WAR CASUALTIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 December 1943, Page 2

WAR CASUALTIES

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FQRgE SIX DEATHS ANNOUNCED MANY MEN WOUNDED (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tltis Day. The following casualties i'll' the Second N.Z.E.F. were announced yester-: day:— KILLED IN ACTION McALEER, Lester, Pte.; Dunsandel. MAXWELL, Bruce M„ Pte.; Whangarei. KILLED IN ACTION—PREVIOUSLY . REPORTED MISSING STARR, Rodney A., Pte.; Frankton Junction. DIED OF WOUNDS MITCHELL, James E„ Pte.;-Auckland. . PEARSE, Arthur A., Pte.; Waitara. DIED OF WOUNDS—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. MALLETT, Hector L„ Tpr.; Temuka. MISSING TANT, Robert D., Sgt.; Christchurch. WHEELER, Denis E., Tpr.; Wellington. WOUNDED GOODSIR, James A., T/Mjr.; Auckland. PATERSON, Robertson McK., Capt; Christchurch. BELLANEY, Samuel R„ Gnr.; St.

Albans. BENGE, John W., Pte.; Mrs N. Benge, Kiddies Lane, Carterton (m) BLENNERHASSETT, Richard C„ Pte.; .Clevedon. BOTHER WAY, Percy, Pte.; Napier. BRUNTON, James F., Cpl.; Hastings. COTTLE, James C., Gnr.; Christchurch. DARRACH, William P„ Cpl.; Mt. Eden. FAGAN, Nicholas G., Sgt.; Oxford East. FLEURY, Louis R. B„ Gnr.; Herne Bay. JAMES, John H. R., Cpl.; Rangiora. KEARNEY, James T., Gnr.; Sumner. KEATING, Maurice R., Sgmn.; Takapuna. KIDD, Kenneth M., W.0.H.; Dunedin. LAURENCE, Thomas A., T/Cpl.; Inglewood. LOUGHNANE, John T„ L/Cpl.; Upper Hutt. LYE, Eric, Spr.; Murrays Bay. McGLASHAN, Keith C„ Tpr.; Taihape. MARGETTS. Leo F., Pte.; Wanganui. O’BRIEN, William J., Pte.;; Waipukurau. PATON, Herbert J., Pte.; St. He’liers Bay. . SLOSS, Earl R„ -Pte.; Springlands. REYNOLDS, Charles F„ Pte.; Gore. YATES, Robert, T/Cpl.; Trentham. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WOUNDED—NOW REPORTED NOT WOUNDED. MARTIN, Keith T., Spr.; Lower Hutt. RUFFELL, David H., Gnr.; Tauranga. AIR CASUALTIES NEW ZEALAND PERSONNEL The following New Zealand air personnel serving overseas have been re? ported as casualties:— KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE BURTON, Owen A., F/Sgt.; Mt. Albert. FAIL. Clive T. B„ F/Sgt.; Muritai. The following reclassifications to casualties already reported have been notified:— SAFE—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED PRISONER OF WAR. HEAD, Malcolm R„ Flying Officer; Hobsonville. CONFIRMED KILLED—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. BATES, Donald, Sgt.; Hamilton. MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED—PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING. FISK, Joseph G. A., F/Sgt.; Wanganui. HELM, George V., Pilot Officer; Invercargill. SMALLFIELD, Ernest 1., Flying Officer; Ngatea. STEWART, Donald M., F/Sgt.; Stratford. PRESUMED DEAD — PREVIOUSLY REPORTED MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED. BLUCK, Norman 8., Pilot Officer; Papatoetoe. CROSS, Sydney N„ Pilot Officer; Tuapeka Mouth. Me WILLI AM, Allan, Sgt.; Hampden. MAUNSELL, Leslie C., Sgt.; Masterton. MOORE, Acel T. W, Sgt.; Te Kuiti. MORRISON, Kenneth F., F/Sgt.;-

Christchurch. PHELOUNG, Thomas H. V., Squadron Leader; Christchurch. PULLAN, Arthur A. H„ Pilot Officer; Christchurch. WOODS, Robert A. F„ Sgt.; Auckland.