ROLL OF HONOUR

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4540, 23 February 1942, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE PRISONERS OF WAR A further 399 members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force who previously were missing, some of them also wounded and the majority believed to be prisoners of war, are now definitely listed as prisoners of war. The local district names, contained in casualty lists issued last night, are as follows: PRISONERS OF WAR (Previously Reported Missing I • Boyce, Christie H.—Mr C. W. Boyce, Cambridge (father). Hamilton, lan J.—Mrs B. A. Hamilton, Wynyard Street, Te Awamutu (mother). (Previously Believed Prisoners) Andrews, William F.—Mrs A. Andrews, Cambridge (mother). Gray, Albert Percival—Mrs E. Gray, Putaruru (mother). Hooker, Howard Leonard (Corporal) —Mr C. D. Hooker, Cambridge. Ormsby, Leslie W. H.: Mr J. A. Ormsby, Otorohanga (father). Silcock, Jack C. (Lance-Corporal)— Mrs F. L. Silcock, Otorohanga (wife). Thomson, John Daniel (Staff-Sergt.) —Mrs E. B. Thomson, Te Kuiti (mother). (Previously Believed Prisoner) Smith, Samuel (Sergeant): Mrs L. S. Smith, Putaruru (wife). TWIN BROTHERS SAFE News has just come to hand that the twin sons of Mr and Mrs D. JThomson, of Te Kuiti, have been officially notified as safe and prisoners of war. They are Staff Sergeant John Daniel Thomson and Private David Boag Thomson, aged 22 years, both of whom were attached to the Medical Corps, and who were previously reported, within a few days of each other, as missing, believed prisoners of war. Both prior to their enlistment were employed in Wellington. Staff Sergeant Thomson served in England, and then saw service in Greece and Crete, and his brother joined him in the Middle East at the beginning of last year. Their father is a member of the Land Development staff at Te Kuiti. PRIVATE JAMES H. O’KANE Mr and Mrs F. O’Kane, of Te Kuiti, have received information that their son, James Howard, was in all probability not killed in action, as previously reported, but is a prisoner of war in Italy. Base Records is now taking the necessary steps to verify the information. Private O’Kane is 24 years of age. It is rather a strange thing that his twenty-fourth birthday fell on 13th December, the day On which he was reported missing. Seven days later, on 20th December, he was reported killed in action. He was well known in Te Kuiti, and worked for Miss Fleming for a short period. Immediately prior to enlisting he was employed at the Matangi cheese factory. In his youthful days he was attached to the Te Kuiti Municipal Band. Private O’Kane’s brother, Aircraftsman Robert Alexander O’Kane, left New Zealand ai the end of last year; and has arrived safely at his overseas destination. WOUNDED (Remains on Believed Prisoner List) Mitchell, Angus, S- J.: Mr W. Mitchell, Te Kuiti (father). BROTHERS RECOVERING Advice has been received by Mr G. Walker, of Cambridge, that his brother, Private G. F. Walker, who, with Private H. B. Walker, was wounded during the recent Libyan campaign, has been discharged from hospital. His brother, Private H. B. Walker, left hospital some few weeks earlier.