SOUTHLAND SOLDIERS IN CASUALTY LISTS

Southland Times, Issue 24836, 31 August 1942, Page 4

SOUTHLAND SOLDIERS IN CASUALTY LISTS

Lieutenant P.' E. Hazledine, who has been reported to be a prisoner of war, is the husband of Mrs E. I. Hazledine, Bainfield road, Waikiwi. Lieutenant Hazledine was educated at the Dipton school, where he was dux. He matriculated and gained his higher leaving certificate at the Greymouth High School and then came to the Southland Boys’ High School, where he studied for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce. He was company sergeant-major of the school cadets and was head prefect while attending the Southland Boys’ High School. After leaving school he was a member of the staff of the Public Trust Office aijd at the time of his enlistment was employed in the Social Security Department in Nelson. Mrs M. Lock, of 34 Moulson street, South Invercargill, has received advice that her son, Lance-Corporal Roy Gordon Lock, has been reported wounded and is dangerously ill. He was born in Invercargill and attended the St. George school. He and a brother conducted a coal business in South Inververcargill. Lance-Corporal Lock enlisted and went overseas with the sth Reinforcements. Private John Beatty Styles, a son of Mr and Mrs A. E. Styles, of Waikaka, is reported seriously ill after being wounded. Private Styles was born at Waikaka 26 years ago, and he received his education at the Wendon Valley School and the Gore High School. At the latter school he was dux in 1935. He attended the University of Otago for three years and later spent two years at the Dunedin Training College. Private Styles entered the teaching profession, and at the time of his departure for overseas he was teaching at the Makarewa School. Private Douglas Munro, who has been reported wounded, is the eldest son of Mrs C. Munro and the late Mr J. Munro, of Nightcaps. He is one of four sons on active service. His brother, I Private James Munro, is a prisoner of I war in Italy. At the time of his en- j listment he was employed at the Homer Tunnel, going overseas with the 3rd Echelon. Mr and Mrs W. Martin, 163 Venus street, have received cabled advice that their son, Driver W. D. Martin, who left with the 2nd Echelon, is safe and well. Mr and Mrs A. W. Cole, 98 Lowe street, have received cabled advice- that their son, Corporal D. S. Cole, is safe and well. Mrs R. Campbell, Alton Valley, has received cabled advice that her son Roy, is safe and well.