WOUNDED MEN RETURN

Southland Times, Issue 24484, 11 July 1941, Page 6

WOUNDED MEN RETURN

BACK FROM GREECE AND CRETE TRIBUTES TO MAORI SOLDIERS (P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 10. Several hundred wounded men, who recently arrived, were officially welcomed in Wellington today by Ministers and cheering members of the public. The party included both Maoris and pakehas, many of whom bore evidence of their strenuous and heroic fighting. The main topic of conversation among the men was perhaps the splendid work of the Maori soldiers, who were praised to the skies by their pakeha comrades as the best soldiers in the whole world. The Maoris in turn paid a tribute to the pakehas, declaring that the whole New Zealand Army was splendid in battle and in retreat. . The acting Prime Minister (the Hon. W. Nash), in a message read to the troops by the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones), said New Zealand was proud of her troops. The work they had wrought was beyond praise. Now that you are back,” said Mr Nash, . our simple and straightforward outy is to see that our feeling of pride m you is translated into practical action. “We shall do everything in our power to restore your health and enable you to return to civil life to carry on the work of making New Zealand in reality a land for heroes to live in. It is our earnest wish that you will aJ be soon restored to health and strength to join the army of New Zealand citizens m their march towards better things. Yours was a great task successfully performed. Ours will be carried out with the same devotion and determination in the spirit of brotherhood you have so nobly exemplified. admiration won Mr Jones spoke in a similar strain. He said that where the New Zealanders had met the enemy they had done then part in a way that had earned the admiration of the world. The Mayor (Mr T. C. A. Hislop), extended a welcome on behalf oi the city and the Hon. W. Perry Dominion president of the R.S.A., on behalf of all returned soldiers. “Some of you may not find it easy to return, he said DU* Government and the R.S.A. will help you” He hoped the returning men would join the R.S.A. and so help themselves and their comrades There was work to be done m New Zealand for the boys overseas and they, could go on helping to win the war by joining in that work. , , The party included soldiers wounded in the campaigns in Greece and . Crete. Still cheerful and most optimistic, all, whether walking or cot cases, had stories to tell that proved the 2nd N Z E.F. had been welded into a strong brotherhood that would go. through future actions with every individual and unit having complete faith m those with them. The men al. say the i Germans were good soldiers behind their machine-guns, but did not like the hand-to-hand fighting. The parachute troops were magnificently trained and marvellously equipped and the organization of their attacks was worked out to the last detail. One man, referring to the Red Cross, said the Germans had always respected it and would not fire on troops on the ground if they were without arms or steel helmets. VISITING HOURS The Minister of Health (the Hon. A. H. Nordmeyer) states that regular visiting hours have been arranged for the clearing station at Aotea Quay, but as there will always be a great amount of work to do in a very short space of time, these visits will be limited to next of kin. Friends and more distant relations should refrain from calling at the hospital and wait until the soldier is transferred to his own hospital. Visiting hours will be 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. daily. . One of the largest switchboards available has been installed at the hospital, but it allows only three outward lines, one of which is reserved for toll calls. It will be appreciated, therefore, if telephone calls are made only by relations who wish to speak personally to the men. The following soldiers are included in the party to which an official welcome was extended today. The town indicated is the residence of the next of kin: — OFFICERS Bain, John Walker, Temporary Major, Gisborne; Beaven, George Gordon, Lieutenant. Wanganui; Bennett, Philip Lyell, Staff Captain, New Plymouth; Falla, N. S. Brigadier, England; Garriock, Andrew Inglis, Captain; Heasley, John Graham, Lieutenant. Timaru; Karaka, Waka Potae, 2nd Lieutenant, Auckland; Kelleway, Cyril Thomas, Captain, Auckland; Leslie, John Christie, 2nd Lieutenant, London; Manahi, Tuawaika, 2nd Lieutenant, Rotorua; Mules, Charles Norwood. Lieutenant, Woodville; Ngata, William, Lieutenant Hastings; Ormond, John Davies, 2nd Lieutenant, Waipukurau; Sinclair, Donald Wallace, Lieutenant, Wellington; Waters, Edward John, 2nd Lieutenant, Whangarei; Whyte, George Harold, Major, Wellington; Briggs, George Frederick, Melbourne; McKillop, Alexander Cameron, Colonel, Christchurch. NEW ZEALAND ARMY NURSING SERVICE Brown, Barbara Irene, Epsom; Faulkner, Annie, Staff Nurse, Pukekohe; Hitchman, Margery Gwendoline, Staff Nurse, Napier; Tothill, Mary Alicis Compton, Sister, Raetahi; Whelan, Mabel Winifred. Staff Nurse, Auckland. OTHER RANKS Aitchison, John Thomas Ferdinand, Oamaru; Alexander, John Craig, Napier; Allan, William Abenger Cruickshank, Scotland; Allison, James Horace, Te Horo; Alves, George, Christchurch; Anderson, Frederick, Kaeo; Anderson, Leonard Charles, Dunedin; Anderson, Oswald, Christchurch; Anderson, William Durham, Pqtone; Andrews, Leonard Gordon, Auckland; Annan, William John, Auckland; Armour, William James, Auckland; Ashford, Dudley Frederick, Auckland. Baker, Jack Noel, Ashburton; Bardsley, Thomas, Pirongia; Barker, Arthur, Auckland; Barron, James Albert, Warkworth; Bartie, Stanley Cecil, Reefton; Batchelor, James Alexander, Christchurch; Bauchop, Horace, Haast Pass; Beale, Horace Edward, Auckland; Bell. ’ Mansfield Forbes, Dunedin; Bennett, Raymond Albert, Waikuku; Bennington, Lawrence, Wellington; Bilby, George, Carterton; Bilkey, Frank Edward, Auckland; Billings, John Patrick, Gisborne; Binnie, Jack, Gisborne; Bloomfield, Russell, Auckland; Boardman, Donald, Dunedin; Boberg, Edwin Burtie, Dunedin; Bole, William James, Ireland; Boosey, Edward William, Wellington; Brightwell, Walter Bennett, Taumarunui; Broadmore, Robert John Gooding, Te Kuiti; Brodie, Rattray Silke, Auckland; Brooks, Lisle John, Auckland; Brough, John Thomas, Waitara; Brown, Leonard, William, Christchurch; Brown, Thomas Peter, Auckland; Brownsell, George, England; Burke, George Lawrence, Urenui; Moffat-Buchanan, Walter, Huntly; Burns, Percy William Hathprall, Dunedin; Busch, Stanley Henry, Takaka; Butcher, Joseph Henry, Pukekohe.

