PRISONERS OF WAR

Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22784, 7 January 1944, Page 4

PRISONERS OF WAR

Repatriated Soldiers

Return To New Zealand

(N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON. Jan. 6. Tire following repatriated prisoners of war recently returned to New Zealand from the Middle East:—

Austin, Sgt. James Lowery, Temuka. Catlow, Pte. Thomas, Pareora. Farrell, Pte. Patrick, Walmate.

Grayburn, Pte. Gordon Walter, Timaru. Alexander, Pte. Ralph Goddard. Napier. Anderson, Pte. Peter Webb, Pahiatua. Andrews, Pte. Neil Ernest, New Plymouth. Arnold, Pte. Martin Henry. Address not given. Arundel, Pte. Roy, Dunedin. Ballantyne, Robert John, Waikaka. Banks, Pte. Walter Samuel Patrick, Okaiawa. Barker, T/Cpl. Allan C„ Auckland.

Barnett, Pte. Eric, Dunedin. Bassett, Pte. Edmund William, Dannevlrke. Bateman, L/Sgt. James Arthur, Levin. Begg, Pte. James Muir Cameron, Dunedin. Bond, L/Cpl. lan Andrew M., Carterton. Boxall, Sgt. Gordon Keith, Waihi. Boyce, Pte. Desmond Leslie. Motueka. Browne, Pte. William John, Wanganui. Bruce, Pte. Charles. Napier. Bryan, Pte. Jack, Dunedin. Butler, Pte. John James, Waipukurau. Cameron, Pte. Hugh Stuart, Gisborne. Campbell, Cpl. Aro Haughie, Hukapapa. Campbell, Sgt. Harold Percy, Wellington. Casey, Dvr. Richard Trevor, New Plymouth. Cavill, Pte. Clifford Davis, Dargaville. Cooper, Pte. Aubrey Vai Robert, Wellington. Couper, Pte. James T., Palmerston North. Courtney, Pte. Ivo Martin. Whangarei. Craig, Pte. Hugh Raymond, Rotorua. Cromwell, Pte. Bertram Stride, Auckland. Dahm, Pte. Lawrence William, Whakatane. Davie, Pte. George Harry, Dunedin. De Malmanche, Pte. George H., Westport. De Malmanche, Pte. Job Clifford, West port. Dickson. L/Cpl. George A., Tuapeka

Mouth. Duffy, Pte. James Russell, Morrinsville. Doig, Sgmn. Robert David, Greymouth. Douglas, Pte. lan Maitland, Gisborne. Duncan, Cpl. Gordon James, Wellington. Fraser, Pte. Joseph Hendey, Wanganui. Fraser, Pte. Robert McKenzie, Moerewa. Gall, Pte. John Russell, Otekuru. Geenty, Pte. Kenneth Beacham, Waipukurau. Gordon, Pte. Robert James, Wanganui. Gordon, Cpl. Victor Clarence, Featherston. Gover, Gnr. Robert Adrian, Eltham. Grammer, Pte. Ronald, Bainesse. Gregory, Pte. George, Palmerston Nth. Grundy, Pte. James, Christchurch. Holmes, Gnr. Horace J., Frankton Junction. Houkamau, Pte. Wiremu, Hicks Bay. Johnston, Pte. Harold John, Wellington. Karup, Pte. Eric Peter Julius, Auckland. Kendrick, Pte. Richard, New Plymouth. Kenzie, Pte. Thomas David, Marton. Kimmins, Dvr. Robert, Upper Hutt. King, Pte. Harold, Motueka, Lidgett, Pte. Frederick J. G„ Christchurch. McCullough, Pte. Leslie, New Plymouth. McKnight, Pte. John, Dunedin. Manson, Gnr. Samuel C., Frankton Junction. Maxwell, Cpl. Ross Vernon. Motunau. May, W.0.11 Robert, Prebbleton. " Burfield-Mills. Dvr. Percival O. G„ Wellington. Moore, Pte. Colin Richard, Oamaru. Morgan. Pte. Ronald J., Palmerston North. Murdoch, L/Cpl. Jack Parsons, Dunedin. Nielsen, Pte. Roy James, Marton. O'Connor, Gnr. Maurice E. 0., Wellington. Parson, Spr. Charles Victor, England. Polson, Pte. Gordon Ross, Oamaru. Powell, Pte. George William, Papakura. Pullen, Cpl. John, Dargaville. Pulllnger. Pte. John Malcolm, Gisborne. Reid, Tpr. James Leslie, Wellington. Robert, Pte. Stanley McGowan, Dunedin. Roughan, Pte. John Philip K., Dunedin.

Shannon, Pte. Adam James, Hokitika. Smith, Pte. Jack William, Greymouth. Stott, Sgt. lan Lindsay, Invercargill. Swinburne, Dvr. Walter Harry, Wellington. Tayler, Pte. Colin Leonard, Hastings. Urllch, Pte. Pomare, Whangaroa. Walker, Pte. Robert Keith, Lower Hutt. Walsh, Pte. Matuhara, Ruatoria. Warner, Pte. Alfred Vernon, Te Awamutu. Welch, Pte. Colin Tuffnel, Masterton. Welsh, Pte. Patrick Lawrence Gordon, Gore. Williams, Pte. Walter Francis, Dunedin. Winterburn, Pte. Arthur, Otaki. Wolfe, Pte. Clifford Walter, Wellington. Sick And Wounded Personnel (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 5. The following sick, wounded and other personnel recently returned to New Zealand from the Middle East:— Atkinson, Sister Myra Sutton, Temuka. Casey, Gnr. Joseph, Timaru. Robbie, Lieut.-Colonel John Keith, Invercargill. Rayner, Capt. John Lionel, Pahia. Beetham, Pte. Leslie Margaret, Masterton. Catchpole, Pte. Audrey Dorothy, Auckland. Quin, Pte. Winifred Mary, Hawera. Rose, Pte. Theona Julia, Palmerston North. Mason, Pte. Ria Evelyn, Wellington. Townsend, Pte. May, Inangahua Junct. Walker, Pte. Alleen May, Papatoetoe. Hayton, Major Ernest W„ D. 5.0., Christchurch. Roberts, 2/Lieut. John, Seacliff. Reid, Lieut.-Colonel Charles E., Christchurch. George, Lieut.-Colonel Clifford D. A., Wellington. Keiha, T/Lleut.-Colonel Kingi Arata, M.C., Gisborne. Pollock, T/Lieut.-Colonel George Douglas, M.8.E., Auckland. Bethell, Capt. Richard, M.8.E., Christchurch. Bolland, Capt. Richard A., Wellington. Gerard, Capt. John Douglas, Wellington. Robertson, Capt. James, Oamaru. Finlayson, Lieut. Eric George. Dunedin. Alexander, 2/Lieut. Robert E., Christchurch. Marsh, 2/Lieut. M. L. E., East Africa. Cook, Major Wyvern Grey, Auckland. Chapman, T/Capt. St. George W., Wellington. Woods, Pte. William John, England. Sutton, Sgt. Lloyd Lawrence, Inglewood. Todd, Pte. Robert Francis, Dunedin. Welcome By Prime Minister (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 6. Repatriated New Zealand prisoners of war from Italy, including some who escaped after the invasion by the Allied Forces, were among a draft which returned recently to New Zealand. All were in good health and pleased to be home. I Welcoming them, the Prime Minister

(the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser) expressed his gratitude to those men on land, sea and in the air who had done so much for our cause, and he hoped members of the draft would soon be restored to complete health.

The Minister of Defence (the Hon F. Jones) and the Minister of Rehabilitation (the Hon. C. F. Skinner) also extended a welcome.