FORMER WAR PRISONERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25853, 25 May 1945, Page 7

FORMER WAR PRISONERS

FORTY-ONE MEN FROM OTAGO (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 24. The following lists of men who were previously prisoners of war and are now reported safe were issued to-day (the rank is Private unless otherwise stated):— OTAGO LIST I NOW SAFE

Aitken, Gnr. Thomas 8., Mosgiel. SAFE IN UNITED KINGDOM Anderson, Cpl. John J., Dunedin. Anderson, Rex 0., Dunedin. Armishaw, Cameron J., Dunedin. Avent, Stewart 8., Dunedin. Bardsley, John, North-East Valley. Clark, Gnr. Smith 8., Dunedin. Clarke, Sgt. Edgar E. S., Woodhaugh Conder, Winston N., St. Clair. Drummond, Lancelot K., St. Kilda. Duerden, Gnr. Clifford, Dunedin. Dwan, Stewart W., Kaikorai. Geeves, Russell C., Kuri Bush. Graves, Dvr. John G., Dunedin. Mcllroy, John M., South Dunedin. Martin. Alexander D., Oamaru. Nicol, Dvr. Reginald, Dunedin. Palmer, Leonard Ei, Dunedin. Rutherford, Cecil E., Mornington. Seelye, Sgmn. Edgar C., Roslyn. Scott. Herbert J., Alexandra. Strachan, James A., Dunedin. Todd. Archibald C„ Caversham. Wells, Jack T„ Dunedin. Wilkie, William A., St. Kilda. Williams. L/Cpl. Patrick J., Dunedin. Woods. Norman J., Dunedin. LIST II

NOW SAFE IN UNITED KINGDOM Sproull, Stewart Menzies, Fairfield. Thomson, Gnr. James Angus, Dunedin. Paterson, Eric Colvin, Heriot. Rowland, Dvr. James Francis, Oamaru. Hayes, Thomas Joseph. Palmerston. Laney, Ewan Alfred, Oamaru. Legge, Cpl. Edward Ernest Athol, Oamaru. Leishman., Alexander James, Dunedin. Mask ill, Douglas John, Dunedin Meek. Spr. Oliver Stanley, Dunedin. Fisher T/Cpl. Leonard Thomas, Dunedin. Hamilton, Sgt. Norman Roy, Roslyn. Downey, T/Cpl. John, Mosgiel. Trevathan, Cyril, Pembroke.

OTHER DISTRICTS LIST I. NOW SAFE Bodie, Jack Alexander, Te Kuiti. Cleverley, Sgt. George G., Wellington Duff, Joesph Henry. Auckland. Gate, Dvr. Edward Hope, Hamilton. Gordon, Cpl. lan Hazlett, Winton. Hansen. John William, Blenheim. Hill. Spr. George Leslie, Motueka. Houldsworth, Gnr. D. E. G., Lower Hutt. Hughes, William Edward Henry, Oxford. Ivey. L/Bdr. Maurice William, Whangarei. Knight, Edward George, England. Murdoch, Dvr. Jack Ivan, Napier. Pickering, Tpr. Charles Henry, Havelock. NOW SAFE IN UNITED KINGDOM. Johnston, Lieut. Trevor Robert, Taukau. Arnold, John Forman, Browns. Asher, John David Atirau, Tokaanu. Bahr. Vernon Howard, Whangarei. Bailer, Gnr. Edmond Robert, Surfdale. Barnett, Spr. Frederick James, Auckland. Becher, Spr. Thomas Joseph, Ahuroa. Bell, Spr. John Leslie, Australia. Bennett, Walter Henry, Taumaranui. Beros, Lawrence, Sydney. Bridgeman, Arthur John. Invercargill. Brierley, Frederick Roland, St. Albans. Bromell, Edward Dante, Mapua P.O. Brown. Ronald William, Karangahake. Campbell, Robert Albert, Christchurch. Carpenter, Sgt. Eric Clifford, Auckland. Carpenter, Leopold John, Christchurch. Chappell. Keith Everett, Spreydon. Cleaver, Bernard Stanley, Fitzroy. Cochrane, T/Bdr. Ronald A., Runclman. Corbett, Clifford George, Gisborne. Cowan. L/Cpl. Beaton Dingwall, Huntly. Cresswell, Gnr. Allan Barry, Mirimar. Currie, Dvr. Leith William, Mataura. Cusdin, Arthur Geoffrey, Christchurch. Davie. Dvr. Arthur Charles, Parnell. Dawson, Bernard Henry, Waikiekie. Deane. T/L/Sgt. William Antony, Levels. Ellis, Frank, England. Essen, Cpl. George