Cairne, Hank, Vancouver; Calvert, John Walter Perry, Waihi; Campbell, Douglas John, Christchurch;' Campbell, George Everitt Vane, , Wellington; Capon, William James, New Plymouth; Carey, Mathew Henry, Patea; Carlyon, Arthur Tredenham, Featherston; Chard, Charles Lambton, Inglewood;'Chivers, Leonard" Oscar, Christchurch; Clark, William Edwin, Christchurch; Commons, James Francis, Christchurch; Congdon, Leslie Arnold, Palmerston North; Cornwell, Albert William, Christchurch; Couper, Gordon Henry, Hastings; Crawley, Hector Thomas James, Auckland; Crowe, Joseph John, Greymouth; Culley, Trevor Keith, Hamilton; Culver, Richard John, Auckland; Curry, Robert Harold, Wellington; Cuthbert, Oswald Stanley, Onehunga. Daly, Frederick Herbert, England; Dawson, Leslie Bertram, Auckland; Day, Eric Lerway, Opotiki; Ddy, Harold Norman, Wellington; Dew, Esmond, Mangatira; Dick, Alfred James, Stratford; Dick, Ninian Duncan, Wellington; Dickey, Aubrey James, Christchurch; Dixon, John Willis, Blaketown; Doig, Ernest, Johnsonville; Douglas, Albert William, Auckland; Dryden, Gilroy Colin, Invercargill; Duane, Harry Thomas, Auckland; Duck, Reginald Victor, Johnsonville; Dyce, Ronald George, Southbridge; Dyer, Albert James, Wellington. Edwards, Mervyn Allan, Dunedin; Elliott, Ernest Samuel, Wellington; Entwisle, Gordon Ronald, Cambridge; Evans, Leslie Thomas Henry, New Plymouth. Fletcher, Arthur, England; Ford, Ronald Robert, Greymouth; Fox, Arthur Leicester, Invercargill; Fraser, Stafford James, Invercargill; Fry, Errol Gordon, Motueka; Fuller, Eric Douglas, Wellington. Galbraith, Robert Sharpe Cameron, Auckland; Galley, Frank William Victor, Kaikoura; Gallichan, Colin Cole, Frankton; Garrett, Edmond, Hornby; Garrett, Leonard Keith, Hornby; George, George Stanway, Levin; Gillespie, Denholm, Spreydon; Gillovic, Patrick Somome, Westport: Gilmore, Albert Emings, Auckland; Goodger, Leonard Mattora, Christchurch; Gordon, Henry Wills, Auckland; Graham, George Charlton, Auckland; Graham, William Douglas, Te Kuiti. Halbert, Arthur John, Invercargill; Hansen, Martin Glendale, Wellington; Harrison, George, Wellington; Harrison, Maurice, Rotorua; Hartley, Ronald, New Plymouth; Hay, George, Dunedin; Hay, Gordon John, Ashburton; Haynes, Henry William, Sandringham; Heasley, Grey Faulkner, Christchurch; Henderson, Leslie, Whangarei; Henley, Richard David, Woolston; Hill, Gordon William, Dunedin; Hill, Ross Alfred, Auckland; Hill, Stacey Edward, Napier; Hitchcox, Charles Raymond, Dunedin; Hobbs, Stanley John, Australia; Hocking, George Edward, Cronadun; Hodgson, Henry, Wellington; Holliday, Wilfred Victor, Auckland; Hoskin, Clarence, New Plymouth; Howearth, Walter Joseph, Dargaville; Howie, Robert William Holden, Auckland; Hulme, Alfred Clive, Nelson; Hunt, Lewis Welton, Wellington; Hunter, Henry, Cambridge. Inkster, William John, Auckland. Jarvis, William John, Ireland; Johnstone, lan Roy, Ashburton; Joss, Arthur, Christchurch; Joy, Thomas George, Christchurch; Joyce, Arthur Milne James, Westport. Kani, Tahakori, Masterton; Keegan, Elwin Patrick, Auckland; Kemble, Lawrence William, Auckland; Kerehome, Tawa, Levin; Kerwin, Thomas Nestor, Picton; King, Guy Esmond, Huntly; Kingi, George, Te Puke; Kitto, Hector William; Otahuhu; Knightley, Frederick John, Kohukohu. Laing, Archibald, Dunedin; Last, Eric Sydney, Christchurch; Lawrence, Harry Alfred, Christchurch; Leeks, Harold David St. Nicholas, Wellington; Leslie, John William, Marton; Lewis, Cecil Harold, London; Lillicrap, Herbert Fergusson, Glen Eden; Lister, William Kirk, Gisborne; Lloyd, Dudley Wyatt, Whangarei; Lomey, Ivor Anthony Frederick, Hawera; Lyons, Thomas Frank, England.

