CASUALTIES IN N.Z.E.F.

Southland Times, Issue 24827, 20 August 1942, Page 5

CASUALTIES IN N.Z.E.F.

List Of Wounded (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 19. The following N.Z.E.F. casualty list was issued today:— SOUTHLAND WOUNDED ROBERTSON, S. K.; father, Mr J. Robertson, Customs Office, Bluff. ' OTHER DISTRICTS MISSING Ballinger, W. F.; mother, Mrs A. A. Ballinger, Wellington. Burns, L/Cpl W.J mother, Mrs M. P. Bums, Masterton. Dawson, B. H.; father, Mr R. Dawson, Whangarei. Williamson, A.; father, Mr J. Williamson, Otorohanga. Wright, Sgt C. J. C.; mother, Mrs A. Wright, Wellington. WOUNDED Fraser, Lieut J. I. D.; wife, Mrs N. I. Fraser, Wanganui East. Baker, T/Sgt H. G.; wife, Mrs Te F. Baker, Tolaga Bay. Barnett, K. D.; mother, Mrs J. D. Barnett, Papakura. Bennett, L/Cpl C.; wife, Mrs D. L. Bennett, Auckland. Blyth, Cpl W. O.; wife, Mrs W. C. Bly th, Rangiora. Christensen, A. N.; mother, Mrs P. J* Christensen, Napier. Cook, P.; wife, Mrs N. R. Cook, Wellington. Eckhoff, Sgt H. G.; mother, Mrs I. St.’C. Eckhoff, Dunedin. Gearry, R. H.; father, Mr T. H. Gearry. North Brighton. Grigg, J. A.; mother, Mrs M. Grigg, Hamilton. Hanunond, Cpl R. W.; father, Mr E. E. Hammond, Tauranga. Healey, G. E. M.; 1 mother, Mrs M. J. Healey, Dunedin. Hughes, K.; mother, Mrs E. S. Hughes, Walhl. Hynes, Gnr A. D.; mother, Mrs A. K. Hynes, Tauranga. Jensen, J. S.; mother, Mrs L. Jensen, East Coast. Jones, Sgmn E. V.; father, Mr W. A. Jones, Sandringham. Kaire, J. L.; sister, Miss A. Kaire, Pipiwai. King, S. G.; mother, Mrs F. King, Paerata. Lysnar, Gnr M. P.; wife, Mrs P. A. Lysnar, Petone. , Mackenzie, D.; mother, Mrs A. Mackenzie, sen., Timaru. McMahon, J. M. C.; mother, Mrs G. McMahon, Grey Lynn. Mannington, Gnr A. H.; father, Mr I. Mannington, Te Awamutu. May, L/Cpl N. E.; sister, Mrs G. E. Heath, Nelson. Moananui, W.; mother, Mrs P. W. Moananui, Thames. ~ . Parker, F.; father, Mr H. Parker, Kaltaia. Phillips, Bdr A. F.; father, Mr J. P. Phillips, Lower Hutt. „ , Read, Gnr M. W.; father, Mr F. Read, Ashburton. Robson, Gnr P. S.; wife. Mrs H. E. Robson, Hamilton. Rodden, Gnr J. J.; mother, Mrs A. Rodden, Waiuta. Saville, Gnr M. M.; mother, Mrs E. M. Saville, Fairlie. Smith, W. H.; wife, Mrs I. Smith, Cambridge. Struthers, A. H.; mother, Mrs M. J. Struthers, Fairlie. Thomas, Gnr H. C.; mother, Mrs C. E. Thomas, Auckland. Wallbank, L. C.; mother, Mrs H. Wallbank, Grey Lynn. Whitmore, G. J.; mother, Mrs M. Whitmore. Wairoa. Williams, Gnr R. H.; friend, Miss J. Oswald, Johnsonville. Wilson, Dvr L. A.; mother, Mrs F. E. Wilson, Auckland. Wilson, Gnr R. W. G.; parents, Mr and Mrs Wilson, Eastbourne. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW REPORTED NOT MISSING BUT WOUNDED Snowball, W. N.; mother, Mrs A. V. Snowball, St. Clair. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING—NOW REPORTED NOT MISSING BUT REMAINS ON WOUNDED LIST Murdoch, J. R.; wife, Mrs E. K. Murdoch, Dunedin. O’Brien,' J. A.; mother, Mrs G. O Brien, Papanui. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, NOW REPORTED NOT MISSING Forbes, W. N.; aunt, Mrs E. Flannigan, Silverstream. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED, NOW REPORTED NOT WOUNDED Blackburn, Gnr V. H.; father, Mr W. H. Blackburn, Ashburton. Higgs, Gnr G. W.; wife, Mrs C. H. Higgs, Wellington. AIR FORCE CASUALTIES (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 19. The following Air Force casualties were announced today:— Easton, Pilot Officer K. H. I„ killed in aircraft accident; father,.Mr C. E. Easton, Auckland. _ . „ Mooney, Pilot Officer B. F., D.F.M., R.A.F., prisoner of war; father, Mr Mooney, Bundaberg, Australia. Malloch, Pilot Officer D. L. previously reported missing, now reclassified as killed in aircraft accident; father, Mr D. Malloch Waikouaiti. Smith, Pilot Officer T. H., previously reported missing, now reclassified as missing believed killed; father, Mr W’. G. T. Smith, Carterton.

NAVAL OFFICER’S DEATH (P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 19. The following naval casualty was announced today:— McLean, T/Sub-Lieut D. 8., killed In a flying accident; Wanganui.

R.S.A. TO COMMUNICATE WITH NEXT OF KIN

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, August 19. Considering that it is both appropriate and desirable that the Returned Services Association should communicate with either the relations or next of kin of those members of the services who become casualties, the Dominion executive committee decided to ascertain what action is being taken by each of its ninety-four branches, states a report issued by the committee. Some branches have already set up organizations to handle this delicate question, and the R.S.A. women’s sections in various centres are doing excellent work in this direction, but the committee desires to ascertain details and collate the various methods adopted in order to take Dominion-wide this practice of communication with the relations of next of kin.