AIR CASUALTIES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 4, 6 January 1944, Page 3

AIR CASUALTIES

FIVE REPORTED KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE (P.A.) Wellington, Jan. 5. The following New Zealand air personnel serving overseas 'have been reported as casualties (rank Flight-Ser-geant unless otherwise stated): — Killed on Active Service. Louden, Owen Ernest Dudley, Hamilton. Shaw. L.A.C. William David, Auckland. Simms, Pilot-Officer David Ernest, West Melton, Canterbury. Toombs, Flying-Officer William Henry Clemmens, Christchurch. Tucker, Kenneth Guilfoyle, Wellington. Missing, Believed Killed on Active Service. Blaylock, Jack. Havelock. Rishworthi Flying-Officer Peter Shiers, Masterton. Slatter, Leo Raymund, Auckland. Missing on Air Operations. Bernard, Sergeant Arthur George, Hawera. Burton, Sergeant Bryden Albert, Wellington. Carr, William Laurence, Auckland. Cowie, James Lindis, Lindis Valley, Cromwell. Hunt, Edward William Danragh, Rotorua. Mackenzie, Pilot - Officer Stanley Henry, Whangarei. Margetts, John Edward Stanley, Christchurch. Perrers, Acting * Flight - Lieutenant Frederick Leonard, Auckland. Taaffe, Acting-Flight-Lieutenant Rae Jassep, D.F.M., Hastings. Tindle, George William, Manaia. Turner, Ai chi bald Clark, Christchurch. Turner, John Cecil, Wellington. Whittington, Sergeant Eric Richmond, Palcowhai, Hawke’s Bay. Slightly Injured on Active Service. Gilmore, Flying-Officer Brian Forsaith, Auckland. Chisholm, Flight-Lieutenant Charles Beagley, Hawera. Hayman, Sergeant John Bruce, Tasman Downs, Lake Taupo. Reclassifications. The following reclassifications to casualties already reported have been notified:— Missing, Believed Killed, Previously Reported Missing on Air Operations. Whitta, Neville Bruce, Christchurch. Confirmed Prisoner of War, Previously Reported Missing. Buckham, Pilot-Officer Ralph James, Queenstown. McGregor, Sergeant Francis Edward, Christchurch. Walker, Pilot-Officer William James Henry, Christchurch. Wellington, Flying-Officer William Percy, Dunedin. Williams, Pilot-Officer Gordon Kenneth, Hamilton. Safe, Previously Reported Missing on Air Operations. Morice, Pilot-Officer Walter Frank, Wairoa. Removed from Seriously 11l List, Previously Reported Seriously 111. Kelly, A.C.I John Alan Crellan, Auckland. Presumed Dead, Previously Reclassified Missing Believed Killed. Corlett, Sergeant Geoffrey Scott, Englaand. Presumed Dead, Previously Reported Missing. Keller, Sergeant Ronald Frederick, Dunedin. Martyn, Sergeant John Basil, Rangiora. Morgan, Sergeant John Gilbert, Wellington. Norman, Raymond Fraser, Winton. Following are New Zealand casualties:— Died From Natural Causes. Salisbury, L.A.C. Edward Mason, Devon, England. Seriously 111. Ringrose, A.C.2 Archie John, Christchurch.