WAR CASUALTIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1941, Page 4

WAR CASUALTIES

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FORTY-ONE DEATHS REPORTED. LIST OF 96 WOUNDED & 82 MISSING (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The names of 226 members of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force are given in casualty lists issued at the weekend. Thirty-one men have been killed in action, nine have died of wounds, one has died of sickness while a prisoner of war, 96 have been wounded, and 82 are missing. Thirty-nine of the missing men are believed' to be prisoners of war. The lists are as follow: —

FIRST LIST KILLED IN ACTION. HIGGINS, William E„ Gnr. Mrs R. Higgins, Myrtle St., Frankton Junction (w) INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS REPORTS DIED OF SICKNESS WHILE PRISONER OF WAR. JONES, Desmond, Pte. Mrs Alberta Jones, 193 Lincoln Rd., Addington (m)

WOUNDED AND MISSING. McKENZIE, Walter B„ Gnr. Mrs E. C. McKenzie, 71 Queen St., Onehunga (w) WYLDS, Colin S., Gnr. Mrs E. N. Wylds, C/o A. Blair, Otumaetai, Tauranga (w) MISSING. BRINGANS, Eric M., Gnr. Mrs A. Bringans, 26 Woodhaugh St., Dunedin (m) BROWN, Eric W., L/Bdr. Mrs J. Brown, 25 Rothsay Rd., Ngaio, Wellington (w) BROWNE, Alfred H„ L/Bdr. Mr K. N. H. Browne, 6 Pukenui Ave., Epsom (f) BYERLEY, Frederick W. A., Gnr. Mrs J.'A. Byerley, 66 Selwyn St., Onehunga (w) CANNING, Robert A., Gnr. Mrs F. Canning, Walbourne, Waipukurau (w) CARDER, Leonard G., Bdr. Mrs L.. H. Carder, 53 Clarence St., Herne Bay (m) CARTER, Athol, L/Bdr. Mrs G. Morris, 33 Spencer Rd., Remuera (s) CHISHOLM, Allen 8., Gnr. Mrs P. M. Chisholm, 11 Rosebank Rd., Avondale (w)

CLUTTERBUCK, John, Gnr. Mrs J. Clutterbuck, Kirkaldie St., South Dunedin (m)

COOKE, Raymond G„ L/Sgt. Mrs D. H. Hume, 92 Knight’s Rd., Lower Hutt (s)

COOKE, Vernon C„ Sgt. Mrs H. P. Ibbertson, 7 Napier Avenue, Takapuna (s) COOKE, William A., Gnr. Mrs E. M. Cooke, 256 Wilson’s Rd., Opawa,

Christchurch (m) CROFT, Richard J„ Gnr. Mrs J. R. Croft, 131 Cuba St., Petone (m) 1 CURRY, Richard A., Gnr. Mr W. A. Curry, Box 69, Wanganui (f) DAVIS, Ivan, Gnr. Mrs Hitchcock, 4 Daphne St., Haiti, Gisborne (fr) DOLAMORE, John B„ Sgt. Mr H. L. Dolamore, 71*.■ Drivers Rd.,- MaorL. Hill, Dunedin (f) . DORREEN, Ivan W„ Gnr. Mrs W. H,. . Dorreen, Te Arai (m) DOUGLAS, Arthur G„ Gnr. Mrs A. Douglas, Main Rd., Dolly Varden Bay,

Plimmerton (m) DOYLE, Daniel R„ Gnr. Mrs N.- A. Doyle, 9 Theodocia St., Timaru (m) DUNCAN, Donald G., Sgt. Mr J. D. Duncan, Elsthorpe, Otane (b) ECKHOLD, Charles, Gnr. Mrs A. Eckhold, 278 Melbourne St., Dunedin

(m) EVANS, Frederick T„ L/Bdr. Mrs E. M. Evans, 37 Kent Tee., Wellington

(w) FLETCHER, Lester C. C., Gnr. Mrs

E. D. Fletcher, 14 Gresford St., Christchurch (m) FOOTHEAD, Robert E„ Bdr. Mrs M. Foothead, 7 Gorge Rd., Ngahauranga

(w) FRANCIS, Martin R., Gnr. Mr M. T. Francis, 42 Biggar St.,- Invercargill

(f) FRY, Alexander M., Gnr. Mr J. D. Fry, 77 Montreal St., Christchurch (f) (Continued on page 7.)