Samuel, Wellington. Farquhar. John Harvey, Auckland. Fausett, lan Geoffrey, Auckland. Ferguson, Cpl. William Wallace. Tauranga. Fleet, William Henwood, Lower Hutt. Forsyth, Allan McLeod, Avondale. Foxley, George Greachen, Gisborne. Francis Samuel, Mangawai. Franks, Colin James, Lower Hutt. Frayling, Dvr. Eric Charles, Mount Eden. Frayling; T/L/Cpl. Herbert V.. Parnell. Frederick, Gnr. William John, Kopakl. Frost, George Edward, Gisborne. Furness, Clarence John, Greymouth. Gadsby, Jack Burnett, Ohura. Garaway, Spr. Osborne D., Whakatane. Geale, Cpl. Charles Victor, Wellington. Geenty, Cpl. Darwin Russell, Waipukurau. Gill, lan Allan, Otautau. Gilmore, Dvr. Allan John, Te Puke. Goldfinch, Thomas E. Palmerston North. Graham, Thompson Fleming, Mangapai. Grant, Hector Samuel, Tauplri. Green, Gnr. Richard, Greymouth. Guilford, Reginald Ernest, Waverley. Hamilton. lan James, Te Awamutu. Hankin. Sgt. Christopher Greville, Epsom, Hankins, Allen Edward. Epsom. Harsant, Walter Bruce, .Whitianga. Hart, Barton Henry, Ohaka. Harvey, Gordon Whitmore, Mount Albert, Haslip, Desmond Arthur, Auckland. Hawkes, Robert Joseph, Invercargill. Hawkins, Tpr. Richard, England. Hay, Kenneth Joseph. Kamo. Hoskin, Gnr. Leslie James, Epsom. Hotere, Hipiriona. Manunui. Hunia, Witana, Kaitaia. Hunt, Leslie Joseph, Palmerston North. Huston, Sidney, Ormond. Hyder, Sydney Walter, Lower Hutt. Joblin, Nathan James Henry, Walkau. Kain, Cpl. George, Lower Hutt. Kilbane, Dennis, England. King, John, Wellington. Leuty, Spr. George. Karori. Lewis, Richard Gwynne Hope, Pakaraka. Lorimer, T/Sgt. J. de L., Point Chevalier, McCook, Sgt. Jack, Kaponga. Mclndoe, Ronald Edward, Claudelands. McKenzie, Cpl. Colin Fraser. Invercargill, McKenzie, Dvr. Robt Bruce, Bulls. McKinlay, William James, Whangarei. Mason, Gnr. S. W., Waiottra Junction. Merilees, Spr. Robert Thompson, Petone. Milligan, Hamilton, Lower Hutt. Mills, Gnr. Gerald Fleming, Wellington. Montgomery, Roderick, Scotland. Morris, Cpl. Francis Karl, Lyttelton. Mottram, Thomas, Wellington. Mudgway, Dvr. John R., Lower Hutt. Murphy, Walter Lorraine, St. Albans. Mutch, Dvr. Charles, M.M., Auckland. Nicolson, Oliver, Dargaville. Old, Lionel Horace, Inglewood. Palmer, Douglas Ralph, Matamata. Peta, Rangalti, Waihi. Place, George Thomas, Henderson. Powell, Thomas Godfrey, New Brighton. Quinn. Gnr. Nicholas Ashton, Lower Hutt. Rees, Edward, Takaka. Register, Noel Rex, Waikakaho. Reynolds, Oscar George, Petone. Richardson, James Owen, England. Ross, John Menzies, Christchurch. Russell, Archibald NcN. H., Island Bay. Rutherford, Samuel. England. Scott, Richard Owen, Lyttelton. Shortus, Allan James, Timaru. Simpson. Harold Edgar, Auckland. Slade, Cpl. Reginald Charles, Napier. Smith, Dvr. Albert, Rangiora. Smith, Heber, Nuhaka. Smith, John Alexander, Papakura.' Stevens, Gnr. W. M. K., Palmerston North. Stewart, James, Moera. Third, Alexander, Gisborne. Trewin, Dvr. Edmond Cecil, Kaikoura. Tuohey, Spr. Victor, Bombay. Wall, Dvr. Charles Henry, Tonga. Wallace, Maxwell, Scotland. Wanden, Gnr. Eric George, Lower Hutt. Webb, Sgt. Francis Keith, Pukearuhe Sth. Wells, Lewis Allen, Rakaia. Wendt, Roy Leslie, Rotorua. Whitford. Charles, Point Chevalier. Wilson, Gnr. Hanley John, Auckland. Wood Cpl. William J. A., Ashburton. Worley, Anthony F. P., Mount Albert. Wright, Spr. John Olliffe, Grey Lynn. Young, Gnr. Ivan. William. Opotiki.

