PRISONER OF WAR

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21549, 11 October 1941, Page 6

PRISONER OF WAR

PARENTS IN HAMILTON Private and official advices from Geneva state that Sergeant W. H. Kenny, who was reported missing in Crete on May 25, is a prisoner of war. Earlier Sergeant Kenny had been reported missing in Greece. Although separated from his unit, he arrived safely in Crete. His parents are Mr and Mrs J. Kenny, of Hamilton, and his wife, Mrs D. M. Kenny, resides at Hikurangi. Before going going overseas Sergeant Kenny was employed by the Railway Department at Rotorua. POSTCARD FROM GERMANY Private Edward Collier, of Hamilton, who had been officially reported missing while serving with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Middle East, and later as a prisoner of war, has forwarded a postcard to his brother, Mr H. Collier, of Frankton Junction, from ‘‘somewhere in Germany,” stating that he is in good health and will later forward an address to which his relatives may write. SERGEANT S. S. ST. GEORGE Mr and Mrs W. M. St. George, of Waitara, have been advised by cable from the Red Cross at Geneva that their son, Sergeant S. S. St. George, is a prisoner of war in Germany and is fit and well. He is a brother of Mr W. V. St. George, of Hamilton. Sergeant St. George served in the Greek campaign and was evacuated to Crete, where he was taken prisoner last May when almost the whole of his company was cut off in a rearguard action. A swimming and hockey enthusiast, Sergeant St. George enlisted in Taumarunui and left New Zealand with the first reinforcement draft. Another brother, Driver H. M. St. George, who was a Taranaki swimming champion for five years, escaped after a trek of 50 miles over the hills of Crete by swimming two and a-half miles to a British destroyer.