N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

Evening Star, Issue 24282, 25 August 1942, Page 2

N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES

TWO OTAGO NAMES (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 24. A casualty list issued to-night contains Ilia names of 41 members of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. One death is reported, one man is missing, 28 are prisoners of war, eight wounded, one is accidentally injured, and two are now reported not wounded. The list is as follows (the rank is private unless otherwise dated) : OTAGO. —Wounded.— Russell, Sylvester; mother, Mrs M. Russell, Dunedin. —Not Wounded.— (Previously Reported Wounded.) Prater, Gunner Morris Herbert, Dunback. OTHER DISTRICTS. —Died of Sickness.— Jones, David Lloyd; mother, Mrs M. Jones, Parnell. —Missing.— (Previously Reported Prisoner.) Poy. Henry Roy, Hikurangi. —Prisoners. — (Pr eviously Reported Wounded and Missing.) Humphries, Ernest, Cobden. (Previously Reported Missing.) George, Lieutenant-colonel Clifford D. A., Wellington. Bliss, Temp. Major H. C., Christchurch. Weston, Temp. Major George C., New Plymouth. Jack, Lieutenant James R. G., Eltbam. Ollivier, Lieutenant Cecil M., Christchurch. Robertson, Lieutenant Roland 8., Sydney. Waterhouse, Lieutenant Kenneth S. M., Tasmania. Andrews. Second-lieutenant Austin E., Blenheim. Cook, Second-lieutenant David W.. Invercargill. Clarke, James Arthur, Christchurch. Grcad, Douglas Ellesmere, Rangiora. Pool, Gunner Wilfred Henry, Waihi. (Previously Reported Missing, Believed Prisoner.) Carter, Captain Thomas G. N., Lower Hutt. Laurence, Captain George C. Dale, Wellington. Allen, Lieutenant John, Lower Hutt. Barlow, Lieutenant Richard 11., Auckland. Brewer, Lieutenant William-N : V : Anstraua. Burns, Lieutenant Hector N., Wellington. Burns, Lieutenant John, Wellington. Hawthorn, Lieutenant Thomas R., Eiccarton. Kendrick, Lieutenant Bernard, Wanganui. McLernon, Lieutenant Colin R., Gisborne. McLeruon, Lieutenant Samuel M., Gisborne. Perks, Lieutenant William Edgar, Auckland. Riddiford, Lieutenant John S , Peatlierston. Ssott, Lieutenant Walter Alan, Temuka. Herdrnan, Second-lieutenant A. L.. New Plymouth. —Wounded. — Brown, Adam Hunter, Taumarunui, Brown, Corporal Prank, Aramnho. Henry, Toka, Te Kaha. Hensiiaw, Charles, Auckland. Mansfield, Sergeant Gratton E., Wellington. Hoeke, Mutu, Whakatano. Weal, Prank Richard, Te Awamutu. —Now Reported -Accidentally Injured.— (Previously -Reported Wounded.) Anderson, Sergcaot Huutly C., Christchurch. —Not Wounded. — (Previously Reported Wounded.) Mitchell. Second-lieutenant Pori, Nuhaka.