McCauley, Robert James, Lumsden; McCormack, Bernard Arthur, Hokitika; McDonald, John, Okaiawa; McDonald, Ralph, Auckland; McDonald, William George, Invercargill; McDowall, David McArthur, Invercargill; McEwan, Robert Duncan, Wellington; McFarlane, Albert Edward, Invercargill; McGinnis, Michael Joseph, Dunedin; McGuinness, John, Christchurch; Mcllwraith, John Pallister, Nelson; Mclntosh, Jack Sinclair, Timaru; McKay, George Ambrose, Heretaunga; McLaren, Robert, Auckland; McLean, Peter Moon, Timaru; McLeod, Norman Alexander, Dunedin; McMillan, J. A., Timaru; McWhinney, David James, Dunedin. Madsen, Thomas Wilson, Masterton; Malloy, William Robert, Auckland; Marshall, Norman Vectis, Matamata; Marshal, Ronald Stephen, Dunedin; Marshall, Thomas Francis, Wellington; Maxwell, Herbert High Rongotea; Meek, Douglas, James, Tewera; Meta, Wally, Morrinsville; Middleton, James William, Marton Junction; Mitchell, Roland Frederick Charles, Wellington; Monica, Fiji Tauwhera; Moore, William Patrick, Dargaville; Moors, Herbert, Kaeo; Morgan, Laurence Clifford, Palmerston North; Morrin, Leicester Weston, Pukekohe; Murray, Alan Cooper, Feilding; Murray, Dave, Foxton.

Neilsen, Donald Norman, Southland; Newburn, Robert Louis, Kaitangata; Nicholas, Norman Gregory, Rotoiti; Neilson, George Harold, Auckland; Nixon, Thomas Hamilton, Auckland; Norman, Francis Eric, Wellington. Olsen, Charles James, Puketiritiri; Olsen, John Deidric, Puketiritiri. Pakai, Jerry, Opapa; Paki, Rimi, Whangarei; Parker, Geoffrey, Gisborne; Paterson, Robert Alfred, Hamilton; Payne, Joseph, Southland; Payne, Robert James, Christchurch; Peebles, William George, Eltham; Parker, John Rex, Waitakaro; Peters, Alfred Malcolm, Auckland; Phillips, Rangi, Kaitaia; Plane, George Edward, England; Poole, Harold, Auckland; Preston, William Eric, Lyttelton; Puha, Sergeant, Te Araroa.

