ROLL OF HONOUR
DIED OF WOUNDS
GPL. W. H. ALLEY OF HIKUTAIA
Corporal W. H. Alley, who is reported as died of wounds, the eldest son of Mrs P. Alley and the late Mr W. H. Alley, of Hikutaia was reported wounded and missing over 12 months ago.
Corporal Alley, who left New Zealand with the First Echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force was very well known and popular in Hikutaia and surrounding districts. Before going on active service he had lived l all his life in Hikutaia and was educated at Hikutaia School and Nelson College. He took a very prominent part in all the affairs of the district, being secretary at various times of the Alley Memorial Park, the Hikutaia Tennis Club and the Hikutaia Hall Committee.
In sport also he was outstanding, representing Hikutaia and Paeroa at Rugby and in the game of tennis was a representative player for the Thames Valley Lawn Tennis Association.
Several very interesting letters of •Corporal Alley’s relating his experiences in the Greek Campaign were published by the Hauraki Plains Gazette some time ago.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32305, 27 August 1943, Page 5
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184ROLL OF HONOUR Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32305, 27 August 1943, Page 5
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