CASUALTIES IN N.Z.E.F.

Southland Times, Issue 24649, 22 January 1942, Page 6

CASUALTIES IN N.Z.E.F.

WOUNDED AND MISSING (P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 21. The following N.Z.E.F. casualty list was issued today:'— PREVIOUSLY REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION, NOW REPORTED NOT KILLED IN ACTION FAULKNER, Gunner Frederick Albert; mother, Mrs L. A. Haggard, Frankton. HIKITAPUA, Lance-Corporal Hohepa; father, Mr M. Hikitapua, Gisborne. O’LEARY, Gunner John Joseph; father, Mr F. J. O’Leary, Wellington. WOUNDED AND MISSING, BELIEVED PRISONER OF WAR KNOX, Lance-Corporal Leslie Charles William; father, Mr T. Knox, Christchurch. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW REPORTED NOT MISSING, BUT WOUNDED VIAL, Gunner Sydney Angus; mother, Mrs A. M. McKinlay, Auckland. WOUNDED BREMNER, Signalman James Miller; friend, Mrs M. Greaves, Mosgiel. GREY. Gunner Edward; mother, Mrs P. McLean, Gisborne. O'DEA, Bombardier Patrick Jerad; father, Mr P. O'Dea, Dunedin. STUART, Private Reginald Heard; Miss A. Stuart, Auckland (relationship not stated). PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW REPORTED NOT MISSING BALLANTYNE, Staff-Sergeant Derek Anderson; mother, Mrs M. Ballantyne, Auckland. PEARCEY, Gunner Newman Edward; father, Mr E. C. Pearcy, Pahiatua. PUTT, Gunner Lloyd George; father, Mr L. H. Putt, Patea. RISK, Gunner David Hugh; father, Mr J. Risk, Ohura. RODGERS, Gunner Mark John; wife, Mrs R. R. C. Rodgers, Palmerston North. SHAW, Lance-Bombardier Adam Roland; mother, Mrs M. Shaw, Mokauiti. SIBLEY, Driver Albert Henry; wife, Mrs P. E. Sibley, Christchurch. WAITI, Private Pariki; grandmother, Lady Ngata, Wellington. WILLIS, Gunner John; father, Mr F. Willis, Tekaraka, Gisborne.

AIR FORCE LIST (P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 21. The following" Nev? Zealand air personnel serving overseas have been reported casualties in advice received by Air Headquarters, Wellington (all R.N.Z.A.F. unless otherwise stated): — SERGEANT KENNETH JAMES COAKLEY, missing believed killed as a result of air operations; mother, Mrs K. Coakley, Greymouth. SERGEANT JOHN BENJAMIN OLIVER, missing on air operations; father, Mr W. A. H. Oliver, Invercargill. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN ROBERT GEORGE COTTON, seriously injured in an air accident; father, Mr R. G. Cotton, Waipori. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN GEOFFREY HERBERT WESTON HAMILTON, killed in a flying accident; father, Mr A. Hamilton, Pahiatua. SERGEANT JOHN HARDYMENT, died of illness; father, Mr J. A. Hardyment, Marton. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN ROSS FRANCIS KITTO, killed in a flying accident; father, Mr A. Kitto, Wanganui. SERGEANT ALAN RICHARD' HARRIS, previously reported missing believed killed, death now officially presumed to have occurred in July; father, Mr R. Harris, Lorneville. SERGEANT JOHN DAVID CAMPBELL LONG, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed to have occurred in May; father, Mr D. M. Long, Auckland. PILOT OFFICER STUART CHARLES NIVEN, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed to have occurred in May; father, Mr G. C. Niven, Wellington. {f PILOT OFFICER EDWARD BETHRIDGE TOPP, R.A.F., previously reported missing believed killed, death now officially presumed to have occurred in July; father, Mr E. B. Topp, Wellington. SERGEANT IVAN FENTON WAUGH, previously reported missing believed killed, death now officially presumed to have occurred in July; mother, Mrs N. Waugh, Auckland.