MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES

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MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES

Members Of Second N.Z.E.F. Local Personnel Figure In List (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 31. Advice that the King has approved of the following awards to members of the Second N.Z.E.F. for services in the Middle East has been received by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones (an asterisk denotes previous mention in dispatches):— L/Cpl. John Frewen Lester. Father, Mr T. Lester, 14 Wilson Street. Timaru. Sgt. John David Letham. Wife, Mrs B. M. Letham, Timaru-Taiko R.D. Tpr. Walter Mclndoe Rae. Mother, Mrs K. P. Rae, 20 Melton Street. Timaru. Cpl. John McLean Hunter. Mother. Mrs M. Hunter, 3 Athol Place, Timaru. Sgt. Robert Dick Stirling. Mother, Mrs M. Stirling, 113 North Street. Timaru. Captain Harry Stevens Harbott. Wife, Mrs H. V. Harbott, 62 Church Street, Timaru. Sister Nancy Frances Carter. Mother, Mrs E. Carter, Orari, South Canterbury. Major Noel Kenneth Sanders. Wife, Mrs G. Sanders, c/o. Dennison, Painstown, Waimate. *Col. B. Barrington, 0.8. E., Khandallah Col. W. B. Fisher, Waipukurau. Lieut.-Col. John Russell, Wellington. T/Lt.-Col. C. B. Barrowclough, Dunedin. A/Lieut.-Col. G. E. Hartnell, Wanganui. ’A/Lt.-Col. E. T. Kensington, Sumner. Major D. J. Ashley, Auckland. Major William S. Bent. Papatoetoe. Major Darrell Carey, Khandallah. ‘Major J. R. J. Connolly, Christchurch. Major Bruce Dallas, Gisborne. Major Daniel M. Davin, England. Major R. G. Drummond, Masterton. Major Marcus R. Fitchett, Wellington. Major Evan S. Harrowell, Wellington. Major Warwick C. Savage, Remuera. Major Gavin L. M. Scholefield, Wellington. Major Douglas A. Smith, Wellington. T/Major Harold Cordery, Wellington. T/Major Henry G. Overton, Wellington. *T/Major Charles A. Slee, Westport. T/Major Henry G. Vivian, Auckland. Capt. G. R. Andrews, D.C.M., Te Aroha. Captain Aubrey E. Bond, Auckland. Captain Trevor N. Bright, Gisborne. Captain Cecil A. Burgess, Wanganui. Captain F. G. Butt, Marlborough. Captain Arthur R. Delley, London. Captain Kenneth Douglas, Hastings. Captain David G. Edgar, Wellington. Captain George Fordyce, Enfield. Captain Charles N. James, Auckland. Captain Harold F. King, M.8.E., Mas-

terton. Captain James D. K. Logan, Masterton. Captain John H. Newcombe Auckland. Captain Albert M. Quennell, Napier. Captain James Robertson, Oamaru. Captain Rodney Q. Short, Hamilton. Captain Allan P. Thomson, London. Captain Jack M. Wilson, New Brighton. T/Capt. D. H. Goulden, Southbridge. T/Capt. F. J. Lea, North Auckland. T/Captain R. C. McCown, Auckland. T/Captain J. F. Millward, Wellington. T/Captain H. J. Mockridge, Petone. T/Capt. Moana Raureti, Hawke’s Bay. T/Captain E. G. Webber, Rotorua. T/Captain W. J. Woodhouse, Auckland. A/Captain C. A. G. Graydon, Tokoroa. A/Capt. V. P. Missen, Palmerston N. Lieut. lan G. Budge, Ponsonby. Lieut. Edwin Farnell, Epsom. Lieut. Bryan H. Palmer, Invercargill. Lieut. Norval J. H. Harris, Wellington. Lieut. L. J. McKenzie, Orepuki. Lieut. R. V. Milne, New Plymouth. Lieut. David G. Murray, Milton. Lieut. Stanley M. Pritchard, Wellington. Lieut. Albert Veart, Devonport. A/Lieut. Edward W. Wyllie, Auckland. 2/Lleut. James S. Davey, Wellington. 2/Lieut. Hamlet Eagle, Palmerston N. 2/Lieut. K. M. Nicholson, Lower Hutt. 2/Lieut. Ernest M. Scott, Masterton. Sister Isabel M. Simpson, Christchurch. ‘Sister Eveline M. Wilson, Christchurch. W.0.l H. O. W. Bennett, Auckland. W.0.l H. W. Burley, M.M., Wellington. "W.0.l Fred. M. Munro, Lower Hutt. "W.0.l Wallace M. Theyers, Mt. Eden. W.0.l David S. Wilson, Whakatane. •W.0.l Douglas S. Young, Pukekohe. W.O. II Ernest O. Barns, Wanganui. W.0.11 G. MacA. Brown, Australia. W.0.11 Michael J. Byrnes, Ponsonby. W.0.11 Cedric Doak, Wellington. W.0.11 Bernard D. Howard, Napier. W.0.11 David Jones, Carterton.