LIST II NOW SAFE (Previously prisoners of wat.) Barker, Gnr. Alan, Mamaku. Bottin, Peter. Stratford. Bretherton, Graeme S., Wanganui. Calcutt, James, England. Crook, Cyril P., Auckland. Dunlop, John R., Fifeshire. Freeman. Leslie S., Northcote. Hamer, Frank, St. Heller’s Bay. Horscroft. Tpr. Lewis R., Tauranga. Jamieson, L/Cpl. Clarence A.. Blenheim. Keith, William D., Hawarden. Langdon, Colin P., Mount Albert. McFadgen, Gnr. Ernest, Ellerslie. Martin, Dvr. Francis Y., Birkenhead. Newman, George B„ Springfield. Pearse, Lemual, Wairoa, Rackham, Norman E., Karangahake. Rankin, Gnr. Lancelot P„ Christchurch. Shaw, Dvr. John, Ngatea. Spice, William A., Morrinsville. Walker, George M., Bombay. Waters, Percy G., Blenheim. Wright, George K., Hamilton, NOW SAFE IN UNITED KINGDOM (Previously prisoners of war.) Webb, Major Richard G., Rotorua. Hill, Capt. Louis C. S., Epsom. Hirsch, Capt. Jeffrey C., Isle of Wight. McLernon, Capt. Samuel M., Gisborne Adams, Dvr. Duncan C., Avondale. Agnew, Alexander, Feilding. Aiken, Aubrey M. G., Mititai. Alley, Herbert F„ Fitzroy. Allison, Gnr. William C., Dargaville. Anderson, Gnr. Alfred D., Manurewa. Anderson, L/Cpl. A. E., Frankton Junction Anderson, Dvr. James F., Takapau. Anderson, Thomas G., Auckland. Ansell, Gnr. Colin A., St. Helier's Bay Armstrong, Robert. K., Waiau. Ash. Joseph W., Wellington. Bailey, Victor A., New Plymouth. Baker, Gnr. Peter de Bree, Hamilton.

Barron, John S., South Riverton. Barrow, William, Reefton. Bartlett, George J., Otane. Bassenden, Gnr. William N., Wellington Beckett, Douglas W., Wellington. Bell, Frank W.. Papakura. Bennett, L/Cpl. Arthur J., Pareora East Bentley, Sydney C., Devonport. Bisset, Colin McL.. Christchurch. Bjerring, Karl, Waihi. Blackmore, James H., Wanganui. Blanshard, Rodger H., Wellington. Boese, Joseph C., Picton. Bott, Arnold C., Christchurch. Bovey, Alfred C., Nelson. Boxall, T/L/Cpl. Francis H., Waihi. Bray, Albert R., Dannevlrke. Bremner, David, Herne Bay. Brickell, Burnott A., Carterton. Brown, W. 0.11. John R., Te Awamutu. Franklin-Browne, A. P., Palmerston North. Brownlee, Noel J. A.. Avondale. Bru.ere, Lauri G., Woodville. Budge. Cpl. Cyril M., Wellington. Bunny, Henry 0., Masterton. Bunny, Richmond A., Masterton. Busch], Lionel W., Hope. Cammish, Maurice G. t Island Bay. Campbell. Cyril F., Invercargill. Campbell.. Dvr. Gordon S., Westport. Cann, Maxwell 1., Hawera. Carson, Dvr. Norman J., Christchurch. Carswell, Henry, Matangi. Castle, Kenneth A., Napier. Cavanagh, Francis M., Bluff. Chapman, Laurie H. G., Kaikoura, Chapman, Stanley, Epsom. Cheesewright, Dvr. A. T., England. Chesterman, Spr. John S., Dannevlrke. Christie, William R. L., Te KawaChristoffersen, Dvr. A. S., Makotuku. Clark, Walter G., Stoke. Clemens, Gnr. Arthur H. t Kelburn. Clemett. Charles, Kaikoura. Clucas, Robert