ROLL OF HONOUR
AIR CASUALTIES
The following air casualties were announced, yesterday:—
Pilot Officer William John Finlayson, R.N.Z.A.F., missing on air operations. Father, Mr. J. H. Finlayson, 8 Colin Street, Opoho, Dunedin.
Flying Officer Geoffrey Mervyn Simpson, missing on air operations. Father, Mr. H. M. Simpson, 17 Mariri Road, Kelburn, Wellington.
Pilot Officer Eric Ralph Edmunds, seriously injured on air operations. Admitted to hospital. Father, Mr. H. E. Edmunds, Foxton Line, Awapuni, Palmerston North.
Cabled advice was received by Mr. J. R. McDonald, of 31 Shirley Street, Karori, yesterday afternoon that his son, Sergeant Stuart McDonald, is reported missing, believed killed, in R.A.F. operations. Sergeant McDonald was educated at Wellington College and was in the employ of the Union Steam Ship Company until he began training in the Royal New. Zealand Air Force at the end of last year. He went overseas in April of this year to join the R.A.F. He was a well-known hockey player and a prominent member of the Karori Club.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 107, 1 November 1940, Page 9
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165ROLL OF HONOUR Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 107, 1 November 1940, Page 9
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