W.0.11 Garnett S. Langton, Auckland. W.0.11 John McKee, Scotland. ’W.0.11 Alex. D. McKenzie, Paremata. W.0.11 James F. Reid, Wellington. W.0.11 Cecil Thomas Rowe, Napier. W.0.11 David J. Spence, Christchurch. W.0.11 Ernest E. Sworn, Auckland. W.0.11 Andrew Cameron Tait, Hastings. W.0.11 Walter H. White, Wellington. T/W.0.11 R. L. King, Christchurch. T/W.0.11 Thomas E. Lawson, Stratford. T/W.0.11 Edgar M. Nilsen, Kaikoura. S/Sgt. Kenneth G. Brown, Auckland. S/Sgt. A. J. B. Canning, Christchurch. S/Sgt. Brian G. Donovan, Christchurch. T/S/Sgt. Ashley G. Faigan, Dunedin. S/Sgt. Alfred McL. Jones, Christchurch.

S/Sgt. John Little, Wellington. S/Sgt. Lionel Pedersen, Wellington. S/Sgt. Gordon H. Ritchie, Dunedin. T/S/Sgt. Francis N. Kerrigan, Hastings. Sgt. Kenneth S. Aitken, Wellington. Sgt. Henry J. Blick, Wellington. Sgt. Trevor Brown, Te Kuiti.

Sgt. Sydney G. Bubb. Masterton

Sgt. Marie F. R. Buddle, Auckland. Sgt. Edward A. Clarke, Wellington. Sgt. Henry Cochrane, Pukekohe. Sgt. Malcolm A. Coombe (died of wounds), Wanganui. Sgt. Carlye C. Davies, Taneatua. Sgt. Thomas E. Doyle, Wairoa. Sgt. C. A. C. Evans, Palmerston North. Sgt. John A. Ferguson, Dunedin. Sgt. Alan A. Franklin, Te Kuiti. Sgt. Ernest A. Gabites, Upper Hutt. Sgt. James Patrick Grant, Walpawa. Sgt. Edward Greenall, Auckland. Sgt. William E. G. Griffin, Christchurch. Sgt. Donald G. Gunn, Roxburgh. Sgt. Peter H. Henriksen, Mt. Eden. Sgt. Owen Edward Hodges, Auckland. Sgt. Henry W. Kenny, Silverstream. Sgt. Robert Kepa, Tekahiwai. Sgt. Arthur James Kidd, Papakura. Sgt. John McD. Lennie. Wellington. Sgt. Charles H. Lorrett, Lower Hutt. Sgt. Bernard J. McClelland, Upper

Riccarton. Sgt. A. McClintoch, Havelock North. Sgt. R. D. J. Madden, Christchurch. Sgt. Jack C. Marshall, Wellington. Sgt. James G. Ramsay, Nelson. Sgt. Henry W. Rickard, Auckland. Sgt. P. N. S. Smith, Auckland. Sgt. Thomas G. Steen, Auckland. Sgt. Joe W. A. Sykes, Whangarei. Sgt. Stewart Taylor, Invercargill. Sgt. Jacob C. Vivian, Christchurch. Sgt. Peter L. Wagstaff, New Plymouth. Sgt. Ivan G. Watt, Southland. Sgt. Thomas J. Williams, Remuera. Sgt. David A. Wilson, Auckland. Sgt. L. H. Wilson, Wanganui. Sgt. Thomas W. Worrall, Napier. T/Sgt. Charles H. Arndt, Wellington. T/Sgt. Jack B. Bennett, Masterton. T/Sgt. Bernard Foster, Blenheim. T/Sgt. Rex. McL. Miller, Dunedin. T/Sgt. John F. V. Ross. Wellington. L/Sgt. Charles F. Collins, Riccarton. L/Sgt. Norman F. Cooper, Auckland. L/Sgt. Rex E. Knight, New Plymouth. L/Sgt. N. A. Pulley, M.M., Whakatane. L/Sgt. Leonard A. Read, Raglan.