J.. Hororata. Collins, Dvr. Alfred L., Invercargill. Collins, Allan, Grey Lynn. Connell. Daniel R.. Avondale. Cook, Leslie, address unknown. Corless, Leonard G., Hamilton. Corley, James P., Wellington. Corliss, Gnr. Dennis J., Napier. Corney, Clifford, Wanganui. Couper, John A., Palmerston North. Cowley, Sgmn. Arnold D., Grey Lynn. Cox Spr. William J.. Christchurch. Craig, Gnr. Arthur G., Tauranga. Craig, Stanley W., Wellington. Crase, Colin W., Woodstock# Crawford, Dvr. Donald M., Kaikoura. Crowther, Clifford T., England. Dalton, Aubrey, Takaka. Darlington, Stanley E„ Dannevlrke. Darvell. Robert G., Wairoa. Davidson, Spr. Thomas, Invercargill. Davies, Dvr. Herbert C., Taneatua. Davis, Charles R., Dargaville. Day, Clifford L„ Nelson. Daysh, Onslow A., Carterton. Deed, William T., Te Aroha. Derrick, Harold W., Greymouth. Dicken, Thomas W., Te Aroha. Doyle. John J., Raumatl South. Dromgool, T/Cpl. Sylvester N., Auckland. Drower, Douglas H.. Helensville. Drury, Hylton P., Wellington. Dunn. Eric J. T., Wanganui. Eades, Francis J.. Wanganui. Edens, Thomas F., Woolston. Edmunds, Gnr. Thomas R.. Tasmania. Elder, William K., New Plymouth. Elsworth, Gnr. Herbert, Hastings. Epps, Gnr. Cedric G., Matamata. Evans, Francis 0., Eketahuna. Evans, Keith H„ Onehunga. Farley, Dvr. Cecil, Onehunga. Fergusson, Dvr. William, Edinburgh . Fisher, Gnr. George, Kerepehi. Fisher, Spr. Robert J., Wellington South. Fisher, Thomas J., Runanga. Fitzgerald. Dvr. Gerard M., Methven. Fleming. Dvr. Stanley L„ Kanieri. Forbes, Archibald H., Feilding. Forbes, Charles E„ Woodend. Frame, Dvr. Claude. Sumner. Frisken, John K., Tisbury. Furby, John R., Mt. Albert. Gallagher, Eric J., Invercargill. Garlick, L/Cpl. William J- Kaikoura. Gaskin, Dvr. Ray D., Nelson. Geldard, Gnr. Harold R., Helensville. Gemmell, Cpl. Maurice, Wairoa. Gilmore, Leslie A., Timaru. Gloyn, Robert E., Hastings. Goodwin, Arthur N. R., Timaru. Graham. Dvr. Douglas G., Auckland. Grant. William, Motairehe. Greaves, Dudley T., Manutuke. Green. William H„ Epsom. Griffiths, Mervyn, Wellington. Grogan, Robert I. 11., Newton. Guptill, Gnr. Arthur C., Netwon. Haig, Bernard, Wellington. Hall, Albert L„ Gisborne. Hall, Frank H.. Donnelly’s Crosalnfi. Hammond, Lawrence K., Gonville. Hand, Charles F„ Amurl. Hanson, Harry, Wellington. Hardy, Dvr. Frederick J., Paihia. Harris, L/Cpl. Christopher R.i Eiffelton. Hatton, Cecil, Invercargill. Haughey, Arthur, Manurewa. Hayden, Glenn S.. Canada. Hickey, James, Nelson. Hickey. Stanley F.. Auckland. Hill, T/L/Cpl. Eric R., Stratford. Hill, Ivan A., Mapua. ' Hill, L/Cpl. Reginald W. C., Stratford. Hill, Thomas V. J., Te Aroha. Hinckesman, Norman R.. Wairoa. Hitchings, James W., Kaiti. Holmes, Leslie A., Wellington. Hopkins, John E., Christchurch. How. Gnr. Harry C., Waverley. Howat, Dvr. Robert J., Nelson. Howat, William J., Hokitika. Hubner. Raymond