Rae, Frederick George, Nelson; Rahui, Hori, Dargaville; Ramsden, William Henry, Auckland; Rees, Victor Harold, Christchurch; Richards, Charles Albert, Auckland; Clark-Roberts, George, Christchurch; Robertson, Alex, Wairoa; Robertson, James Edward, Alexander, Dunedin; Robson. Edward Nikorima, Thames; Robson, Frederick Raymond, Auckland; Rogers, Geoffrey Masefield, Pelorous Sounds; Ronalds, Gordon James, Martinborough; Ross, Charles Guido, Hillgrove; Rowcroft, Maurice Irma, Dunedin; Rowse, Albert Christopher, Pahiatua; Rumsby, William, Auckland. Sadler, Wilfred Belmont, Auckland; Sandrey, Malcolm Ernest, Christchurch; Satterth waite, Thomas, Kaitaia; Scholium, Donald Thomas, Tekauwhata; Scobie, Arthur lan, Invercargill; Scorgie, John Frederick, Cobden; Sexton, Richard (no address); Shaw, William Herbert, Rotorua; Shears, Cecil Arthur, Timaru, Shepherd, Stanley George, Auckland; Sherman, Charles Henry, Tauranga; Shivas, Malcolm David John, Hokitika; Simmons, Frederick, Hastings; Sinclair, Allen William, Napier; Sinclair, Dudley, Te Araroa; Skeet, William Reginald, Frankton Junction; Sloan, Ralph Stanley, Auckland; Smith, John Alexander Kennedy, Hauraki Plains; Smith, Mervyn Marsden, Hastings; Lovell-Smith, Peter Cornford, Papanui; Stafford, William Archibald, Papanui; Standen, Edward Allen, Wellington; Stevens, Frederick John, Christchurch; Stevens, Ray William, Wellington; Stanton R., New Plymouth; Stewart, Cedric Douglas, Auckland; Stewart, James, Dunedin; Sullivan, Eric Samson, Gore; Sullivan, George Henry, Auckland; Sutton, Dudley Buchanan, Wanganui; Sutton, Robert Wyeborne, Invercargill; Syrnon, Herbert, Oamaru. Tahana, Joseph, Hokianha; Tawhai, Hopeha, Taukokore, Bay of Plenty;

Taylor, Archie Ray, Auckland; Thomas, Frank Rowley Canavan, Hamilton; Thompson, Robert Hector, Invercargill; Thorley, Frank Howard, Wellington; Trimmings, George Henry, Christchurch; Tregea, John James, Dunedin; Tunnicliffe, John Alexander, Winton. Vivian, Thomas Erod, Dunedin. Waite, Keith Andrew, Wellington; Waites, Arthur Charles, Belfast; Wallace, Kenneth Cyril, Hokitika; Walsh, Desmond James, Christchurch; Walsh, George Joseph, Dunedin; Walsh, Norman Edward John, Dunedin; Weaver, Victor, Wellington; Webb, Frederick William, Dunedin; Wells, Archie Richard, Auckland; Welsh, Arthur Lewis, Gore; Weston, Henry James, England; Westrupp, Albert ‘Sydney, Nelson; Whitley, Ronald Henry, Christchurch; Williams, Augustus, Wellington; Williams, Bernard Walter, Dunedin; Williams, Paddy, Auckland; Williams, Reuben Lester, Whangarei; Williams, Walter Scott, Wellington; Wills, James Benjamin, Christchurch; Wilson, Charles Stanley, Australia; Wilson, Colin Robert, Auckland; Wilson, Leo Alphonsus, Dunedin; Wilton, Raymond Victor, Masterton; Winsor, Athol Allan, Matakohe; Wintrop, Frederick Bernard, Wellington; Walfsbauer, Kilburn, Auckland; Woods, Herbert Henry Michael Joseph, Wellington; Workman, Wesley Harold Cecil, Dunedin; Wright, Edward Frederick, Auckland; Wright, Thomas, England. Yates, William Alexander, Invercargill; Young, John Thomas, Thames.