L/Sgt. Tuahae Te Purei, Whangara. T/L/Sgt. G. D. Calder, Ashburton. T/L/Sgt. James A. Curtis. Oamaru. Cpl. John R. Benfield, Wellington. Cpl. Louis R. H. B. Burling, Woodville. Cpl. Robert K. Ellis. Patea. Cpl. A. C. Fitzgerald, Hamilton East. Cpl. John H. Gent, North Auckland. Cpl. Robert L. Gibbs, Upper Hutt. Cpl. Arthur R. Gillett, Whangarei. Cpl. Victor P. Graham, Featherston. Cpl. Pekama Hunia, East Coast. Cpl. Kenneth T. Hyland. Stratford. Cpl. John D. Palairet, Hawera. Cpl. John M. Schrider, Omata.

Bdr. Adam C. Shearer. Wellington. Cpl. Richard Tutty, Oroua Downs. Cpl. Milton G. White. Little River. T/Cpl. Charles D. Gray. Wellington. T/Cpl. Chas. R. Hayes, New Plymouth. T/Cpl. James Thomas Lawn, Reefton. L/Cpl. Henry C. Blomfield. Auckland. L/Cpl. Leslie H. Cann. Whangarei. L/Cpl. Reginald M. Griffin, Levin. L/Bdr. Allan Edward Harper, Bulls. L/Bdr. Clyde James Nissen, Gisborne. L/Cpl. Trevor Glyn Rowlands. Feilding. L/Cpl. H. G. Smith, North Auckland. A/Sgt. Charles E. Sumner. England L/Cpl. Robert W. E. Taylor. Hinds. T/L/Cpl. T. H. Illingworth. Ratanui. Pte. William R. Allen, Wellington. Pte. John R. Baddeley, N:w Plymouth Dvr. Eric James Bagnall, Hamilton. Spr. Albert G. Clark. Lower Hutt. Pte. Robert H. Davison, Christchurch. Dvr. James Josenh Downes. Onehunea.

Pte. Stephen Dragicevich. Aratapu. Pte. T. W. Bruce (killed in action). Mission Bay. ♦Pte. Gwenyth M. Evans, Auckland. Spr. Robert A. Granville. Wellington. Pte. Patricia M. B. Hamilton. Marton. Sgmn. Norman H. H.. Grey Lynn. Tpr. Richard D. Jones, Beaumont. Pte. Albert F. V. Large. Johnsonville. Pte. Mathew Lee, Dunedin. Pte. Charles Clive Lever, Waiuku. Dvr. A. G. MacDonald, North Auckland. Tpr. John G. Newton, Burnham. Pte. Cornelius O’Brien (killed in action).

Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay. Dvr. Howard R. Painter. Napier. Pte. James E. Sanders, Palmerston N. Gnr. Owen R. Seiwood. Christchurch. Gnr. Keith R. Simmonds, Auckland. Pte. Frank Herman Simon, Hastings. Sgmn. Gordan H. Smith. Hataltai. Sgmn. Athol R. Tankersley (killed in action). Carterton. Pte. James William Taylor. Paerata. Pte. John Lincoln Tucker. Whangarei. Dvr. lan William Tweedie, Rangiora. Sgt. Ben Ujdur (died on active service), Waipapakauri. Pte. Arthur Roy Wyeth, Upper Hutt. L/Cpl. Cecil Graham. Mt. Eden.

Casualty List (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 31. The following Second N.Z.E.F. casualties were announced to-night:— Killed in Action Wickman, Second Lieutenant Mervyn, D.C.M. Mother. Mrs J. Wickman. Auckland. Killed in Action. Previously Reported Missing Thomson. Lance-Corporal Murray de Courcy, Auckland. Wounded Rivers. Second Lieutenant Pompey. Wife, Mrs M. V. Rivers. Auckland. Blakemore, Private Ernest Douglas. Wife, Mrs B. I. Blakemore. Palmerston North. Hartnell. Private Alfred Edward. Father, Mr A. E. Hartnell. Henderson. Millsteed. Private Donald Malcolm Mother. Mrs C. J. Millsteed. Northern Wairoa. Sanford, Private Donald. Mother. Mrs M. E. Sanford. Auckland.