WAR CASUALTIES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21958, 9 May 1941, Page 4

WAR CASUALTIES

Expeditionary Force Thirteen Deaths Twenty-seven Men Wounded (P.A.) WELLINGTON, May 8. The following casualties to members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force are reported:— KILLED IN ACTION Private Richard Roy Buckeridge. His mother is Mrs J. S. Buckeridge, Te Kulti. Lance-Sergeant John Duncan William Cardno. His mother is Mrs M. Cardno, Christchurch. Gunner Robert Arthur Fromenton. His mother is Mrs R. Sully, London. Private Francis Allen Hogan. His mother is Mrs I. M. Hogan, Tauranga. Lance-Corporal Roosevelt Albert Jackson. His sister is Mrs E. Buttimore, Cambridge. Lance-Bombardier Ernest Albert Luks. His wife is Mrs Elsie Luks, London. Gunner John Duncan McMillan. His father is Mr John McMillan, Scotland. Private Daniel William Neil His wife is Mrs T. E. Neil, Christchurch. Private Philip John Bainage. His wife is Mrs C. Ramage, Dimedin. Trooper Harold Charles Richard Reeve. His mother is Mrs H. Reeve, Pahiatua. Gunner James Nigel Richardson. His wife is Mrs R. G. D. Richardson, Brackendale, England. DIED OF WOUNDS Private Rex Eric Roberts. His mother is Mrs M. L. Roberts, Christchurch. WOUNDED Lieutenant Denis Despard Twigg. His mother is Mrs V. E. Twigg, Te Puke. Lieutenant Frank Lewis Ward. His father is Mr N. J. Ward, Canvastown. Private Kenneth Mark Armstrong, His father is the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, Wellington. Driver Robin Vai Woraard Brown. His wife is Mrs D. E. Brown, Auckland. Lance-Corporal James Bruce Cameron. His friend is Mrs T. Hawkings, New Plymouth. Private Edward Harry Dibbin Day. His mother is Mrs E. F. Day, Gore. Gunner Frank Harry Donaldson. His father Is Mr A. R. Donaldson, Wanganui. Gunner Brian James Boyle. His mother is Mrs W. M. Quinney, Christchurch. Gunner David Allan Drake. His mother is Mrs M. Drake, Christchurch. Gunner Harry Richard Drinkwater. His mother is Mrs F. R. Drinkwater, Palmerston North. Bombardier Ronald William Flintoff. His wife is Mrs M. E. Flintoff, Ranglora. Warrant Officer Andrew Gunn. His wife is Mrs D. Gunn, Dunedin. Sergeant Jeffrey Robert Arthur Gunn. His father is Mr V- R- Gunn, Wellington. Gunner John Edward Hartgill. His father is Mr M. W. Hartgill, Dannevirke. Bombardier Valentine Thomas Hitchings. His father is Mr V. E. Hitchings, Otorohanga. Private John Joseph Hopkins. His sister is Mrs Margaret Rose, Christchurch. Signalman Leonard Johnson. His friend is Miss Muriel Charlton, Auckland. Lance-Sergeant Noel Francis Johnson. His mother is Mrs M. J. T. Johnson, Auckland. Gunner James Walter Lichtwark. His mother is Mrs M. A. Lichtwark, Hamilton East. Private Olmar James McFarlane. His mother is Mrs A. M. McFarlane, Invercargill. Gunnir Gilbert Porter. His mother is Mrs M. Porter, Port Chalmers. Driver Robert Thomson Reid. His sister is Mrs I. McLean, Henderson. Gunner Eric Robert Scott His wife is Mrs Joan Scott, Wanganui. Gunner Robert Stanley Gordan Rountree. His v. Ife is Mrs E. Rountree, Christchurch. Gunner Herbert Earlie Smith. His mother is Mrs N. F. Smith, Auckland. Gunner Joseph Henry Stanaway. His mother is Mrs E. F. Stanaway, Auckland. Bombardier Kenneth Titley. His father is Mr A. Titley, Manchester, England. airman killed The following Air Force casualty is also announced: — Pilot Officer Douglas Jmes nreviouslv missing, now reported Eta action. His father is Mr A. W. Spence, Christchurch. Private advice has been received that Pilot officer William Arthur Middleton, son of Mr R. C. Middleton Postmaster at Newmarket, was nnerations and admitted to x or& rios nital Pilot Officer Middleton was one of the New Zealand pilots selected to form the New Zealand fighter squadron which flies the Spitfires subscribed for in New Zealand.