CASUALTY LIST

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 May 1941, Page 6

CASUALTY LIST

| OVER FOUR HUNDRED REPORTED MISSING I I ONLY SIX WAIRARAPA NAMES. ( WOUNDED TOTAL TWENTY-ONE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. This Day. 5 The names of 412 members of the ’ Second New Zealand Expeditionary ; Force who have been posted as missing i are given in a casualty list issued last - evening. Twenty-one others are report- ’ ed to have been wounded, making a total of 433 names. This is the longest ■ casualty list so far issued in New Zea- ■ land since the start of the war. Wairarapa men included among the list of missing are: George, Trevis, 2/Lieut. Mrs A. George, Alfredton (mother). Robinson, George A., 2/Lieut. Mrs J. S. Robinson, Nurses’ Home. Masterton Hospital, Masterton (wife). Henderson, Frederick, Gnr. Mr W. F. H. Henderson. 36 Perry Street, Masterton (father). Marks, Vernon F„ Gnr. Mrs R. E. Barnes, Herbert Street, .Masterton (daughter). Oliver, Stephen C.„ Gnr. Mr C. Oliver. Te Ore Ore, Wairarapa (father). Sonntag, Ronald 0., Gnr. Mr O. Sonntag, Makomako, Pahiatua (father). The list of wounded is as follows: — WOUNDED. Broberg, Robert E„ Capt. Mrs C. Broberg, 81 Brougham Street. Wellington (wife). Cuthbert. Matthew G., 2/Lieut. Mrs ' M. N. M. Cuthbert, 2 Alfred Street. Auckland (wife). Sherlock, Ronald F„ 2/Lieut. Mrs R. E. Sherlock. 59 Portal Street, DitriC’ Hill, Wanganui (mother). Anderson, Charles, Pte. Mrs R. Anderson. Box 27, Wavorley (wife). Arnold. Eric, Pte. Mr H. Arnold. Ctorohanga (father). Burgess, William G. A., Pte. Mrs Mf. F. Burgess, Springburn, via Ashburton (mother). Delaney, John, L/Bdr. Mrs F. Delaney. 37 Sydney Street, Spreydon, Christchurch (mother). Donovan, Francis M., Sgmn. Mrs F. H. Donovan. Elgin Street. Collingwood. Invercargill (mother). Fulton, Peter G., Sgt. Mrs E. Fulton. c/o Mrs Paterson, Harley Buildings, 137 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch (mother). Hogg, Ivan V., Cpl. Mrs H. M. Hogg, 74 Beresford Street, Linwood, Christchurch (wife). Kennedy, Donald A., Pte. Mrs B. A. Hennum. Poukawa, Hastings (relationship not stated). McNamara, Francis, Cpl. Mrs M. E. McNamara. Box 12, Helensville (wife). Pollock, Samuel 8., Gnr. Mrs E. S. Pollock, 41 Collingwood Street. Ponsonby, Auckland (wife). Rodgers, Reginald A., Sgmn. Mrs H. Rodgers. 124 Highgate, Dunedin (mother). Regers, Francis H., Pte. Mrs R. t . Kelly, Granity (mother). Saunders, Janies R., Dvr. Mr J. R. Saunders, Russell. Bay of Islands (.father). Smithers, Claud F. W., Dvr. Mrs E. E. Smithers, 242 Si. Andrews Road, ML Roskill (mother). Stanley, Hilton T., Pte. Mr C. R. Stanley, P. 0.. Otorohanga (father). Steel, Robert, Pte. Mrs A. T. Steel, Mount Virginia, Hawarden (mother). Stewart, David G., Sgmn. Mrs N. Stewart, 285 St. Asaph Street, Christchurch (wife). Webber, Cyril J., Pte. Mrs N. Webber. 17 Lemon Street, New Plymouth (mother).

AIR FORCE MISSING ON OPERATIONS AND KILLED. The following casualties in the Royal New Zealand Air Force were reported yesterday:— Sergeant Roderick William Finlayson, R.N.Z.A.F., previously reported missing, now reclassified missing, believed killed in action. Mrs J. Finlayson, Maori Hill. Dunedin (mother). Pilot Officer Arthur Rumbold White, R.N.Z.A.F.. missing on air operations. Captain A. R. White. Mount Hutt, Rakaia (father). Sergeant David Leo Nola, R.N.Z.A.F.. previously reported missing, now reclassified killed in action. Mr I. J. Nola, Tatuanui. Morrinsville (father). Pilot Officer Allan Herbert Wise, R.N.Z.A.F.. missing on air operations. Mrs Wise, Lower Moutere, Nelson (mother). Sergeant Alexander Coutts Mee, R.N.Z.A.F., previously reported missing. now reclassified killed in action. Mrs J. Coutts, Post Office. Brighton, Otago (grandmother).