ROLL OF HONOUR

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4534, 9 February 1942, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR

THE LATEST LIST LOCAL DISTRICT NAMES A New Zealand Expeditionary Force casualty list issued on Friday afternoon reports .36 deaths, of whom 28 were killed in action. A further 195 men, most of them previously reported missing or believed prisoners, are now reported to be prisoners of war. One man previously reported killed is now believed to be a prisoner of war. Local district names are as follows: KILLED IN ACTION Berntsen, Jack—Mr Y. B. Berntsen, Hauturu, (father). (Previously Believed Prisoner) Jackson, George Covell—Mr C. E. Jackson, Pio Pio. PRISONERS OF WAR (Previously Wounded and Missing, believed prisoners) West, William Graham —Mrs O. C. West, Otorohanga (wife). (Previously reported missing) Ansell, Roy Alfred —Mrs D. Ansell, Aria (mother). Bell, Maurice Percharde —Mr W. H. Bell, Pirongia (father). Cowan, Arthur Blair (Sergeant)— Mr J. L. Cowan, RewareWa, Otorohanga (father). Ellicott, Kenneth Carl Hartman— Mrs J. Ellicott, Pirongia (mother). Soundy, Richard Alan—Mr Soundy, Marokapa (father). Warner, Alfred Vernori—Mrs D. El' Warner, Mandeno Street, Te Awamutu (mother). . - (Previously Believed Prisoner) Lee, William Maitland John—-Mr C. Lee, Otorohanga (brother). SAPPER T. C. HOGAN Sapper Thomas Cyril Hogan, reported a prisoner of war, was we|l 7 known in the Waiuku and Manurewa districts, was a prominent Rugy foot-* bailer, and represented Waikato, South Auckland, and Cambridge several years ago. DRIVER LES. FARRANT Cabled advice was received by- his wife last night that Driver Les. Farrant, of Wharepuhunga, had been taken prisoner of . war in the Middle East. PRIVATE CABLES INADVISABLE In a statement issued at Wellington by the Prisoners of War branch of the Defence Department, Major Abel pointed out that the sending of private cabled inquiries to Geneva is inadvisable. Many, relatives sent cables in the hope of receiving quick information, but last:week a .reply, was received in answer to One seven months ago. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, on,.Saturday received a-.cable from Geneva that the Red . Cross headquarters had still over 250 prepaid cables so far unanswered.

Mr Fraser added that besides adding to the anxiety of. relatives these private inquiries seriously impeded the work of the . International Red Cross, which cabled direct to the New Zealand Government immediately information was received of a man being received in a prison camp.