N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 39, 17 February 1943, Page 3

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

MORE RECLASSIFICATIONS (P.A.) Wellington, Feb. 16 The following 2nd N.Z.E.F. casual?> list was issued to-day:— Killed In Action. Previously Reported Missing. O’Callaghan, Lieut. Michael George, Dunedin. Killed in Action, Previously Reported Presumed Dead. Lamb, Gnr. Alexander, Roxburgh. Accidentally Killed, Previously Reported as Died. Thomson, Pte. Donald Pearson, New Plymouth. Accidentally Killed, Previously Reported Killed in Action. Jones, Gnr. Stanley, Oxford. Prisoner of War, Previously Reported Missing. Barker, T/Cpl. Allan Charles, Auckland. Prisoner of War, Previously Reported Wounded and Missing Believed Prisoner of War. Webb, Major Richard Guy, Rotorua. Prisoner of War, Previously Reported Missing Believed Prisoner of War. Beauchamp, Lieut. Robinson William Alfred, Christchurch. Wounded. Garland, Spr. Francis Harold, Auckland. Griffin, L/SpL Tom, Matamata. Previously Reported Wounded, Now Reported Not Wounded, Bui Accidentally Injured. Peters, Gnr. James Edgar, Auckland. Previously Reported Wounded, Now Reported Not Wounded. Galpin, Bdr. Thomas Claude, Te Puke.

NAVAL CASUALTIES The following naval casualties were also announced to-day (rank A.B. unless otherwise stated):— Died of Wounds. Buchanan, Leading Signalman Campbell Howard, Port Chalmers. Dangerously Wounded. Hitchcock, Stewart Keith, Wellington. Seriously Wounded. Bartlett, Ernest Robert, Auckland. Fraser, Ord. Seaman lan Alfred, Karitane. V Wounded, Not Seriously. Robertson, Harry Jasper, Auckland. Mason, Ord. Seaman Athol James Malcolm. Hastings. Barton, Steward D/S.R., Ernest. United Kingdom. Previously Reported Missing, Now Reported Prisoner of War. Mellor, Lieut. Thomas Ewart (R.N.Z N.V.R.). Wellington.