SERVICE CASUALTIES

Evening Star, Issue 24288, 1 September 1942, Page 2

SERVICE CASUALTIES

FOUR OTAGO MEN (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 31. Tho following N.Z.E.F. casualties were announced io-day* (the rank is private unless otherwise stated):— OTAGO. Died of Wounds. — Clark. Robert Hamilton; mother, Mrs F. Clark, Pori, Chalmers. —Wounded.— Orhcll. Captain Richard Mitchell- Scott; father, Dr 11. S, Orbell, Oamaru. C'uuniiing, Corporal Cotin McKenzie; failier, Mr F. G. Camming, Dunedin. OTHER DISTRICTS. -Killed in Action.— Wat-on. Lance-sergeant Rowland Henry; daughter, Miss S. M. AVatson, Auckland. —Killed in Action.— (Previously Reported Missing.) Cameron. Hector Graham Allan; father, Dr R. A. Cameron, Paraparaumu. Donovan. Dennis Brian; father, Mr T. J. Donovan, Morrinsville. , Meachen, Sapper Leo Charles; mother, Mrs M. Meachen, Wellington. Schmidt, Campbell Charles; mother, Mrs P. Schmidt, Teneatua. —Presumed Killed in Action.— (Previously Reported Missing.) Finlay, William Jeffree; mother, Mrs A. Knight, Runauga. Frain, Philip John Roderick; father, Mr P. J. Frain, Wellington. —Died of Wounds,— Messent, Peter; mother, Mrs B. Messenfc, Rotorua. Messent, Peter; mother, Mrs B. Messent,, Decosta, Second-lieutenant R. G., Gisborne. Col will, Edward J., Papatoeloe. —Missing.— Budd, Second-lieutenant B. H., Tauranga. Wallace, Ronald Mervyn, New Plymouth. (Previously Reported Prisoner of War.) Boycs, Rex Whitfield, Putaruvu. —Wounded and Remains on Missing List. — Sanders, Sergeant J. 'R, A., Wellington. —Prisoner of War. — (Previously Reported Missing.) Eveieigb, Harold, Foxlon. Nathan, Corporal Edward N. D., Maropiu. —Wounded.— Archer, Gunner J. A., Franktou Junction. Burns, Gunner Robert, Franktou Junction. Edmondson, Charlie Stuart, Gisborne. Milligan, Gunner A. F., Christchurch. Millward, John Charles, Lower Hutt. Parker, Michael John, Hastings. Phillips, Signalman Richard D., Avondale. Puru, Rua, Opotiki. —Not Wounded, but Accidentally Injured.— Duggan, Jack, Okaiawa. DUNEDIN PILOT INJURED. The following New Zealand air personnel serving overseas have been notified as casualties: — Andrew, Pilot-officer Robert Keith Anderson, killed in aircraft accident; father, Mr C. T. Andrew, Wellington. Harvey, Squadron-leader Guy de Laval, missing, believed killed in action; wife, Mrs G. Harvey, England. Hodsell, Sergeant John Herbert, died of injuries received in air accident; father, Mr W. Hodsell, Whangarei. Ingram, Acting Flight-lieutenant Mervin Robert Bruce, injured in aircraft accident; father, Mr C. W. N. Ingram, Dunedin. : Jackson, Sergeant Alfred Thomas Briscoe, missing on air operations; mother, Mrs A. Holmes, England. O’Meara, Sergeant Terence, seriously injured in air accident, later removed from seriously injured list; mother, Mrs M. O’Meara, Auckland. Williams, Sergeant Leslie, seriously injured in aircraft accident, later removed from seriously injured list; father, Mr E. Williams, Waimate.