J.. Tokoroa. Huddleston. Henry R., Timaru. Huffam, Alfred C., Hawera. Hughes, Spr. Roderick V., Aucklana. Humphreys, Gnr. Charles E.. Gisborne. Hunt, Spr. Ivor T„ Glen Eden Hunt, Leslie, North Vancouver.' . Hyland, Dvr. Charles S., Wanganui. Imlach, William, Kilblrnie. Ims, L/Cpl. Lewis A., Wellington. Irwin. Gnr. Joseph, Auckland. v Jardine, Norman S., Kelburn. Johnston, Eric R., Otahuhu. Jolley, Mervyn L., Wairoa. Jones, Allen, Wanganui. Jones, Arthur J. T„ Epsom. Jones, Percy J.. Nelson. Jones, Stanley H., Waipiro Bay. Kaa, Petera, Patutahi. Kemp, William S., Upper Moutere Kennerley, Gnr. Robert J., Dannevlrke. Kenzie, Dvr. Edward F„ Marton. Kerr, Joffre W„ Nelson. Kohler, Cecil M., Sydney. Koia, Eruera, Tikitiki. ■Larkin, Pate, Feilding. Lasenby, Burton M.. Mt. Maunganul, Lawrence, lan D., Gisborne. Leslie, Cpl. Frank R., Christchurch. Le Vail 1 ant, Henry H., J3arry’s Bay. Lightbody, Joseph W.. Scotland. Lightbourne, Bruce, Hamilton. Livingston, Peter. Manutuke. Lloyd, John M.. Nelson. Lloyd, Martin 8., Stratford. Lloyd, Cpl. William E.. Otahuhu. Luders, Louis P., Titirangi. Lundv, John E., Hawera. McCollum. Frederick K., Milford. McGavin, Gnr. Thomas E. K., Woburn. McGory, William. Island Bav. McKain, Sgt. Frederick J. D., Mangere. McKinnon, Thomas, Winchester. MacKintosh, Hector F., St. Hellers Bay. McLean, Robert H., Invercargill. McMillan, L/Cpl. Francis J. G., Island Bay. Mac Nab, Dvr. Alan A., Fendalton. MacPherson. L/Bdr. H. A„ St. Heliers Bay. McQuarrie, lan M., M.M., Sydney. Maddren, Frederick A.. Kumeu. Martin, Colin A., Makikihi. Martin, Laurence C., Atawhai. Matthew, James, Auckland. May, Herbert K., Sandringham. Michie, Thomas, Morrinsville. Miller, Lyle G., Ponsonby. Mist, Albert E., Te Awamutu. Money, Harold R., London. Morfee, Ernest W., Berhampore. Morgan, William J., Ashburton. Moynihan, Edward C., Wellington. Mu'nro, Ernest R., Bondi, N.S.W. Munro, John G., Warkworth. Murray, Dvr. .William D., Aberdeen, Nathan, Leo D„ Tikokino. Neale. Ernest J., Timaru. Nicholls, Kenneth M.. Walton. Odell, John V., Riccarton.” Olsen, L/Cpl. William A., Cheswick, O’Neill, John J., Auckland. Ormond. L/Cpl. Thomas C., Mahia. Ormsby, Norman A.. Te Kuiti. Pahau, Hutare, Ruatoria. Parkinson, Frederick I. Q., Gisborne, Pearson, Thomas L., Masterton. Pedersen, Paul A. F., Ngatea. Percival, Kenneth W., Auckland. Peters, William L. R.. Manaia. Peterson, Charles S., Auckland. Petherick, Dvr. Desmond. Watpawa. Phillips, Ernest L., Onerahi. Phillips, John 1., Rongotea. Phillips, John S„ Auckland. Phyn, Dvr. Hector C., Tltoki. Pirani, Harold G., Napier. Pitcon, Thomas M., Te Kuiti. Powell, Glyn C. B„ Hamilton. Pownceby, John P., Masterton. Proctor, John H. C.. address unknown. Railton, Alexander W., Morven. Raistrick. Spr. Jack. Christchurch. Rayner, Frederick W., Hamilton. Raynes, Sgmn. Athol