Six Missing N.Z.E.F. Men Presumed Dead

Chronicle (Levin), 12 June 1948, Page 7

Six Missing N.Z.E.F. Men Presumed Dead

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WELLINGTON, Juae 11. With oue exception all the casualtieiu the %_'nd New Zealand Exp.editionarv Force have now been oflicially aecounied for. A list was issued today eoutaining the names of six of the last seven men whoso fa,te had not been so far determiued bccsvuse of lack of e.onelusive 'evidence. These six men hau previously been roported missing, but •Lhey are now presuined dead. "One ot the'six men.- was reported missing from iue ca.inpaign on Crete in ^lay 194-1 and the otliers were taken pnsoner early ui the war, but tliere had been no t'urther word of thein since their capture. An oliieial of, BaHo gecords said tliere had been speciaL djtiiculties in liuding ittt'" w'liat' 'actilanyi'.lihppened to these men, but on tiie oMidence available and .vilh the lapse ot' time they had now been deemed to be -dead and a casualty list has been issued accordingly. Tlu; list is as followsc ■ , ■ -2894.3 Hodgson, William, Gnr., N.Z.A., next of kin, Mrs C. Ilodgson (motlier ). ,sr gutea. 14794 Miller, John Sydney, Pte., Inf. Bde.; Mrs A. L. Miller (mother), 3 Hood Street, Castlecliff, 'Wanganui. . 13618 Ni-rhol, Robert Morav, Pte.. fnf. Bde.; J. L. Nichol (brother), 276 litrh Street, Dunedin. 13724, Robertson, Roliert Elliott, Pte., Inf. Bde.; Mrs A. C. Robertson (moth er), P.O. Box 49, Oamaru. 16104, Spence, ilasscy, Cpl., Inf. Bde., Mrs A. Cook (mother), Gilbert Btreei., Gore. 1277, Tarr, Kerineth Clifford, Bdr.. N.Z.xV.; Mrs M. II. Tarr (mother), 437 College fcitrect, Palmerston North.