WAR CASUALTIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 July 1941, Page 5

WAR CASUALTIES

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TEN DEATHS REPORTED. FIVE MISSING & 15 WOUNDED. ißy Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The names of 31 members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary ■ Force are given in a casualty list ■ issued yesterday. Ten are dead, five I are missing and 15 are wounded. One name has been removed from the . wounded list. Thirteen of those wounded were previously reported missing. The list is published below, the name of the next-of-kin following that of the soldier with the nature of the relationship in parentheses. The folt lowing abbreviations have been used to indicate relationship: Mother, m; father, f; wife, w; brother, b; friend, fr; sister or son, s; daughter, d; grandmother, g: uncle, u; aunt, a; cousin, c; relationship not stated, not stated. KILLED IN ACTION—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. MOSDELL, Benjamin H., Pte. Mrs F. Mosdell, 34 Sparling Rd., Maidenhead, England (m). DIED Or WOUNDS—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. GARDINER, Noel C„ Pte. Mrs D. Gardiner, Kai Iwi Im). McCxARTHY, Walton F„ Sgt. Mr F. J. McCarthy. 11 Huapai St., Onehunga (f). DIED OF WOUNDS—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED. BEST, Gerard N„ Pte. Mrs M. A. Best, 31 Tasman St., Wellington (w). SHAW, Douglas R, A/L/Cpl. Mrs H. L. Barnes, Clevedon (m). DIED OF INJURIES. HOGG, Robert C., Spr. Mrs A. Hogg, 80 Somerfield St., Christchurch (w). DIED OF INJURIES—RESULT OF ACCIDENT. ROOS, Selwyn W„ Gnr. Mrs L. Smith, Box 80, Okaihau (m). PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BELIEVED DROWNED—NOW REPORTED DROWNED.

BULL, Irvine A., Pte. Mr E. A. Bull, Valley Rd., Gisborne (f). DIED OF SICKNESS. BARLOW. Maurice F., Cpl. Mrs E. M. Power, 35 Orlando St., Stratford (m). CLEAVER, Ernest, Pte. Mrs A. S. Cleaver, Kiwi Rd., Taihape On). MISSING. BURNABY, Hugo P B.„ T/Cpl. Mrs D. Burnaby, Annesbrook, Nelson (in). HENDERSON, John W., Pte. Mrs A. E. Henderson, 42 Doyle St., Blaketown (w)’. LAMBERT, Arthur H. H„ Pte. Mr E. , H. Lambert, Box 163, Whangarei (f). STROUD, Maurice G„ Pte. Mrs S. Stroud, Flat 4, 124 Stanmore Rd., Christchurch (m). MISSING—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED. MORGAN, Francis H„ T/Cpl. Mrs V. J. Morgan, Margaret St.. Waihi (w) WOUNDED. DAVIDSON, Malcolm, Sgmn. Mr J. Davidson, 489 High St., Lower Hutt (f). LAWLER, William F„ Spr. Mrs E. M. Lawler, 19 Blackball St., Auckland Cl (m). WOUNDED—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. CHEESEWRIGHT, Alfred T., Dvr. Mr A. T. Cheesewright, Gosport Rd., Fareham, Hants, England (f). BAKER, Ralph J., Pte. Miss K. Baker, 37 Birch St., Avondale (s). BLACK, George R. A., Pte, Mrs G. Black, 26 Alexander St.. Glenmore, Auckland (m). COLLINSON, Gordon H* Pte. Miss R. J. Collinson, 15 Wilson Ave., Whangarei (d). COOMBER, Albin G„ Pte. Mr J. G. Coomber, Owen St., Belmont, Wellington (f). CRONIN. Cyril T„ Pte. Mr C. D. Cronin, Waihou (f). FARQUHAR, James W„ Pte. Mrs F. Farquhar, 508 North Rd., Auckland (m). FERGUSON, James J., Pte. Mr J. Ferguson, Kaeo (not stated). FRANKLIN, Charles J., T/Cpl. Mrs G. Franklin, Hukerenui P.O. (w). i LOGAN, Francis C„ Sgt. Mrs M. Logan, 10 Garvaghy Rd., Portsdown, N. Ireland (w). O’HEARN, John R„ Pte. Mr W. A. O’Hearn, Gordonton, Hamilton (f). QUINLAN, Claude L„ Pte. Mrs B. Quinlan, 21 Wairaki Rd., Greenlane, Auckland (w). SINGLE. Rene G„ Pte. Mrs M. Single, Taumarunui (m). > PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED—NOW NOT WOUNDED. WRIGHT, Arthur N.. Pte. Mr B. S. Wright. 56 Council St., Dunedin S2 (f).

AIR CASUALTIES

The following Air Force casualties were announced yesterday:— McLaren. Peter V.. Sgt., D.F.M., R.N.Z.A.F., missing on , air operations. Mrs K. McLaren, 53 St. Michael’s Ave., Point Chevalier, Auckland (m). SVENDSEN, Neil 11., Flight Lieut., D.F.C.. R.A.F., missing on air operations. ' Mr H. N. Svendsen, Grey St., Pukekohe, Auckland (f). KEATING, R. K., Flying Officer, reported, missing. Mr A. O. Keating, 79 Alma Rd., Wanganui (f).