W. Auckland. Reed, Lionel, Christchurch. Renner, L/Cpl. Charles W., Seddon. Rice, John H. W., Wellington. Robb, Norman, Matakohe. Roberts, Russell D„ Westport. Robinson, Gordon W., Marton. Robinson, Ronald B„ Christchurch. Rollo, Walter N.. Whatawhata. Holton, David. Auckland. Rose. Sidney M. 1., Invercargill. Ross, Gnr. Melville D„ Waimate. Rouse, Dvr. Frederick, Wellington. Rowland, Frederick E., England. Sadd, Noel A., Blenheim. Sadler. Spr. Thomas G., Mt. Eden. Sanders, Sydney W., Spreydon. Sattler, Francis 11., New Plymouth. Saunders, George A., Paparoa Railway. Saunderson, Bruce. Takapuna. Saunderson, James A., Takapuna. Sergent. Dvr. Victor R., Wellington. Scrivens, Alfred T. J., Eketahuna. Shadbolt, Norman C., Watkari. Sharp, Gnr. Charles R., Sandringham. Shaw, Alexander T.. Hamilton. Shaw, Cpl. lan L, D., Kaiapot. Shefford, Norman, Makikihi. Shine, Trevor T., Llnwood. Shipton, Roy, Apitl, Simmonds, Carl H„ Onehunga. Simonsen, Peter H., Masterton. Simpson. Alexander H., Scotland. Simpson, Victor P P., Kaikoura. Simpson, William, New South Wales. Singleton, Harold, Nottingham. Small, Spr. Edward L. J., Auckland. Smeath, Roy A , Maromaku. Smith, Sidney, Rotorua.

Sneyd. L/Cpl. Treveiian W.. Onehunga. Sole. Owen P., Wellington. Spicer, Jack L., Russell. Staines, Robert V., Hamilton. Stevenson, L/Cpl. Athol J., Wellington. Stewart, Leslie C., New Plymouth. Sutherland, T/Cpl. E. W. A., Christchurch. Sutton, Marsh H. D., Christchurch. Tamehana, Cpl. S., Whakarewarewa. Tasker, Frederick J., Wellington. Taylor, Dvr. Eric 8., Ngongotaha Taylor, James R., Auckland. Taylor, Trevor C., Feilding. Te Weehi, Hamiora T., Ruatoria Theobald, Robert, Rotorua. Thomas, Clifford R., Wanganui. Tidswell, George H., Opotiki. Tonkin, Leonard W., Dargavtlle. Torpey, Sydney H., Mt. Eden. Truman. Albert H., Wellington. Turner, Claude V.. Whatawhata. Turner, Kenneth N. C., Frankton Junct. Upson, Frank H., New Plymouth. Vulgar, William, Auckland. Walker, Philip S., Christchurch. Walker, Lyall W., Hawera. Wallace, Dvr. John F. D., Auckland. Walsh, John E., Invercargill. Weaver. Donald E., Hastings. Webb, Norman, Mangere. Webb, Thomas G., Palmerston North. Webby, Gnr. Eric R., Masterton. W 11s, L/Cpl. Maurice 1., New Plymouth. West, Herbert L., New Plymouth. Wheeler, Percy R.. Paekakariki. Whetton, Charles H., Aromoho. Whibley. Alexander B. Wanganui. Whitcombe, Gnr. Douglas S.. Devonport Wiley, Waiter D., Masterton. Williams, Arthur V., Waitara. Williams, Desmond G., Whangarei. Williams, Eric R., Greymouth. Williams, T/Cpl. Gordon H., Wanganui. Williams, Dvr. Henry C., Wellington. Williamson, Ronald C., Bluff. Willoughby. Ronald C.. Pongaroa. Winter, L/Cpl. Selwyn, Nelson. Wood /Ufred T., Shannon. Woodward, Leslie G., New South Wales. Wright, George, Woolston. . Wright, L/Cpl. Philip N., Pt. Chevalier.