ROLL OF HONOUR

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4522, 12 January 1942, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR

CASUALTIES TO DATE BALKANS AND LIBYA NEW ZEALAND FORCES KILLED NOW TOTAL 1513 Official casualty lists show that the New Zealand Expeditionary Force has suffered approximately 10,789 casualties since the beginning of campaigns in Greece and Crete in April, 1940. Details are as follows:

The release of prisoners when Bardia was recently retaken will reduce by over 700 the number of missing in the Libyan campaign. KILLED IN .ACTION (Previously Reported Missing) Hume, Henry Roy (Captain)— Mrs A. M. Hume of Auckland, and formerly of Te Kuiti (wife). SERGEANT JOHN PRISK Mr A. S. Prisk, of Pakura Street, Supervisor at the Te Awamutu Post Office, received advice on Friday evening that his brother, Sergeant John Rackham Prisk had been killed in action in Libya. Son of Mrs E. M. Prisk, of Wellington Street, Hamilton East, the late Sergeant Prisk was born at Waihi in 1908 and received his early education at the Hamilton East School. After completing a course at the Hamilton High School he was employed for many years by Messrs House and Daking, Limited (now H. and J. Court Limited). Prior to enlistment Sergeant Prisk was working in Palmerston North and he left New Zealand with the third echelon. The youngest son of the late Mr Paul Prisk, he was a keen footballer and athlete. Sergeant Prisk was a member of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows and of the Masonic Lodge. He is survived by his wife, Valda, a daughter of the Rev. and Mrs H. Peat, of Dunedin and formerly of Hamilton. The eldest brother of Mr A. S. Prisk, Bombardier E. P. Prisk, was killed during the Great War, having previously been awarded the Military Medal. CAPTAIN HENRY ROY HUME Mrs Desmond Williams, of Carlton Street, has received advice that her brother, Captain Henry Roy Hume, previously posted missing, has now been reported killed in action. Born in Auckland 38 years ago, he was educated at the Auckland Grammar School. He was a member of the Auckland Yacht Squadron and was at one time the owner of the yacht Thelma. At the time of his enlistment, he was residing in Te Kuiti, being the representative there of one of the oil companies. His wife is now residing at 13 St. George’s Bay Road, Auckland, and his parents, Mr and Mrs H. M. Hume,-in Kipling Avenue, Epsom. On receipt of the news, Mrs Williams proceeded to Auckland to meet her relatives, but will return to Te Awamutu to-day.

DIED OF WOUNDS

PRIVATE “BEN” CLIFFORD Mrs J. B. Clifford, of Fraser Street, whose husband, Private John Benjamin Clifford, lately died of wounds received in action in Libya, has received the following message from Buckingham Palace:— The Queen and I offer you our heartfelt sympathy in your great sorrow. We pray that your country’s gratitude for a life so nobly given in its service may bring you some measure of consolation. GEORGE R.I. MISSING, BELIEVED PRISONER Thompson, John Daniel (Sergeant) —Mrs E. B. Thomson, Te Kuiti (mother). (Previously Reported Wounded) West, William Graham—Mrs O. C. West, Otorohanga (wife).

Libya. Balkans. Tls. Killed 774 739 1,513 Wounded 1,641 1,599 3,240 Missing . 1,653 815 2,468 Prisoners 37 3,531 3,568 : ■ ‘ 4,105 6,684 10,789