N.Z. CASUALTIES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 113, 16 May 1941, Page 5

N.Z. CASUALTIES

FURTHER N.Z.E.F. LIST FOUR KILLED IN ACTION (Press Assn.) Wellington, May 15. The following casualties to members of the 2nd. N.Z.E.F. have been reported to-day:— KILLED IN ACTION Lieut. Nigel Reay McKay. Father: Mr. C. McKay, Waipu. Private Francis Charles Bloxsome. Father: Mr. F. H. Bloxsome, Auckland. Private James Andrew Green. Mother: Mrs. W. Hansen, Bluff. Lance - Corporal Norman Ernest Lovell. Father: Mr. E. A. Lovell, Inglewood. DIED OF WOUNDS Private James Collingwood. Friend: Mr. J. J. Crab, Matamata. WOUNDED 2nd.-Lieut. Sidney George Lyle Smythe. Father: Mr. W. S. Smythe. England. Sergeant Frederic Borrows. Mother: Mrs. C. A. Borrows, England. Private Hank Cairney. Mother: Mrs. J. Cairney, Canada. Private Albert Mitchell Dobson. Wife: Mrs. I. A. Dobson, Whangarei. Sergeant William Bruce Myers Freney. Next-of-kin (relationship not stated), Mrs. T. S. Howe. Auckland. Lance - Corporal Edwin Mitchelson Taylor. Sister: Mrs. Z. Higgins Auckland. Lance-Ser.gt. Clifford Bruce Wallace. Father: Mr. J. A. Wallace, Auckland. AIR CASUALTIES Pilot-Officer Norman Mervyn Kebbell Kirkcaldie, R.N.Z.A.F., missing on air operations. Mother: Mrs. Kirkcaldie, 80 Hobson Street, Wellington. Sergeant Janies Clark Cattell, R.N.Z.A.F., now reclassified missing, believed killed. Mother: Mrs. M. E. Cattell, 43 Messines Road, Karori. Sergeant Basil Alexander M alker, R.N.Z.A.F., killed on air operations. Mother: Mrs. Walker, 39 Cameron Road, Napier. Sergeant Norman Franklin Dixon, R.N.Z.A.F., killed on air operations. Father: Mr. C. Dixon, 138 Earn Street, Invercargill. ADDITIONAL LIST ARAMOHO MAN WOUNDED (Press Assn.) Wellington, May 14. The following additional casualties, members of the Second N.Z.E.F.. have been reported (the rank is private unless otherwise indicated): — KILLED IN ACTION Laurence Brian Bosworth. Father: Mr. L. A. Bosworth, Opunake. Hergert Henry Burgess. Mother: Mrs. L. Burgess, Mangamaire, Pahiatua. Sergeant John Stanley Horton Dring. Wife: Mrs. A. D. Dring, Masterton. Sergeant Thomas Logie. Wife: Mrs. C. D. Logie, Lower Hutt. John O’Brien. Mother: Mrs. Putu O'Brien, Te Puke. Lance-Corporal Allen Edward O’Neill. Father: Mr. E. H. O’Neill, Temuka. Lance-Corporal George Murray Sandiford. Father: Mr. G. V. H. Sandiford. Waitotara. John Ross Tustin. Mother: Mrs. A. M. Tustin, Wellington. Douglas Wilson. Wife: Mrs. M. Wilson, Wellington. PRISONER OF WAR Reginald Henry Powell. Wife: Mrs. E. M. Powell, Hawera. WOUNDED

Lieut.-Colonel Hugh Graeme Carruth. Mother: Mrs. M. E. Carruth. Wainui, Whangarei. Captain William -Richard Kimmitt Morrison. Father: Mr. William Morrison. Auckland. Thomas Harold Douglas Clark. Mother: Mrs. Jessie Clark, Waimate. T , „ . Jack Cockcroft. Wife: Mrs. H. Cockcroft, Upper .Hutt. . Gunner Henry Edward Denyer. Wife. Mrs. P. V- Denyer, Auckland. Sergeant Douglas Gordon Dillon. Mother: Mrs. E. A. Dillon, Otane. Douglas Lloyd George. Father: Mr. A. George, Moturoa. Driver Arthur William Hearn. Mother Mrs. Eliza Hearn, Waihi. William Arthur Johnson. lather. Mr. G. W. Johnson, Lumsden. Alexander George Leslie Lambert. Mother: Mrs. M. Lambert, Hawera. Charles Stewart Lovett. Brother: Mr. W. J. Lovett, Aramoho. Corporal Christopher John McCarthy. Wife: Mrs. A. E. McCarthy, AuckCoiTorai Harold Marshall Wife: Mrs H. M. Marshall Auckland. Lance-Sergeant lan Brown Munro Brother: Captain A. Munro, North Head, Auckland. George Henry Peacock. Brother. Mr. F Peacock, Hihitahi. Charles Adair Pistor. Mother: Mrs. E Pistor, Gisborne. Sapper Stanley Barrington Reitman. Father: Mr. A. Reitman, Thames. David George William Smyth. Mother: Mrs. I. K. Smyth, Dunedin. John James Tregea. Wife: Mrs. E. C. Tregea, Tahuna, Dunedin. Sapper Roger William Turner. Mrs. N. J. Patrick, Christchurch (relationship unstated). Sydney Alexander Wright, rather. Mr. W. C. Wright, Mangere.