LIST OF PRISONERS NOW SAFE
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 25. .The names of Southland soldiers released from prisoner of war camps are contained in a casualty list issued tonight. The names are as follows, the rank being private unless otherwise stated:— SAFE IN UNITED KINGDOM Cavanagh, Leslie Patrick; Invercargill. Cummings, Gnr Ernest John; Gore. Ramsay. L/Cpl Stanley Alexander; Invercargill. Rodgers, Gnr Benjamin Charles; Riverton, sharp, Joseph Henry; Invercargill. Thomas, Alfred Ernest; Riverton. Wilson, William George; Invercargill. Withington, William James Clark; Invercargill. CASUALTIES IN AIR FORCE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 25. The following New Zealand airmen serving overseas are mentioned in a casualty list:— DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES Gibson, Sgt L.; Ashburton. DANGEROUSLY ILL Sampson, Pilot Officer A. N.; New Plymouth SERIOUSLY INJURED Albrecht, Pilot Officer A. W.; Auckland. KILLED, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING Brierly, Warrant Officer T. B.; Wellington. Mathewson, Warrant Officer D. M.; Kokonga, Central Otago. PRESUMED DEAD, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING Kilgour, Flying Officer L. A. A.; Palmerston North. Penfold, A/Flight Lieut C. F.; Wellington. PRESUMED DEAD, PREVIOUSLY RECLASSIFIED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED Beazer, Flying Officer R. C. O.; Feilding. STRANG, FLYING OFFICER CLEMENT RUSSELL; Winton. Williams, Warrant Officer J. L.; Gisborne. RECLASSIFIED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING Wallis, Pilot Officer B. F.; Wellington. SAFE IN UNITED KINGDOM, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING HENRY, SQUADRON LEADER DAVID JOHN VERDUN, D.F.C.; Invercargill. Hooper, Pilot Officer G. J.; Wellington. MILLER. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT WILLIAM . LISTER; Invercargill. SAFE IN UNITED KINGDOM, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PRISONERS OF WAR O’Brien, Pilot Officer, L. P.; Wellington. Fleming, Flight Lieut R. T., D.F.C.; Opotiki. Pickford, Warrant Officer R. B.; Kata. Hughes, Warrant Officer B. F. A.; Wellington NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES KILLED Robertson, L/A/C K. G.; Ashburton. MORTIMER, FLIGHT SGT ALLAN MCDOUGALL; mother, Mrs J. Mortimer, Southland. DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES Rewi, L/A/C C. H.; Wellington. MISSING Ferrick, Flight Sgt S. C.; Ashburton. SERIOUSLY ILL Otter, L/A/C K. J.; Auckland. Tucker, Flight Sgt K. R.; Rotowaro.
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Southland Times, Issue 25656, 26 April 1945, Page 4
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