N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

Southland Times, Issue 24598, 21 November 1941, Page 3

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

(P.A.) WELLINGTON. November 20. The following casualties to members of the N.Z.E.F. were announced today:— DIED OF WOUNDS, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING | JENKINS, Major Arthur Vincent; wife, Mrs I Margaret K. Jenkins, Wellington. DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR, PRE- | VIOUSLY REPORTED PRISONER AND j WOUNDED EDDY, Sergeant James; mother, Mrs G. Eddy, Napier. DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING JELLEY, Sergeant James; wife, Mrs E. ! Jelley, Dunedin. DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR ROBSON, Lance-Corporal Monte; mother, I Mrs T. Robson, Kaitaia. DIED OF SICKNESS MELTON, Sapper William Edward; wife, Mrs D. T. N. Melton, Christchurch. PRISONERS OF WAR, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING MOATES. Warrant Officer (II) Malcolm Charles; wife, Mrs E. M. Moates, Auckland. RICHARDS, Lance-Corporal James Wallace; daughter, Miss C. M. M. Richards, Mosgiel. AIR CASUALTIES ! (P.A.) WELLINGTON, November 20. ' The following air casualties were an- ; ! nounced today:— , SERGEANT GORDON lAN HARROWBY, R.N.Z.A.F., reported missing on air j operations; father, Mr G. A. Harroby, Auckland. SERGEANT RICHARD TREVOR GRIF- < FITHS, R.N.Z.A.F., reported seriously i injured as a result of an aircraft accident and admitted to sick quarters; mother, Mrs S. B. Griffiths. Rotorua. SERGEANT ARTHUR JOHN COE, R.N.Z. A.F., admitted to hospital suffering from t burns on the hands as the result of an ; aircraft accident; father, Mr J. Coe, , Christchurch. SERGEANT RONALD WEST TAYLOR, £ R. previously reported miss- t ing, now reclassified as missing and I believed killed in action; father, Mr A. s S. Taylor, Christchurch. j SERGEANT ANDREW HARRY THEODORE t COOK, Royal Australian Air Force, . missing on air operations; father, Mr 2 Cook, Christchurch. c SERGEANT EVAN BERTRAM TE MAKAHI I ROBERTSON, R.N.Z.A.F., missing on 1 air operations; father, Mr W. A. Robert- g son. Fairlie. r SERGEANT LAWRENCE BERESFORD ” HAMILTON HOPE, R.N.Z.A.F., pre- _* viously reported missing, now reclassi- 1 fied as missing believed prisoner of J war; father, Mr P. D. Hope, French v Pass. J PILOT OFFICER EDWIN LEE HOUGHTON, j. R.N.Z.A.F., previously reported missing now reported missing believed prisoner ri of war; father, Mr E. W. Houghton, V Palmerston North. F