N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 125, 27 May 1944, Page 3

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

TWO WANGANUI MEN WOUNDED Two Wanganui soldiers are reported wounded in a recent casualty list issued in respect of personnel in the 2nd N.Z.E.F. They are:— Temporary-Sergeant Claud McMurray Cole, husband of Mrs. N. A. Cole, and Trooper Alan Alfred George Mainwaring, son of Mrs. S. J. Mainwaring, Wanganui East. Other names in the list are given below (the addresses given are those of the next-of-kin):— Killed in Action. Bramwell, Second-Lieut. Noel William, Feilding. O’Callaghan, Second-Lieut. Raymond John, Masterton. Died of Wounds. Mercer, Private George Doughlas, Shannon. Missing, Previously Reported Prisoner of War. Asher, Private John David, Tokaanu. Goldsmith, Private John, Opotiki. Menehira, L/Cpl. Henry, Opotiki. Wounded. Stewart, Lieut. Jack Cartwright, Hastings. Aspin, Bombardier William Sylvester. Waiuku. Churton, Temp.-Sgt. John Walter, Silverstream. Collins, Temp.-Sgt. Noel Harold, Tongaporutu. Garvey, Tpr. John Cleeson, Tauranga. Hawes, Gnr. Gordon Gilbert, Dunsandel. Hesselin, Pvt. Robert lan, Mataura. Maciver, Tpr. Donald Edward, Hauturu, Kawhia. Somervell, Temp.-Sgt. Alan John, Papatoetoe. KAI IWI SOLDIER SAFE FURTHER LIST OF CASUALTIES A Kai Iwi soldier, Private Gordon Hector Ross, who was previously reported a prisoner of war, is now reported safe. This information is contained in a list of N.Z.E.F. casualties, issued last night. Other names in the list are given below (the rank is private unless otherwise staled, and the addresses given are of the next-of-kin): Killed in Action. Atkinson, Corporal Trevor David, Auckland. Mundt. Harold Badley, New Plymouth. Ryan, Patrick John, Christchurch. Killed on Active Service. Williams, Charles Albert, Invercargill. Died on Active Service While a Prisoner of War, Previously Reported Missing, Believed Drowned. Razey, Arthur Ernest Smith, Kingsland. Missing, Believed Drowned, Previously Reported Missing. McLennan, Angus Colin, Hamilton. Wallace, William Sibbold, Dunedin. Missing. Anderson, Andrew William, Dunedin. Holley, Clifford Thomas, Putaruru. Phillips, Rewi George Julian, Belfast. Ushaw, Albert Robert Hugh, Frankton Junction. Prisoner of War, Previously Reported Missing, Believed Prisoner of War. Percasky, Alexander James, Christchurch. Wounded. Dick, John, Dunedin. Kelly, Larry Joseph, Dannevirke. McFadzean, Sergeant John, Upper Hutt. O’Leary, Trooper David, Whenuapai. Ray, John, Wellington. Rowlatt, Trooper Cecil George, Surfdale. Templeman, Neil, Marlborough. Previously Reported Prisoner of War, Now Reported Safe. Ellicott, Kenneth Carl Hartman, of Pirongia. R.N.Z.A.F. CASUALTIES MARTON SERGEANT MISSING Included in a list of New Zealand air personnel serving overseas who are reported casualties, is the name of Flight-Sergeant Allan Dallas Barr, husband of Mrs. M. B. Barr, Marton, who is reported missing on active service. Other names in the list are given below, and include that of FlyingOfficer L. A. Trigg, V.C., D.F.C., who is now presumed dead after having previously been reported missing, believed killed. The rank of those named in the following list is flight-ser-geant, unless otherwise stated, and the addresses given are those of the next-of-kin:— Killed On Active Service. Doggett, Sergeant John Leonard, Springlands. McCormack, Pilot - Officer Claude Cyril, Te Kuiti. Marsh, Warrant-Officer Allan Henry’, Ngongotaha, Rotorua. Missing On Air Operations. Bell, Frank. Desmond, Christchurch. Cray, Pilot-Officer Geoffrey Haughton, Napier. Fisher, Flying-Officer Glyn, Wellington. Hill, Douglas John, Auckland. Irwin. Gordon James, Takataka, Northern Wairoa. Murray, Flying-Officer Henry James, Timaru. Seriously Injured. Langley, Marcus Louis, Sydney. Thorburn, Flying - Officer Richard Hugh, Palmerston North. Died While a Prisoner of War. Townrow, Leonard Arthur, Dunedin. Confirmed Prisoner of War, Previously Reported Missing. Bird, Pilot-Officer Alec Wilberforce • (R.A.F.), Auckland. Missing, Believed Killed, Previously Reported Missing. Anderson, Hector Hugh Watson, Auckland. Presumed Dead, Previously Reported Missing, Believed Killed. Bennett, Arthur Godfrey, Wellington. Crawford - Watson, Lewis Stanley, Auckland. Frost, Laurence James, Auckland. Iniric, George Burns, Auckland. James, Charles, Balclutha. Lamb, John Alexander, Palmerston Nori h. Marinovich, Flying - Officer Ivan, Auckland. Masters, Pilot-Officer William Stuart, Waiuku. Soper, Sergeant Terence John, Nelson. T mdle, George William, Manaia. Trigg, Flving-Ouii er Llovd Allan. V.C., D.F.C.. Hamua.