ARMY CASUALTIES

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21418, 12 May 1941, Page 6

ARMY CASUALTIES

FURTHER LIST GIVEN 23 DEATHS REPORTED NAMES OF WOUNDED - (By Telearapn.—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Monday The following casualties to members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force are reported:— KILLED IN ACTION Campbell, William Alfred Millar. Mrs L. Mclnnes, Christchurch (mother). Clarke, William. Mrs E. E. Clarke, Lancashire, England (mother). Coley, Norman. Mr A. Coley (Taupo). McCalman, John Bernard. Mrs M. J. McCalman, Hawera (mother). McElrea, Wilfred. Mrs H. M. McElrea, Milton, Otago (mother). Mcßae, Lance-Corporal Alan. Mrs E. K. Mcßae, Auckland (mother). Nicolle, Garnet John. Mrs Iris Harvey, Shropshire, England (sister). Webster, George Trevor. Mr W. Webster, Wallasey, Cheshire, England (father). Young John. Mrs Mavis Young, Balclutha (wife). Alison, Geoffrey Wynne. Mr Ewen Wilson, Auckland (father). Bell, Arthur Henry Nelson. Mrs E. Graham, Manunui (mother). Davey, Leonard Wallace. Mr F. C. Davey, Dargaville (father). Dodd, Harold George. Mrs J. Dodd Whakatane (mother). East, Jim. Mr A. J. East, Cambridge (father). Ferguson, Carrel Fidler. Mrs A. I. Ferguson, Whangarei (mother). Finch, Claude. Brother, Mr S. G. Finch, Hamilton (brother). Grainger, Clifford Kingsley. Mrs K. E. Grainger, Auckland (wife). Leonard, Noel Stewart. Mr J. H. Leonard, Helensville (father). Longworth, Corporal Horace. Mrs M. E. Longworth, Wellington (mother). Marshall, Leslie Stewart. Mr F. Marshall, Pakaraka (father). Perkins, Norman Gilbert. Mr Gilbert Perkins, Te Puke (father). DIED OF WOUNDS Davies, George Tilton. Mrs R. Bell, Auckland (mother). Shannon, Waiter Robert. Mrs F. E. Shannon, Greymouth (mother). Onyon, Hector. Mrs E. E. Onyon, Te Awamutu (mother). WOUNDED Abernethy, George Patrick. Mrs D. I. Abernethy, Dunedin (wife). Boncey, Corporal Charles Horace. Mrs P. E. Boncey, Wellington (wife). Chapman, Second-Lieutenant Frederick Peter Anthony. Mrs D. Chapman, Auckland (wife). Coburn, Thomas. Mr J. Cobum, Wellington (father). Coffin, Clement. Mr P. C. Coffin, Pitcairn Island (father). Currie, Lynden Wyvem. Mr W. S. Currie, Stratford (father). Duthie, William McLean. Mr J. Duthie, Wellington (father). Ferguson, Andrew Walter. Miss A. Ferguson, Bay of Islands (sister). Hopkinson, Corporal Vern Arthur. Mr A. Hopkinson, New Plymouth (father). Hulme, Corporal Harold Charles. Mr H. C. Hulme, New Plymouth (father). Jennings, Allan Charles. Mrs A. Jennings, Christchurch (wife). Kanake, Keith. Mr T. Kanake, Victoria, Australia (father). Kilkolly, John. Mr Kilkolly, Dannevirke (father). Lees, Andrew Gilbert. Mrs S. C. Lees, Katikati (mother). Madsen, Thomas William. Mrs E. Hall, Masterton (mother). Moors, Lance-Corporal Victor Sydney. Mr A. S. Moors, Wellington (father). O’Halloran, Arthur. Mrs Ivy O’Halloran, Papatoetoe (wife). Patterson, Vincent George. Mrs V. M. Patterson, Dunedin (wife). Pettman, Raymond Sutton. Mrs R. S. Pettman, Auckland (wife). Prestling, England Ephraim. Mrs E. Howchow, Tologa Bay-(mother). Rowland, Leslie Howard. Mrs E. Rowland, Ruawai, Northern Wairoa (wife). Sanson, Alan Maxwell. Mr A. M. Sanson, Masterton (father). Scobie, George Victor. Mrs C. L. Scobie, Balfour (mother). Symes, Richard Godfrey. Mrs H. 1 M. Symes, Wicklow, Ireland (mother). Tod, Harold Duncan. Mrs M. A. Tod, Seacliff, Otago (mother). Wadsworth, Cyril Leonard. Mr L. J. Wadsworth, New Plymouth (father). Webster, W'arrant-Officer H. Roger James. Mrs P. O. Webster, Whangarei (wife). Whalen, Goulbum Frederick. Mr W. H. Whalen, Kapuni (father). Williams, Errol David. Mrs M. Williams, Cobden (mother). Wilson, Roydon James. Mrs H. E. Wilson, Picton (mother). Pyatt, Lieutenant William Wlan. Mr A. E. Pyatt, Auckland (father). Coote, Second-Lieutenant Charles Might. Mrs Hilda Blanche Coote, Whangarei (mother). Bayley, Clarence William. Mr Herbert Hammon, Dargaville (friend). Bland, Bernard George Leo. Mr B. F. Bland, Gisborne (relationship not stated). Brayshaw, Ray Danby. Mrs E. L. Brayshaw, Palmerston North (mother). Brown, Kenneth Ronald. Mr William Robert Brown, Kaihu, North Auckland (father). Burrows, John Alfred. Mrs E. Burrows, Mangonui (mother). Crouch, Noel Charles Clifford. Mrs M. C. C. Wood, Point Chevalier (mother). Cullinane, Patrick. Mr David Cullinane, Fordell (father). Durant, Corporal Samuel Frederick. Mrs E. I. Durant, Dargaville (wife). Erskinc, Albert Harry. Mr W. S. Erskine, Morrinsville (relationship not slated I. Feaver, Godfrey Mark. Mrs B. Feaver, Whangarei (wife). Fletcher, Cyril. Mrs S. Fletcher, Wellington (mother). Foster, Reginald Andrew. Mr T. Foster, Matangi (brother). Hislop, Frederick William. Mrs E. Hislop, Hataitai (mother). Hooper, Jack Douglas Meyer. Mrs Gladys Hooper, Kaitaia (mother).

