EVACUATED FROM SINGAPORE

Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22215, 7 March 1942, Page 4

EVACUATED FROM SINGAPORE

New Zealanders Reach Australia Aerodrome Construction Unit (P.A.) WELLINGTON. March 6. A further statement concerning the Welfare of officers and airmen of the New Zealand Aerodrome Construction Unit was made by the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) to-night. Official advice giving the names of the personnel of this unit evacuated from Singapore to Australia has now been received by Air Headquarters, Wellington, and urgent telegrams have been sent to the next-of-kin. Inquiries are being made as to the welfare of other New Zealanders who were at Singapore, and a statement will be made immediately further information is received. In the meantime correspondence should be addressed care of Air Headquarters. Wellington. The following is the list of officers and airmen who have been evacuated to Australia (the place name given is that of the next-of-kin): — Squadron Leader Smart, Eric Copland. Hokitika. Flight Lieutenants Anderson, K. W. B. New Plymouth. Begg, Adam Gordon. Dunedin. Butler, Frederick. Hamilton. Furlong, Maurice Beehan. Sydney. Goldinghan, S. A. Palmerston North. Captains McCowan, Allister Imlach. Auckland. North, Noel Hunter. Blenheim. Flying Officers Beveridge, Thomas O. T. Wellington. Gaby, William Arthur. Hamilton. Goodebeheere, Samuel F. J. Feilding. Hyde, Frederick D. Hamilton Parsons, Robert Roy. Auckland. Sinclair, Eliot Orton. Christchurch. Treloar, John James. Lower Hutt. Warrant Officers Baker. Lancelot J. G. Wellington. Chalklen, Thomas. Hamilton. Sturdee, William James. Featherston. Flight Sergeants Keegan, Michael Hugh. New Plymouth. McLean, Malcolm Teller. Wellington. Roberts, Leslie Thomas. Auckland. Sergeants Campbell, Joseph Albert. Wellington. Glanville, Edwin Charles. Gisborne. Goodwin, E. A. J. Wellington Gunn, Francis James. Lawrence. Kitt, lan Hamilton. Hastings. Morrissey, Alan. Waitoa. Neilson, John Finlay Smith. Napier. Newth, Walter John. Gisborne. Corporals Armitage, Hewson James. Tuakau. Clay, Gerald Harold. Wanganui. Cummins, Francis Leonard. Stratford. Gale, Francis Charles. Auckland. Gilchrist, John Pamoana. Utlki. Hardie, Robert Lorenzo. Wellington. Harris, Mervyn T. B„ Auckland. Lockington, George G., Reefton. Maclean, James Brand, Masterton. Martin, Percy Pattimore, Ratapiko. Mephan, Harry Vincent, Auckland. Meyers, Sidney Thomas, Wellington. Murdoch. Howard D. A„ Wellington. O’Brien. Edward. Auckland. Oudallle, Francis G., Wellington. Peterson, Ernest William, Albury. Ross, Gordon Hamilton, Gisborne. Semple, Leonard Victor, Wellington. Stein. Adam, Stratford. Thorburn, Edgar Cecil, Auckland. Walls, Terras W., Christchurch. Leading Aircraftmen Achilles, Ernest Cecil, Wellington. Adlam, Ernest William, Midhirst. Archer, Edward Horatio, Manunui. Armstrong, Roy Leo, Christchurch. Barraclough, Lawford W., Auckland Beard, Thomas Vivian, Feilding. Beatty, Charles Arnold, Levin. Boyd, Edward James. Hokitika. Brown, Anthony Leonard Brown. William James, Auckland. Brownlie, E. 8., Palmerston North. Burgess, Francis Graham. Rangiora. Byrne, Joseph Gerard, Ikamatua. Cadogan, M. 8., Palmerston North. Carey, Arthur L. T., Westport. Catherall, Keith F. T„ Masterton. Chamberlain, Leslie A.. Wanganui. Church. Oswald Vincent, Wellington. Clare, William Keith, Auckland. Claydon. John Bryan, Christchurch. Coffin, James, Ohakune. Colville, Paul Henry. Christchurch. Corich, Ivan Jack, Christchurch. Cunningham. William John. Timaru. Davies, Ronald Courtenay, Nelson. Dew, George Noel, Manurewa. Dron, Noel Alwyn, Nelson. Dyett, Carl Henry, England. East, Noel, Wellington. Engel, George Albert, Johnsonville. Fitzwilliam, Edward G.. Hamilton. Flavell, Howard T. D„ Gisborne. Fowler, Leslie, Christchurch. Gardiner, Bernard L„ Queenstown. Graham, Athol Melville, Wanganui. Graham, Stanley L., Shannon. Hanlon, Norman John, Wellington. Harbridge. Brian C., Christchurch. Harland, Ralph, England. Hayward, Heathcote C., Christchurch. Haynes, Terence George, England. Heffer, Donald Francis, Blenheim. Heslop. Cyril Heslop, Wairoa. Hikairo, Hone, Ngongotaha. Hopkins, Edward T., Christchurch. Howie, Ernest Humphrey, Ohura. Jones. Gordon Gwynne, Masterton. Kennedy, James, Greymouth. Kerr, Walter Leslie, Nelson. King, Peter Robert, Oamaru Kirkaldie, David, Wellington. Kruse, James, Christchurch. Ladyman. Robert F., Palmerston North. Lafferty, Charles Basil, Auckland. Lapworth, Owen S., Wellington. Lawton, Richard Henry, Wellington. Lennox, Robert, Petone. Little, William, Wellington. Lockie, Allan John, Wellington. Lynch. William G„ Waitahuna. McArthur, Allan W., Invercargill. McCarthy. Francis A., Auckland. McCormick. Clyde G.. Stratford. McDonald, A J., Lake Waikaremoana. McEUigott. John, Wellington. McFarlande, John Scott, Nelson. McGlone, Phillip George, Auckland. McMillan. David Morton. Christchurch. Mcßae, Cyril Duncan, Mosgiel. Maguire, Andrew Isles, Hamilton. Manning, William Brown, Wellington. Mills, Noel Spencer, Blenheim. Moncur, Alexander Francis, Rotorua. Morris, Ronald, Wellington. Murch. William Gilbert, Auckland. Old. Joseph Stewart, Paeroa. Peek. Gordon Terrie, Greymouth. Phillips. Michael J„ Silverstream. Powell, William. Wellington. Prichard, William Herbert, Ashburton. Ramsay, Ivor Horace, Te Kawa. Ritchie. Phillip Jack, Ouruhia. Robertson, Ronald H„ Christchurch. Russell, Eric L. B„ Swanson. Russell, Robert. Greymouth. Sharpe, Kenneth George. Wellington. Smith. Joseph William, Christchurch. Smith'. Sam. Petone. Stewart. Daniel, Wellington. Streater, Frank Edward. Auckland. Swallow, Thomas Clifford, Mosgiel. Thomson. John. Scotland. Todd, William Reddock. Christchurch. Tombs, Arthur, Wellington. Upham, Francis Gerald, Paekakariki. Wallace, Douglas Carley, Auckland. Wallace, John Harold. Blenheim. Warren, James Patrick. Dunedin. West, Thomas Albert. Christchurch Willis, Percy George, Greymouth. Wilson. Raymond Francis, Lyttelton. Wineera, James, Rotorua. Aircraftmen Gould. Leonard Arthur, Wellington. Roche, Percival R. B„ Greymouth. Private Ward, Donald Arthur. Te Kuiti.