WAR CASUALTIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1942, Page 2

WAR CASUALTIES

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE LAST NIGHT’S LIST. SEVERAL PRISONERS OF WAR. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The following list of casualties in the 2nd N.Z.E.F. was issued last evening:— DIED OF WOUNDS—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED. WESTENRA, Warner, Lt., Christchurch. PRISONER OF WAR. COLGATE, Harold A., Pte. Mrs M. Colgate, 8 Tutchen Ave., Wellington m). MATTHEWS, Alexander E„ Pte. Mr C. J. Matthews 160 Tasman St., Wellington (f). PETERS, Wilfred E., Dvr. Mrs W. F. Peters, Fukekoa Settlement, Hunterville (m). PRISONER OF WAR—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. CAMERON, Jack, Pte., Waikouaiti. CLARKE, Ernest, Pte., Papakura. RAETHEL. Douglas. Pte., Matamata. SAVILL, Peter, Gnr., France. PRISONER OF WAR — PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED PRISONER OF WAR. CANNING, Robert, Waipukurau. COX. Reuben, Spr., Hamilton East. DEEDMAN, Frederick. Pte., Wellington. FARNDALE, Ronald, Pte., England. MILES. Frederick, Gnr., Palmerston North. WILDERMOTT, W., L/Cpl. Cambridge. AIR CASUALTIES The following air casualties were reported last night:— HARKINS, Roy G„ Sgt., R.N.Z.A.F., missing on active service. Mr R. Harkins, Rehutai, Dargaville (f). WALDEN, Gordon F„ Sgt., R.N.Z.A.F., killed in aircraft accident. Mrs W. O. Walden, 60 Jellicoe St., Wanganui (w). SPENCE, Bernard W., Sgt., R.N.Z.A.F., missing on air operations. Mr A. W. Spence, 45 Cashmere Rd., Christchurch (f). McLEOD, William D. A., Sgt., R.N.Z.A.F., killed aircraft accident. Mr R. D. McLeod, 37 Calder St., Dunedin (f). Reclassifications. FEELEY, Brian W., Sgt., R.N.Z.A.F., previously reported missing, death now officially presumed by Air Ministry as in July. FOSTER, William A. Flying Officer, R.A.F., previously reported missing, death now officially presumed by Air Ministry as in June. GILMOUR, Douglas V., Flying Officer, R.A.F., previously reported missing, believed killed: death now officially presumed by Air Ministry as in December. NUTTALL, Alfred C., Sgt., R.N.Z.A.F., previously reported missing, believed killed; death now officially presumed as in August.