WAR CASUALTIES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24950, 24 June 1942, Page 6

WAR CASUALTIES

EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 23. The following official N.Z.E..F casualty list was issued to-night:— DIED WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR Leach. Gunner John James; wife, Mrs M, Le.ach, Scotland. DIED AS RESULT OF ACCIDENTAL INJURIES Halliday, Lance-corporal John Harold; " wife, Mrs P. R. Halliday, Christchurch DIED OF SICKNESS Delanev, Driver William James; mother. Mrs E. J. Delaney, Ireland. NOW REPORTED SAFE Previously Reported Missing, Believed Prisoner of War

Boyle, Signalman Frank Stuart, of Kaponga.

AIR FORCE LIST

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 23. The following official air casualties were announced to-night (all R.N.Z.A.F. unless otherwise stated): — ~

Dingle, Sergeant Alvin Messines. missing on air operations; father, Mr A. N Dingle, Te Kauwhata. Edmunds. Flying Officer Eric Ralph, R.A.F., missing on air operations; mother, Mrs H. E. Edmunds. Palmer-

ston North. Fraser, Sergeant Donald, killed in aircraft accident; father, Mit P. Fraser. Auck-

land. McConnell, Sergeant Jack Nock, missint; on air operations; father, Mr McCon- ■ nell. Gisborne. McGill-Brown, Sergeant Jack, seriously wounded as a result of air operations; mother, Mrs McGill-Brown. Auckland. Pybus, Flying Officer Jack, missing on air operations; father, Mr R. Pybus, Auck-

land. Scansie. Pilot Officer Milan Roy. killed in aircraft accident; mother, Mrs C. A.

Scansie. Auckland. Shannon, Sergeant William Alexander, killed in aircraft accident; father, Mr W. J. Shannon, Feilding. Bell, Pilot Officer Maurice Perrott, previously reported missing, now reclassified as missing, believed killed; Strat-

ford. Burt, Sergeant Selwyn Hight, previously reported missing, now reclassified as a prisoner of war; Rangiora. Cran. Sergeant Franklyn Bertram, previously reported missing, now reclassified as missing, believed killed; Inver- « cargill Connolly, Sergeant David Aubrey, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed to have occurred i:i June 1941; Christchurch. Evans, Sergeant Arthur William Smith, previously reported missing, now reclassified as missing, believed killed:

Hawera. Harris, Sergeant Claude Joseph, previously reported missing, now reclassified ' as . missing, believed killed;

Helensville. Leland. Pilot Officer Patrick Henry Francin William, previously reported missing, now reclassified as missing, believed killed: Auckland. Wright. Pilot Officer Lewis Alfred, previously reported missing, believed killed, death now officially presumed; Christchurch.

HERO OF DUNKIRK

KILLED IN ACTION IN LIBYA (P.A.) WHANGAREI, June 23. 'Squadron Leader Derek Ward, D.S.C. and bar, who has been reported killed during air operations in Libya, is the son of Dr S. H. Ward, of Whangarei. He was the hero of an exploit recorded in the volume of the Fighter Command issued by the Air Ministry. The exploit consisted of flying a disabled plane to England after Dunkirk and fighting off Messerschmitts over the Channei, in spite of lack of petrol and ammunition.