Homell, Albert Roy. Mrs E. Homell, Auckland (mother). Irwin, Ernest John. Mrs M. Irwin, Auckland (relationship not stated). Johanson, David Arthur. Mrs Mabel Johanson, Cambridge (mother). Kenny, Daniel John. Mr J. F. Kenny, Victoria, Australia (father). Livingstone, Douglas James. Mr J. S. Livingstone, Auckland (father). McPherson, Victor Henry. Mrs J. B. McPherson, Warkworth (mother).

NichoUs, Erie Howie. Mrs Betty Marden Nicholls, Manaia (wife). Nickerson, Roy. Mr J. Nickerson, Gisborne (relationship not stated). Peacock, Hector Stephen. Mr R. G. Peacock, Murchison (father). Petersen, Cyril Jellicoc. Mrs L. Petersen, Auckland (mother). Rawscn, Carlton Leith. Mrs Cecilia Rawson, Taneatua (mother). Richardson, Allan James Stephen. Mrs A. E. Richardson, Auckland (mother). Rodgers, Michael. Mrs A. A. Rodgers, Stratford (mother). Scholium, Corporal Donald Thomas. Mr J. A. Scholium, Te Kauwhata (father). Slade, Corporal Reginald Charles. Mr F. J. Slade, Napier (father). Smyth, Nathaniel James Alex. Mrs Martha Smyth, Ruatoria, East Coast (mother). Spinley, Sergeant Douglas. Mrs S. J. Spinley, Morrinsville (mother.) Stephens, Patrick Neville. Mrs P. I. Stephens, Te Awamutu (wife). Stokes, Corporal Lewis. Mr S. Stokes, Auckland (father). Thomson, Montague. Mrs A. J. Thomson, Auckland (wife). Williams, Leslie. Mrs M. V. Morgan, Whangarei (foster mother). Williams, Lance-Corporal Richard Francis. Mrs F. M. Williams, Auckland (mother). Wood, Ernest Gilbert. Mrs B. Wood, Auckland (mother). PRIVATE ARTHUR FINCH Cabled advice has been received by Mr C. E. Finch, of Tuakau, that his son, Private Arthur Claude Finch, of the 2nd N.Z.E.F., has been killed in action. Private Finch, who received his secondary education at the Pukekohe Technical High School, later studied agriculture at Massey Agricultural College. At the time of his enlistment Private Finch was employed at Ngongotaha, being among the first volunteers for overseas service at the outbreak of war. Mr S. G. Finch, of Hamilton, is a brother. SIGNALMAN KILLED Signalman Ronald Mervyn Bradley, New Zealand Corps of Signals, has been killed in action, according to advice received by his wife, Mrs R. M. Bradley, Mount Eden. Signalman Bradley, who was aged about 32, was formerly a telegraphist at Kaikohe. He left New Zealand with the first echelon. PILOT FROM NAPIER (By Telegraph.—Press Association) NAPIER, Sunday The death on active service is advised of Sergeant-Pilot Basil Walker, son of Mrs K. Walker, of Napier. Born at Christchurch in 1919. Ser-geant-Pilot Walker was educated at the Napier Boys’ High School. He began his training before the war with the Hawke’s Bay Aero Club. He left New Zealand in October, 1940, and was posted to a squadron in Scotland. He was transferred recently to Egypt.