N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

Southland Times, Issue 24685, 5 March 1942, Page 6

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, March 4. The following N.Z.E.F. casualty list was issued today:— DIED OF WOUNDS. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED WESTENRA, Lieutenant Warner Derrick, Christchurch. PRISONERS OF WAR COLGAGE, Private Harold Arthur; mother. Mrs M. Coigage, Wellington. MATTHEWS, Private Alexander Edgar; father, Mr C. J. Matthews, Wellington. PETERS, Driver Wilfred Ernest; mother, Mrs W. F. Peters. Hunterville. PRISONERS OF WAR, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING CAMERON, Private Jack Milligan, Waikouaiti. CLARKE, Private Ernest Colin, Auckland. RAETHEL, Private Douglas Boyd, Matamata. SAVILL, Gunner Peter Standish, Nice, France. PRISONERS OF WAR, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING BELIEVED PRISONERS CANNING, Gunner Robert Alexander, Waipukurau. COX, Sapper Reuben Creig, Hamilton. DEEDMAN, Private Frederick Samuel, Wellington. FARNDALE, Private Ronald Martin, England. MILES, Gunner Frederick Henry, Palmerston North. WILDERMOTT, Lance-Corporal William Mason, Cambridge. AIR FORCE LIST (P.A.) ' WELLINGTON, March 4. The following air casualties were announced tonight (all R.N.Z.A.F. unless otherwise indicated): — SERGEANT ROY GORDON HARKINS, missing on active service; father, Mr R. Harkins, Dargaville. SERGEANT GORDON FITZGERALD WALDEN, killed in an aircraft accident; wife, Mrs V. O. Walden, Wanganui SERGEANT BERNARD WILLIAM SPENCE, missing on air operations; father, Mr A. W. Spence. Christchurch. SERGEANT WILLIAM DAVID ANGUS McLEOD, killed in an aircraft accident; father, Mr R. D. McLeod, Dunedin. SERGEANT BRIAN WILLIAM FEELEY, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed; father, Mr W. PFeeley, Petone. FLYING OFFICER WILLIAM ALAN FOSTER, R.A.F., previously reported missing, death now officially presumed; father, Mr A. T. Foster, Christchurch. FLYING OFFICER DOUGLAS VEALE GILMOUR, R.A.F., previously reported missing believed killed, death now officially presumed: father, Mr N. H. Gilmour, Dunedin. SERGEANT ALFRED CECIL NUTTALL, previously reported missing believed killed, deatli now officially presumed; mother, Mrs E. C. Nuttall, Auckland. SOUTHLAND MEN IN ITALIAN CAMP A list of Southland prisoners of war was issued by the Vatican radio on Monday night. It has been supplied by members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, who state that, while it has been compiled with every care, it may contain some minor inaccuracies. At concentration camp No. 52, Posta Militare 3100, Italy:—l3BB4, W. F. Reid (Limehills); 37828, Robert Russell (Invercargill); 17752, E. W. Searle (Invercargill); 8370, A. M. Sharp (Winton); 7974, G. A. Spring (Invercargill).

SOUTHLAND SOLDIERS

Advice has been received by Mrs A. McKenzie, Herbert street, Invercargill, that her son, Corporal C. F. McKenzie, is a prisoner of war in Germany. In a letter to his mother Corporal McKenzie stated that he was well and that he was being treated well. The camp was clean and comfortable, he said, and he received a Red Cross parcel every week. Advice has been received at Mataura that 2nd Lieutenant W. Ross, who was previously reported missing, believed to be a prisoner of war, has now been reported to be a prisoner. 1