AIR CASUALTIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 March 1943, Page 2

AIR CASUALTIES

NEW ZEALAND PERSONNEL. MASTERTON SERGEANT MISSING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The following New Zealand air personnel serving overseas have been reported as casualties:— ASHER, Walter C., Sergt., killed on active service; Auckland. BARTON, Arthur J. D., Sergt., missing on air operations. Mrs G. Barton, 40 Pownall St., Masterton (m). BLINCOE, Kenneth H., Pilot Officer, missing on air operations; Murchison. CHALMERS, James C., Sergt., injured on active service; Invercargill. CLEARWATER, Desmond, Sfergt., missing on air operations; Auckland. CONNOR, Raymond F., Sergt., missing on air operations; Christchurch. COOK, George W., Sergt., missing on air operations; Frankton Junction. DURHAM, Donald, Sergt., missing on air ooperations; Waipu. ETWELL, Leonard V. F., Sergt., slightly injured on active service; Christchurch. > - FREEMAN, Patrick y. D„ Sergt., missing on air operations; England. GIBBES, William E., Flight Sergt., missing on air operations; South Africa. HENDERSON, Raymond W„ Pilot Officer, missing on air operations; Invercargill. KARENA, Peeti R., ’Sergt., missing 'on air operations; Hawke’s Bay. McCULLOUGH, John, Pilot Officer, missing on air operations; Christchurch. McPHAIL, John S. J., Sergt., slighty injured on active service; Gore. MURPHY, Terence A., Sergt., missing on air operations: Dannevirke. PARKER, Howard R„ Sergt.,' missing on air operations; Christchurch. REDDING, Randolph E„ Sergt., missing on air operations; Wellington. SHORT, Sydney A. H., Flying Officer, missing on air operations; Paeroa. SMITH, Keith J., S., Sergt., missing on air operations; Wellington. VEYSEY, William J., Sergt., missing on air operations; Nelson. WILSON, Hamish A., Sergt., injured on active service; Paeroa. Reclassifications. 1 EURGESS, James M., Sergt., previously reported missing, now reclassified to missing, believed killed as at November, 1942; Marton. CHAPMAN, Kenneth D„ Flight Sergt., previously reported missing, now reclassified to missing, believed killed; Wellington. HANNAH, Wilfred J., Sergt., previously reported missing, now reclassified to missing, believed kiled; Christchurch. JARVIS, Alfred W., Sergt., previously reported missing, now reclassified to missing, believed killed; Christchurch. MEYER, Noel R., Flight Sergt., previously reported mssing, death now officially presumed as at August, 1942; Christchurch. THOMPSON, Wilfred S., Sergt.. previously reported missing, now reclassified to missing, believed killed; Dunedin. TRENGROVE, Raymond W. J., Pilot Officer, previously reported missing, death now officially presumed as at June, 1942; Dunedin.