Roll Of Honour

(It is hoped to assemble, here, the names of men, former residents of the Pacific Territories, which appear in British and Free French casualty lists, or in lists of honours awarded.

We should be grateful if relations and friends would send us details.)

Killed In Action

A/Bdr. N. W. BERTWISTLE, NGX 53, AIF artillery, of Rabaul, New Guinea. Killed in action, April, 1941.

Pte. Felix CRAIG, AIF, formerly of accounts department, Australasian Petroleum Co., Port Moresby, Papua. Reported killed, June, 1941.

Flight-Lieutenant G. J. I. CLARKE, of the RAAP, serving overseas, formerly Assistant Flight Superintendent of Carpenter Airways, New Guinea. Reported missing, 25/9/1940 —now pre sumed killed.

Flying-Officer Moresby GOFTON, of the RAF, son of Mrs. P. S. Stewart, of Wau, New Guinea.

Reported missing, 17/5/1940 —now believed killed.

Flying-Officer K. J. A. JOHNSTONE, of the RAF, who was born in Suva in 1915. Reported missing, 1/5/1940 —now believed killed.

Died From Wounds

Sergeant-Pilot Peter Clarkson WISE, of the RAF, son of Mr. W. Wise, OBE, Director of Public Works, Fiji. Wounded by anti-aircraft gunfire during bombing raid over Germany, January, 1941. Returned with crew safely to England, died two days later.

Died From Illness

Pte. Clarence A. HUTTON, VX 8,310, AIF, formerly of Edie Creek, New Guinea. Died from illness, April, 1941.

Missing

Sgt. G. B. BLACK, NGX 55. AIF, Pay Corps.

Reported missing, 18/6/41; reported “re-joined unit”, 23/6/41.

A/Sgt. A. A. S. COTMAN, PX 8, infantry, of Abau, Papua. Reported missing—believed prisoner of war. 5/5/1941.

Peter Hetherington-Martin, Of The Nz

Forces, son of Mrs. M. Hetherington-Martin, of Fiji. Reported missing during Greek cam paign, 30/5/1941.

Gnr. A. L. KING, NGX 7, AIF artillery, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported missing, 16/6/1941.

John O. SMITH, NZ Forces, son of Captain Smith, of “Tui Kauvaro”, and Mrs. Smith, of Suva, Fiji. Reported missing, 29/5/1941, during Greek campaign.

Wounded

Pte. V. BLANCO, AIF infantry, of Thursday Island. Reported wounded in action, 8/7/1941.

Pte. Thomas BYERS, AIP infantry, of Thurs day Island. Reported wounded in action, May, 1941.

Stanley HIGGS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Higgs, of W. R. Carpenter and Co., Ltd., well known in New Guinea. Member of an English Lancers’ regiment, wounded during evacuation from Dunkirk, May, 1940.

Cpl. W. H. LANNEN, AIF artillery, of Rabaul, New Guinea. On 30/6/1941 reported “wounded in action—on seriously ill list”.

Capt. Edward Tiwi LOVE, NZ Maori Battalion, husband of Mrs. Takau Rio Love, Ariki-nui, of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Reported missing dur ing Greek campaign, 27/5/1941; later, 22/5/1941, reported “found wounded”.

Gnr. E. G. LOBAN, QX 6,557, AIF artillery, of Thursday Island, wounded during Greek campaign, May, 1941. Reported July, 1941, he being invalided home after having his left fore arm amputated.

Cpl. R. McKERLIE, AIF, of Yandina, BSI, wounded in face by bomb explosion, April, 1941.

A/Sgt. A. H. MACLEAN, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, New Guinea. Reported wounded in action, 30/6/1941.

Private H. G. TURNER, of Samarai, Eastern Papua, wounded in action with AIF in Western Desert, Egypt, January, 1941.

Prisoners Of War

A/Cpl. P. W. BOSGARD, QX 9, AIP infantry, of Papua. Reported missing, 5/5/1941. Vatican radio announced he was prisoner of war at Sulmona, Abruzzi, Italy, 29/6/1941.

Pte. W. GOSSNER, QX 10, AIF infantry, of Port Moresby, Papua. Reported missing, 7/5/1941; reported prisoner of war, Abruzzi, Italy, 6/7/1941.

A/Cpl. J. H. LONERGAN, NGX 99, AIF, Supply and Transport, of New Guinea. Reported miss ing, 5/6/1941; reported prisoner of war at Corinthia, Italy, July, 1941.

Decorations

James R. HYDE, of the RAF, formerly a patrol officer in Namatanai and Sepik districts, TNG, has been awarded the DFC for the part he played in bombing raids on Heligoland Bight.