CASUALTY LIST

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21415, 8 May 1941, Page 8

CASUALTY LIST

17 DEATHS POSTED CORPORAL FROM HAMILTON NAMES OF FIFTY WOUNDED MINISTER’S SON INCLUDED (By Telegraph.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Thursday The following casualties to members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force are reported:— Killed In Action Buckeridge, Private Richard Roy. Mother, Mrs J. S. Buckeridge, Te Kuiti. Cardno, Lance-Sergeant John Duncan William. Mother, Mrs M. Cardno, Christchurch. Fromenton, Gunner Robert Arthur. Mother, Mrs R. Sully, London. Hogan, Private Francis Allen. Mother, Mrs I. M. Hogan, Tauranga. Jackson, Lance-Corporal Roosevelt Albert. Sister, Mrs E. Buttimore, Cambridge. Luks, Lance-Bombadier Ernest Albert. Wife, Mrs Elsie Luks, London. McMillan, Gunner John Duncan. Father, Mr John McMillan, Scotland. Neil, Private Daniel William. Wife, Mrs T. E. Neil, Christchurch. Ramage, Private Philip John. Wife, Mrs C. Ramage, Dunedin. Reeve, Trooper Harold Charles Richard. Mother, Mrs H. Reeve, Pahiatua. Richardson, Gunner James Nigel. Wife, Mrs R. G. D. Richardson, Brackendale, England. Clarke, Walter Roland. Mr E. Clarke, Papakura (father). Clews, Sergeant Lionel Charles. Mr T. G. Clews, Papatoetoe (son). Cosson, James Herbert. Mrs E. Cosson, Auckland (wife). Petersen, Lyle Joseph. Mr A. J. Petersen, Masterton (father). Killed On Operations McPherson, Sergeant Douglas John. Mrs A. E. McPherson, Carterton (mother). Died of Wounds ’ : Roberts, Private Rex Eric. Mother, Mrs M. L. Roberts, Christchurch. Wounded Anderson, lan. Mrs B. E. Anderson, Thames (wife). % Barker, Jack Wilfred. Mrs G. Barker, Nelson (mother). Blow, Lieutenant Eric Harold. Mr IT. I. Blow, Auckland (father). Burrowes, Lance-Bcmbadier James. Ivan. Mrs N. E. Burrow’es, Dunedin (wife). Corner, Charles William. Mrs S. O. Corner, Napier (mother). Foot, Second-Lieutenant Edmond Clive. Mrs Elsie C. Foot, Devonport (wife). Hansen, George Albert. Mrs M. A. Hansen, Cromwell (mother). Harper, Herbert Sydney. Mrs J. Harper, Christchurch (mother). Head, Mervyn. Mrs N. M. Head, Mount Maunganui (wife). Jenkins, Major Arthur Vincent. Mrs M. K. Jenkins, Sydney (wife). Johnston, George Albert. Mr F. C. Johnston, Wellington. Kirby, Ronald Arthur. Mr H. M. Kirby, Hamilton East (father). Lewis, Second-Lieutenant Ernest Gordon. Mr G. H. Lewis, Christchurch (father). McLeod, David Roderick. Mrs E. A. McLeod, Waitoa (mother). Mackay, Norman. Mrs E. Mackay, Auckland (mother). Madden, Patrick John. Mrs L. Madden, Napier (mother). Muir, Lance-Bombadier Eric William Henry. Mrs Leah Muir, New

