CASUALTY LIST

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 June 1941, Page 4

CASUALTY LIST

NEW ZEALANDERS OVERSEAS TWELVE DEATHS. 123 PRISONERS OF WAR REPORTED FROM GENEVA. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day, The names of 180 members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force are given in a casualty list issued last evening. Of this number 123 are reported by the headquarters of the Red Cross, Geneva, to be prisoners of war. Ten others are missing, believed killed, and thirty-four previously reported missing are now reported not missing. The following abbreviations have been used to indicate relationship of the next of kin: Mother, m; father, f; wife, w; brother, b; friend, fr; sister or son. s; daughter, d; grandmother, g; aunt, a; cousin, c; relationship not stated, not stated. MISSING—BELIEVED KILLED. Austin, James S., Pte. Mrs M. A. Austin, 62 Ross St., Kilbirnie (m). Carter, John C., Pte. Mr J. W. Carter. Aorere, Collingwood (f). Crothers, Alexander P. M., Pte. Mrs C. Crothers, 75 De Latour Road, Gisborne (m). Delaney, Robert H., Cpl. Mrs M. Delaney, 23 Copeland St., Lower Hutt (w). Hock, Frederick N. L., Dvr. Mr J. G. Hook. Wordsworth Street, Cambridge (f). I Patrick, Geoffrey W., Dvr. Mr D. M. I Patrick. 77 Queen’s Drive, Wellington (f). Potter, Sydney, Dvr. Mrs M. G. Potter, 8 Salisbury Tee., Wellington (w). Theobald, Rudolph M., Pte. Mrs C. E. Theobald, c/o Post Offce, Ngaruawahia (m). Tomlinson, William D., T/Cpl. Mrs A. J. Tomlinson, 68 Norton Rd., Frankton Junction (m). Turnbull, Stephen H. J. Dvr. Mr 11. A. Turnbull, Nottingham Meadows, Gore (f). DIED OF WOUNDS. Waters, Evan A., L/Cpl. Mrs E. L. Waters, 13 Dyson St., Temuka (m). BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY ADVISES THAT HEADQUARTERS, RED CROSS. GENEVA, REPORTS THE DEATH OF THE FOLLOWING PRISONER OF WAR. Blair, Daniel M., Pte. Miss R. Blair, Bay View, Napier (s). WOUNDED—BELIEVED PRISONER OF WAR. Knox, Robert C., Pte. Mrs A, Knox, II Abbotsford Tee.. Devonport (m). Ruffell, Ronald L, Dvr. Mrs D. Crockford, 9 Minerva St., Newtown (m). Sinclair, Andrew, Dvr. Mrs D. D. Sinclair, 26 B.lackett St., Rangiora (w). BELIEVED PRISONER OF WAR. (Wairarapa names only.) Cherry, Reginald E., Dvr. Mrs B. E. Cherry., Revan St.. Featherston (m). Lawrence, Charles H., Dvr. Mr A. Lawrence. Hukanui (f). McGarvie, Robert J., Sgt. Mr J. McCrarvie, High St., Carterton (f). WOUNDED. Brown, Henry W. P., Pte. Mrs M. A. Brown, 27 Church St., Mosgiel (w). Conning, Joseph V., Pte. Mrs G. Conning. Davie SL. Hokitika (m). Johnstone, Thomas W., Pte. Mrs B. Johnstone. 447 Prestons Rd., Marshlands (wk McDowell, Thomas, Pte. Mrs W. D. McDowell, 2 Howe St., Dunedin (w). Shaw, William J., Pte. Mrs G. H. Shaw, 16A Market St., Watlington, Timaru (w). Wright, Charles A., Tpr. Mrs M. Wright, 65 Keith St.. Wanganui (m). Matene, Hikoi, Pte. Mrs and Mr H. Matene, Tautoro, Kaikohe (m and f). PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING —NOW NOT MISSING. (Wairarapa names only.) Sayer, Leonard C., Gnr. Mr L. O. Sayer, Mascnic St., Masterton (f), naval rating missing. The following casualty to a New Zealand rating serving in the Royal Navy was announced last evening by the P/finister of Defence, Mr Jones: — Urquhart, Robert C., ordinary seaman (Scheme “B"), missing on war sevvice. Mr Robert Urquhart, 18 Rangitoto Ave., Remuera. Auckland (f).