WAR CASUALTIES

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 62, 28 February 1941, Page 7

WAR CASUALTIES

New Zealanders Missing And Killed The following air casualties were announced last evening: — Flying Officer Ronald William Gair, R.A.F., missing on air operations. Flying Officer- Gair was educated at Napier Boys’ High School. He. was accepted for a short service commission in the R.A.F. in the early part of 1939. Father : Mr. C. J. Gair, C/o. Government Audit Department, Wellington. Flight Lieutenant Desmond Wallace Ferguson Barker, D.F.C., R.A.F., killed in air operations. Father: Mr. S. R. Barker, Gisborne. Pilot Officer Ronald Owen Lawry, previously reported missing, now presumed killed. Father: Mr. H. B. Lawry, 5 Wai-iti Avenue, Lower Hutt. Pilot Officer Murray Charles Petrie, previously reported missing, now pre sumed killed. Father: Mr. F. Petrie, 127 Coromandel Street, Wellington. Pilot Officer Kenneth John Allan Johnstone, previously reported missing, now presumed killed. Father: Mr. J. L. S. Johnstone, Russell Road, Manurewa, Auckland. Sergeant Douglas Lawrence Burton was reported missing, and later he was reported prisoner of war and wounded. A message has been received from, him stating he was in hospital and making excellent progress. Mother: Mrs. J. P. Burton, Opunake, Taranaki. The following casualty to the N.Z.E.F. was also announced: — Sapper Ronald Ernest Groves, died of sickness. Next-of-kin: Mrs. R. E. Groves, Brunswick Avenue, New Southgate, London (Mother).