Plymouth. Richardson, Lieutenant Guy Napier. Mrs J. F. Richardson, Auckland (wife). Smith, Geoffrey Edward. Mrs J. C. Smith, Auckland (mother). Smith, Roland Campbell. Mrs J. C. Smith, Auckland (mother).*’ Stride, Walter Edward. Mr Alec McDonald, Christchurch (cousin). Wiggins, Gordon Leslie. Mrs Laura Palmer, Auckland (sister). Yates, Brown Gustavus. Mrs E. Yates, Auckland (mother). Twiggf, Lieutenant Denis Despard. Mother, Mrs V. E. Twigg, Te Puke. Ward, Lieutenant Frank Lewis. Father, Mr N. J. Ward, Canvastown. Armstrong, Private Kenneth Mark. Father, the Hon. H. T. Armstrong, Wellington. Brown, Driver Robin Val Barnard. Wife, Mrs D. E. Brown, Auckland. Cameron, Lance-Corporal James Bruce. Friend, Mrs T. Hawkings, New Plymouth. Day, Private Edward Harry Dibbin. Mother, Mrs E. F. Day, Gore. Donaldson, Gunner Frank Harry. Father, Mr A. R. Donaldson, Wanganui. Boyle, Gunner Brian James. Mother, Mrs W. M. Wuinney, Christchurch. Drake, Gunner David Allan. Mother, Mrs M. Drake, Christchurch. Drinkwater, Gunner Harry Richard. Mother, Mrs F. R. Drinkwater, Palmerston North. Flintoff, Bombadier Ronald William. Wife, Mrs M. E. Flintoff, Rangiora. Gunn, Warrant Officer Andrew. Wife, Mrs D. Gunn, Dunedin. Gunn, Sergeant Heffrey Robert Arthur. Father, Mr V. R. Gunn, Wellington. Hartgill, Gunner John Edward. Father, Mr M. W. Hartgill, Dannevirke. Hitchings, Bombadier Valentine Thcmas. Father, Mr V. E. Hitchings, Otorohanga. Hopkins, Private John Joseph. Sister, Mrs Margaret Rose, Christchurch. Johnson, Signalman Leonard. Friend. Miss Muriel Charlton, Auckland. Johnson, Lance-Sergeant Noel Francis. Mother. Mrs M. J. T. Johnson, Auckland. Lichtwark, Gunner James Walter. Mother, Mrs M. A. Lichtwark, Hamilton East. McFarlane, Private Olmar James. Mother, Mrs A. M. McFarlane, Invercargill. Porter, Gunner Gilbert. Mother. Mrs M. Porter, Port Chalmers. Reid, Driver Robert Thomson. Sister, Mrs I. McClean, Henderson. Scott, Gunner Eric Robert. Wife, Mrs Joan Scott, Wanganui.

Rountree, Gunner Robert Stanley Gordon. Wife, Mrs E. Rountree, Christchurch. Smith, Gunner Herbert Earle. Mother, Mrs N. F. Smith, Auckland. Stanaway, Gunner Joseph Henry. Mother, Mrs E. F. Stanaway, Auckland. Titley, Bombadier Kenneth. Father, Mr A. Titley, Manchester, England. AIR FORCE LOSSES PILOTS REPORTED KILLED (By Telpjrraph.—A.««ncintlon) WELLINGTON, Thursday The following Air Force casualties are announced:— Spence, Pilot-Officer Douglas James, previously missing, now reported killed in action. His father is Mr A. W. Spence, Christchurch. Death Presumed Fawcett, Pilot-Officer Nicoll Brian, reported missing in August.—Mr F.fP. Fawcett, Feilding (father). Missing On Operations Tripp, Pilot-Officer Hugh Upton Howard. The Rev. H. H. Tripp, Orari (father). CORPORAL R. A. JACKSON Corporal Roosevelt Albert Jackson, who has been reported killed in action, was a resident of Hamilton on the outbreak of war. Born in Wanganui and educated at Gonville and the Fielding District High School, he came to Frankton with his parents 10 years ago. At the time of his enlistment he was employed as foreman for Messrs Tuck and Watkins at Frankton. He was well known in sport circles and was prominent in St. George’s Church activities. Both Corporal Jackson’s parents are dead, and of four brothers two are with the Forces in the Middle East and a third is an attested member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force waiting to be called up. There are two sisters.