ROLL OF HONOUR

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4560, 15 April 1942, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR

TE AWAMUTU HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTATION OF SCROLL A Roll of Honour of former pupils of the secondary department of the Te Awamutu District High School has been presented by the chairman of the school committee, Mr G. Donaldson. The roll has been prepared by Mr H. Prowse, a member of the Waikeria staff, and is a beautiful and striking piece of work. The design is entirely suitable to the purpose, and it should be a valued memorial. A list of names is now being prepared, and anyone who has information concerning boys who have gone overseas, having at some time attended the secondary department of the school, should communicate by writing to Miss Lehndorf. The Roll of Honour is now on public display through the courtesy of Mr L. G. Armstrong. KILLED IN ACTION SERGEANT-GUNNER R. H. HARTSTONE A report that Sergeant-Gunner Roydon Horatio Hartstone is believed to have been killed on air operations has been received by his parents, Mr and Mrs J. L. Hartstone, of Koromatua. Sergeant-Gunner Hartstone, who was born in Woodville. 29 years ago, was educated at the Te Kowhai and Koromatua schools. He was prominent in tennis circles before joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force in October, 1940. PRISONER OF WAR SAPPER A. R. STAPLETON Sapper Albert Reginald (“Bert”) Stapleton, son of Mrs Stapleton, of Auckland, who was previously reported missing, has now been posted as prisoner of war at Campo P.C. 66, Posta Militaire, 3400 Italy. The young man is well-known in Te Awamutu, where he worked for H. Andrew and Sons, transport contractors, his parents having at one time conducted the Clifton Boarding House in Alexandra Street. PRISONER IN CRETE PRIVATE N. A. ORMSBY A letter from Private Norman A. Ormsby, written from a prisoner of war camp in Crete, has been received by his former employer, Mr T. Kearins, of Kopaki. Reported a prisoner of war only on Monday last, the last official news of Private Ormsby was that he was missing, his name never yet having been included amongst the lists of prisoners of war, nor was it announced that he had been wounded. Private Ormsby stated that he had the misfortune to become wounded and he was eventually taken prisoner. Writing on November 16, he said he had been able to Write home for three months and was eagerly awaiting the time when replies would be forthcoming. “Life in Crete is not as bad as it might be,” he writes. “We have our daily working parties through the week and being able to get out of the camp nearly every day breaks the monotony.” REPATRIATED STAFF-SERGEANT D. O’CONNELL Staff-Sergeant D. O’Connell, of Te Kuiti, formerly a prisoner of war, has been repatriated under the exchange of prisoners’ agreement and is now safe at a base camp.