AIR AND NAVAL CASUALTIES

Evening Star, Issue 24325, 14 October 1942, Page 2

AIR AND NAVAL CASUALTIES

TWO OTAGO NAMES (P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 15. The following air casualties (all R.N.Z.A.F. and all sergeants unless otherwise stated) are announced: — —Missing on Air Operations.— Brown, George Thirlwell; father, Mr T. J. Brown, Lower Hutt. Brown, Flight-sergeant Kenneth Charles; father, Air A. C. Brown, Wellington. Byers, Pilot-officer Robert William; mother, Mrs R. G. Byers, Dunedin. Craill, David George; father, Mr R. Craill, Tolaga Bay. Gould, Flight-sergeant William Herbert; mother, Mrs E. M. Gould, Auckland. Perks, Flight-sergeant Eric; wife, Mrs R. A. Perks, Auckland. Pike, Henry William; mother, Mrs R. S. Pike, Auckland. Stuart, Joseph William; father, Mr W. F. Stuart, Morrinsville. —Missing, Believed Killed in Action.— Darling, Richard Maxwell; mother, Airs M. A. Darling, Waiwcra. —Died of Injuries Received in a Non-flying Accident. — Green, Leading Aircraftman Charles Frederick; wife, Mrs J. Green, Westport. —Missing, Believed Prisoner.— Phillips, Flying-officer A. (R.A.F.); father, Air H. M. Phillips, Dannevirke. —Alissing, Believed Killed on Active Service. — Weaver, Francis Augustine; mother, Mrs M. K. Weaver, Auckland. —Now Safe in England.— (Previously Reported Interned.) Barnett, Flight-lieutenant Mathew Garry, Wellington. Browne, Stanley Franklin, Wellington. Hickton, Henry Thomas, Palmerston North. THE NAVY. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 13. The following naval casualties were announced to-day:— Eastgate, Temporary Suh-licuteuant Derek Winter, R.N.Z.V.R., missing, presumed killed; mother, Mrs Violet H. Eastgate, Auckland. Fraser, Leading-seaman Evan Arthur, missing; father, Mr Alan S. Fraser, Lower Hutt. Pratt, Temporary Acting Sub-lieutenant (A.) Edward Alan, injured in aircraft accident; father, Colonel Frank Pratt, Christchurch. O’Coimor, Temporary Sub-lieutenant Athol Francis, previoiisly reported missing, now presumed dead; mother, Mrs H. A. O’Connor, Auckland.