TRIBUTE PAID

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3268, 26 May 1943, Page 4

TRIBUTE PAID

STAFF IN ARMED. FORCES VALLEY POWER BOARD COMMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN “ With you I pay tribute to all these men and extend sincere sympathy to those who are bereaved. We hope that the wounded and the sick may soon be restored to full health and that all the others may return safely to their homes in the not far distant future,” stated the report of the chairman, Mi' J. Price, to Tuesday’s meeting of the Thames Valley tric Power Board in referring to members of the staff and board who had been called to the Armed Forces. “The number of the board’s staff who have been on military service now totals 46, together with one board member, making 47. Of these, three have been killed in action, two are prisoners of war, three have been returned wounded, six have been discharged as unfit for further militarj service, and 33 are still with the forces. “Those killed are board membei Lt.-Col. J. M. Allen and Messrs. J Murtagh and J. Johnson. Those whe are prisoners of war are Messrs A D. Anderson and R. McMillan. Those returned wounded are Messrs R. A Marshall-Inmari>.W. Allen and H. L Trebilco. “Those still on military service are Messrs J. C. Young, J. F. Sheridan G. Borrie, T. H. Millar, C. Gardiner D. Brown, T. Prowse, 'G. Clark, R Montague, J. McGuire, H. Gibson, J Cassidy, M. Ryan, R. Hall, W. Jpvtt away, L. Hawkins, A. Woods* M Bulloch, W. Tong, D. Cruickshank, W Murray. A. Rainger, I. Neil, J. Vir tue, T. Morris, E. Hampton, W Waines, G. Hill, J. Sullivan, J Weedon, G. Childs, G. Sherman an< A. Gaylor. Those discharged unfi for further service are Messrs R Mortimer, W. Parker, W. J. Rogers S. Rowe, S. Lipsey and R. Miller. “The units with which the mei have served overseas have made his tory, and the names of the men wil remain a living memory. Those wh have not been able to go oversea have also done their duty. ‘They ais> serve who only stand and wait.’ ”