Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

WAR CASUALTIES

TWO DEATHS FROM SICKNESS. NEW ZEALAND FORCES OVERSEAS (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. The following casualties in the N.Z.E.F. were announced last night:— Major Frederick John Brook, died of sickness, February 19, 1941; next-of-kin. Mrs 1., G. Brook. Beaumont (wife). Gunner Leslie David Eldred Cordes, died of sickness, February 19. 1941; next-of-kin, Mrs E, Cordes. Box 85, Fairlie (mother). AIRMAN MISSING. FROM OPERATIONS IN EGYPT. ißy Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI. February 21. Official advice has been received by his parents, Mr and Mrs J. McMillan, Anzac Parade. Wanganui, that Sergeant Gunner John McMillan, aged 24, is reported missing from air operations in Egypt on February 16. Sergeant McMillan joined the Royal Air Force and entered training at Levin on December 18. 1939, later going on to Ohakea. He left New Zealand in March. 1940. He was stationed in England for nine months, and just before Christmas was transferred to Malta, then going on to Egypt. He was educated at Wanganui East School and Wanganui Technical College. He worked in the Railways Department as a porter in Aramoho and Hunterville. His brother is in the British Army and was formerly in India.

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19410222.2.29

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 February 1941, Page 4

Word count
Tapeke kupu
193

WAR CASUALTIES Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 February 1941, Page 4

WAR CASUALTIES Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 February 1941, Page 4

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert