AIR CASUALTIES
(P.A.) WELLINGTON. June 3. The following official air casualties were announced tonight (all R.N.Z.A.F. and the rank is sergeant unless otherwise stated):— CALLAGHAN, Douglas, killed in an aircraft accident; mother, Mrs M. H. Callaghan, Dunedin. HERBERT, Ronald Ernest, killed In an aircraft accident; father, Mr H. H. Herbert, Morrlns ville. RYAN, Pilot Officer John Patrick. R.C.A.F., missing on air operations; wife, Mrs J. M. Ryan, Timaru. WARE, Pilot Officer Leicester Bond, killed in action; father, Mr B. G. Ware, Christchurch. WILKINSON, Mervyn, killed in an aircraft accident; father, Mr F. Wilkinson, Huntly. WILLIAMS, John Syddall, killed in an aircraft accident; father, Mr T. S. Williams, Greymouth. DRAKE, Francis Ernest, R.A.F., of Auckland. previously reported missing believed killed, death now officially presumed. MANEY, Jack, of Auckland, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed. SCRAGG, Reuben Acton, of Hastings, previously reported missing believed killed, death now officially presumed. STEWART, Pilot Officer Charles. R.A.F.. of Wellington, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed. WALKER, Graeme Stuart, of Te Kuiti, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed.
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Southland Times, Issue 24761, 4 June 1942, Page 5
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