Taranaki Man Among N.Z. Casualties

Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1942, Page 4

Taranaki Man Among N.Z. Casualties

Names of 27 soldiers included. The name of one man with next-of-kin in Taranaki appears in a 2nd N.Z.E.F. casualty list issued last night which contains 27 names. He is: — Wounded: Private D. F. Proffitt (Koru). The list, forwarded by the Press Association, is:— Killed in Action. BONJ5. Pte. Gordon David : G. H. Bone. Otautau (f). . DJENZ, Cpl. Leslie Franeis; Mrs. H. Denz, Frankton Junction (w). GIBBS, Pte. David WaUrfteld; Mrs. J. Gibbs, Catlins (m). _ ' „ _ McKELVIE, Pte. Henry Walter; C. MoKelvie, Karori (m). Dicd of Wounds. MOORE, Gnr. Wiiiiam; Mrg. E. Moore. Gisborne 1m). Missing. MORTON. Pte. Bertram : Mrs. M. F. Morton, Masterton (m). . SCOTT, Pte. Eric Robert: Mrs. J. M. Scott, Mosgiel (w). Wounded. HAMILTON, Gnr. Donald Bernard; Mrs. H. T. Hamilton, Bluff (m). HEFFERNAN, Cpl. Norman : Mrs. M. N. Heffernan, Whenuapai (m). LYONS, Pte. Deric Edward ; Mrs. A. G. Lyons, Onehunga (w). „ MeCROSTIE, Gnr. John Charles; Mrs. M. J. McCrostie, Invercargill (m). MUNRO, Pte. Douglas: J. Munro, Nightcaps O'DRISCOLL, Gnr. Brian Cecil; Mrs. E. M. O'Driscoli, Takapuna w). PATEMAN, Pte. Aubrey Harold ; Mrs. M. Fateman, Ellerslie (w). PROFFITT, Pte. Douglas Franeis; I. JProffitt, Koru . (f). . : , . RIRI, Pte. Mio; Mrs. R. Rin, Omaio (w). SHELDON, Sgt. Geoftrey Noel ; Mrs. I. Sheldon. Riccarton w). ' SHFPHERD, Pte- Frederick Arthur . Miss F. M. Hawkins, Morrinsville (fr)_ TIBEITTS. Sgt. Eric Franeis : Mrs. C. K. Maxwell, Waitahuna (s). WALKER. T/Sat. William Hudson Douglas, W. H. Walker, Dunedin (f). WILLIAMS, Gnr. Laurence Eric Herbert, F. C. H. Williams, Christchurch (f >. WINTHROP, Gnr. Colin Joseph, D.C.M. : Mrs. A. Winthrop, Christchurch (m). Not Missing. Previously reported missing, now reported BACON.'^te. Thomas William : Auckland. Not Wounded. Previously reported wounded, now reported not wounded, but aceidentally mjured:— BARTON, Pte. Norman Melville; Onehunga. BURKE, Gnr. Fenton Beniawin ; Matamata. CAMERON, Dvr. John Stewart ; Te Kuiti. IRVINE, Pte. Albert William; Invercargill Air Force Casualties EASTON. Pilot Offieer Keith Henry „Ive»om killed In an aircraft aecxdent. C. E. Eas ton. Auckland (f). _ . MOONEY, Pilot Offieer Bernard D.F.M-, prisoner of war ; Austrana. MALLOCH, Pilot Offieer David kindsay, previously reported miswnsf, now re classifled U killed in an aircraft aecident: Waikouaiti. „ SMITH, Pilot Offieer Trevor P*w* ously reported missing, now reelassified as missing believed killed; Carterton.