. Private Norman Richard Belsham; father. Mr Claude Howard Belsham. Invercargill. Private Ivan RoMn'mi Bone; mother, Mrs J. F Bon" Dunedin. Private Alexander Rov Bremer; mother. Mrs A, W. Bremer. Southland. Staff Sergeant Willem Sham CamnbeU: wife Mrs M. R. P. Campbell. Invere"’*giil. Private Edwin Robert Carslcnsen; mother. Mrs Clara Carstensen. Invercargill. Private Allan Gowan Clark; wife, Mrs M. O. Clark, Maheno.

Private William Clarke; mother. Mrs A. M. Clarke, Invercargill, Staff-sergeant Russell Jack Collins; mother, Mrs C. Blair, Christchurch. Private John Alexander Davis; mother, Mrs Annie M. Davis, Waipounamu, Gore., Private Samuel Benjamin Garden; father. Mr S. Garden, Greymouth. Lance-corporal Jack Hunt; father, Mr J. Hunt, Ashburton. Private William Brown Jenkins; father, Mr M. Jenkins, Mataura. Private John Richard Kidd; mother, Mrs W. Kidd, Invercargill. Private George Andrew William Lillcy; father, Mr R. A. Lilley, Invercargill. Private Harold Christian Nils Lyders; mother. Mrs M. Lyders, Dunedin. Private Cyril Stephen McEwen; mother, Mrs Ruth McEwen. Dunedin. Private Myles Gibbons Matheson; father, Mr Ewan Matheson, Otautau. Private John May de Brotherton Morgan; mother. Mrs M. C. Morgan, Christchurch. Private Donald Norman Neilson; mother, Mrs C. Neilson, Riverton. Corporal James Alexander Nicol; wife, Mrs Helen A. Nicol, Kapuka, Southland. Lance-corporal Cyril Walter Ormc; father, Mr Francis Alexander Orme, Christchurch. Private Gladstone Awarua Patterson; mother. Mrs M. C. Patterson, Invercargill. Private Thomas Rolfe; friend, Miss D. Poir, Eden dale, Southland. Private James Spencer Ryan; mother, Mrs L. A. J. Ryan, Bluff. Private Kenneth Smith: father, Mr Gilbert Smith, Ryal Bush. Southland. Private William James Strang; mother, Mrs E. L. Strang, Invercargill. Private Robert Wyebome Sutton; mother, Mrs K. Sutton. gillPrivate Alfred William Tomlinson; father. Mr A. E. Tomlinson. Wellington. Private Archibald Alexander Torrance; mother, Mrs Jessie Jane Torrance, Wellington. Lance-corporal Albert John Watson; father, Mr James King Watson, Invercargill. , Private Albert Sydney Westmpp; mother, Mrs T. M. Westrupp, Nelson. Private Robert Shepherd Wilson; mother, Mrs Florence Hope Macintosh. Invercargill. Lieutenant William Allan Pyatt; father, Mr A, E. Pyatt, Auckland. Second-lieutenant Charles Might Coote; mother, Mrs Hida Blanche Coote, Whangarei. ■ „ . Private Clarence William Bayley; friend, Mr Herbert Hammon, Dargaville. Private Bernard George Leo Bland; (relationship not stated), Mr B. F Bland, Gisborne. - • Private Ray Danby Brayshaw; mother, Mrs E. L. Brayshaw, Palmerston North. - Private Kenneth Ronald Brown; father, Mr William Robert Brown, Kaihu, North Auckland. Private John Alfred Burrows; mother, Mrs E. Burrows, Mangonui. Private Noel Charles Clifford Crouch; mother. Mrs M. C. C. Wood, Point Chevalier. Private Patrick Cullinane; father, Mr David Cullinane, Fordell. Corporal Samuel Frederick Durant; wife. Mrs E. I. Durant. Dargaville. „ , . . , Private Albert Henry Erskme; (relationship not stated), Mr W. S. Erskine, Morrinsville. Private Godfrey Mark Feaver; wife, Mrs B. Feaver, Whangarei. Private Cyril Fletcher; mother, Mr b. Fletcher. Wellington. Private Reginald Andrew Foster; brother, Mr T. Foster Matangi. Private Frederick William Hislop: mother. Mrs E. Hislop, Hataitai. Private Jack Douglas Mayer Hooper; mother. Mrs Gladys Hooper, Kaitaia. Private Albert Roy Hornell; mother, Mrs E. Hornell, Auckland. Private Ernest John Irwin; (relationship not stated), Mrs M. Irwin, Auckland. Private David Arthur Johanson; mother. Mrs Mabel Johanson, Cambridge. Private Daniel John Kenny; father, Mr J. F. Kenny, Victoria, Australia. Private Douglas James Livingstone; father, Mr J. S. Livingstone, Auckland. Private Victor Henry McPherson; mother, Mrs J'- B. McPherson, Warkworth. Private Eric Howie Nicholls; wife, Mrs Betty Marden Nicholls. Manaia. Private Ray Nickerson (relationship not stated). Mr J. Nickerson, Gisborne. Private Hector Stephen Peacock; father. Mr R. G. Peacock. Murchison. Private Cyril Jellicoe Peterson: mother, Mrs L. Peterson, Auckland. Private Carlton Leith Rawson; mother, Mrs Cecila Rawson, Taneatua. Private Allan James Stephen Richardson; mother, Mrs A. E. Richardson, Auckland. Private Michael Rodgers; mother, Mrs A. A. Rodgers, Stratford. Corporal Donald Thomas Scholium; father, Mr J. A. Scholium, Te Kauwhata. Corporal Reginald Charles Slade; father, Mr F. J. Slade. Napier. Private Nathaniel James Alex. Smyth; mother. Mrs Martha Smyth, Ruatoria, East Coast. Sergeant Douglas Spinley: , mother, Mrs S. J. Spinley, Morrinsville. Private Patrick Neville Stephens; wife, Mrs P. I. Stephens, Te Awamutu. Corporal Lewis Stokes; fathei, Mr S. Stokes, Auckland. Private Montague Thomson; wife, Mrs A. J. Thomson. Auckland. Private Leslie Williams; foster mother, Mrs M. V. Morgan. Whangarei. Lance-corporal Richard Francis Williams; mother, Mrs F. M. Williams. Auckland. Private Ernest Gilbert Wood: mother, Mrs B. Wood, Auckland. AIR FORCE CASUALTIES The following Air Force casualties were announced to-day;— Pilot Officer William Arthur Middleton, R.N.Z.A.F., injured in air operations and admitted to hospital; father, Mr F. C. Middleton, Newmarket. Auckland. Flying Officer Edward Nation Steel, R.A.F., missing in air operations: father. Mr J. W. Steel, Kilbirnie, Wellington. Sergeant David Leo Noia. R.N.Z.A.F., , missing and believed killed in air operations; father, Mr I. J. Nola. Tatuanui.