WAR CASUALTIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 February 1943, Page 2

WAR CASUALTIES

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE YESTERDAY’S LIST. FOUR DEATHS ANNOUNCED. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The following casualties in the Second N.Z.E.F. were announced yesterday:— KILLED IN ACTION—PREVIOUSLY# REPORTED MISSING. N O’CALLAGHAN, Michael G., Lieut.; Dunedin. KILLED IN ACTION—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PRESUMED DEAD. LAMB, Alexander, Gnr.; Roxburgh. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DIED. THOMSON, Donald P., Pte.; New Plymouth. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION. JONES, Stanley, Gnr.; Oxford. PRISONER OF WAR—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. BARKER, Allan C., T/Cpl.; Onehunga. PRISONER OF WAR—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED AND MISSING, BELIEVED PRISONER OF WAR. WEBB, Richard G., Major.; Rotorua. PRISONER OF WAR—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED PRISONER OF WAR. BEAUCHAMP, Robinson W. A., Lieut.; Spreydon. WOUNDED. GARLAND. Francis H„ Spr. Mrs T. Garland, 30 King Street, Grey Lynn (m) GRIFFIN, Tom, L/Sgt. Mrs R. L. Sutcliffe, Tower Rd., Matamata (s) PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED — NOW REPORTED NOT WOUNDED BUT ACCIDENTALLY INJURED. PETERS, James E., Gnr.; Mt. Albert. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED — NOW REPORTED NOT WOUNDED. GALPIN, Thomas C., Bdr.; Te Puke.

AIR CASUALTIES

NEW ZEALAND PERSONNEL. The following New Zealand air personnel, serving overseas, are reported as casualties by the Air Department, Wellington:— PLUMMER, Nigel A., Sgt., missing on air operations; Tokomaru Bay. SMALE, Leslie T. W., Pilot Officer, injured on active service; Gisborne RAY, Dudley T., F/Sgt., missing on air operations; Te Awamutu. WATERHOUSE, Leslie J., F/Sgt„ miss-’Jf ing on air operations; MorrinsvilleF Reclassifications. BLACKMOORE, Herbert G. P., Acting Squadron Leader, R.A.F., previously reported missing, death now officially presumed bj r Air Ministry as in October, 1941; Stratford. BOOTH. George, Sgt., previously reported missing, death now officially presumed by Air Ministry as in June; Auckland. BRANDON, William J., Sgt., previously reported missing, death now officially presumed by Air Ministry as in April; Christchurch. COWLRICK, Andrew J., Warrant Officer, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed by Air Ministry as in June; Napier. DIXON, Terence A., Pilot Officer, previously reported missing believed killed, death now officially presumed by Air Ministry as in September; Auckland. GOULD, Robert J., Sgt., previously reported missing, now reclassified missing believed killed; Pleasant Point. MOORE, Ronald S., Sgt., previously reported missing believed prisoner of war, now confirmed prisoner of war; Whangarei.

NAVAL CASUALTIES

The Navy Office, Wellington, announced the following casualties last night:— BUCHANAN, Campbell H., Leading Signalman. Died of wounds. Port Chalmers. HITCHCOCK, Stewart K., A. 8., dangerously wounded, Kilbirnie. BARTLETT, Ernest R., A. 8., seriously wounded, Devonport. FRASER, lan A., Ordinary Seaman, seriously wounded, Karitane. ROBERTSON, Harry J., A. 8., wounded, not seriously, Auckland. MASON, Athol J. M., Ordinary Seaman, wounded, not seriously, Hastings. BARTON, Ernest, Steward, D/S.R., wounded, not seriously. Reclassification. ..*• , MELLOR, Thomas E., • Lieut., ously reported missing—now reported prisoner of war; Wellington.