Roll Of Honour
pp. 39-41 · Read in the full issue
(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
Pilot-Officer Len BAYLISS, flying instructor in the RAAF, formerly of Rabaul, New Guinea.
Killed in Sydney, 18/11/1940, when he fell from a trainer aircraft in flight.
A/Bdr. Neville W. BERTWISTLE, AIF artillery (tank unit), formerly a clerk on the staff of W. R. Carpenter and Co. Ltd., of Rabaul, New Guinea. Killed in action, April, 1941.
Pte. W. R. M. BRADNAM, of the NZ Forces, formerly of Fiji. Reported killed in action in the Middle East, 25/11/1941.
Warrant-Officer R. F. BRECHIN, New Guinea Force. Killed in air accident, June 17, 1942.
Formerly of NG Department of Agriculture.
Flight-Lieutenant G. J. I. CLARKE, of the RAAF, formerly Assistant Flight Superintendent of Carpenter Airlines, New Guinea. Killed in action during operations off Dakar (French West Africa), while attached to HMAS "Aus tralia”, September, 1940.
Georges CLEMENS, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. Reported killed in action in the Middle East, March, 1942.
Flying-Officer Jack R. COATH, of the RNZAF, formerly on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, in Suva, Fiji. Killed October, 1941, when a training aircraft crashed in NZ.
Pte. Felix CRAIG, AIF, formerly of accounts department, Australasian Petroleum Co., Port Moresby, Papua. Killed in action, June, 1941.
L. J. DAWES, of the NZ Forces, formerly Dis trict Officer of Savaii, Western Samoa. Reported killed in action, February, 1942.
Pilot-Officer V. L. DEARMAN, of the RAAF (observer), formerly overseer and clerk at the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., Raravai, Fiji. Reported killed in action in the Middle East, October, 1941.
Captain Kenneth GARDEN, of the RAF Ferry Command, formerly of Guinea Airways Ltd., in New Guinea. Killed September, 1941, when a bomber he "ferried” from USA crashed on west coast of Britain.
Flying-Officer Moresby GOFTON, of the RAF, son of Mrs. F. S. Stewart, of Wau, New Guinea.
Reported missing, 17/5/1940—presumed killed in air operations.
Rifleman J. A. GOODWIN, AIF infantry, for merly of Bulwa, TNG. Reported "accidentally killed”, April, 1942.
Pte. Wallace GRAHAM, of the NZ Forces (infantry), formerly on the staff of Morris Hedstrom Ltd., Fiji. Killed in action in the Middle East, November, 1941.
Squadron-Leader C. R. GURNEY, RAAF, a former chief pilot of Guinea Airways, Ltd.
Killed in action in the New Guinea area, May, 1942.
Gerald T. J. HARPER, RAF, son of Major and Mrs. P. Harper, of Ra, Fiji. Killed in action while navigating a Whitley bomber dur ing a raid on the Continent.
Squadron-Leader Godfrey HEMSWORTH, of the RAAF, formerly a well-known commercial pilot in Morobe, TNG. Reported missing after an operational flight against the Japanese in the New Guinea area—now presumed killed in action.
Flying-Officer Alan JOHNSTONE, of the RAF, who was born in Suva, Fiji, in 1915. Killed during bombing raid on Kristiansand, Norway, April, 1940.
LAC Douglas KIRBY, RAF, who left Suva, Fiji, with the first contingent of Air Force trainees. Reported killed in a flying accident in South Africa, March, 1942.
Flying-Officer John C. LOWE, RAAF, formerly an overseer with the CSR Co. in Fiji. Reported, 11/4/1942, “took part in air defence of Rabaul, TNG, —missing, believed killed”.
Pte. L. F. MCCARTHY, AIF infantry, form erly supercargo on W. R. Carpenter and Co.’s Inter-island vessels "Desikoko” and "Mako”, in New Guinea. Reported "killed in action” in Syria, 30/10/1941.
Lance-Corporal A. D. MacPHEE, son of Mr.
R. D. MacPhee, Levuka, Fiji. He was 35, was a member of the AIF, and was killed in Greece, May, 1941.
Spr. A. L. MORANDINT, AIF Engineers, for merly of Konedobu, Papua. Reported killed in action, April, 1942.
Pte. Edward Harold PRICE, 2nd NZEF (Machine-gun Battalion), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Price, Savu Savu West, Fiji. Killed in action during the Libyan campaign, Middle East, 27/11/1941.
Captain W. H. ROBERTS, NZEF, who was
Accountant in the Samoa Treasury Dept., during 1934-35. Killed in action in Libya, Decernber, 1941.
Cpl. Alex. C. SCOTT, AIF, formerly manager at Kieta, TNG, for Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd.
Killed in action in the Middle East, 19/6/1941.
Pte. Popoare TANGIITI, of the NZ Forces (Maori Battalion), formerly of Mangala, Cook Islands. Reported ‘‘missing after Battle of Greece—presumed dead”, July, 1941.
Sgt. Edward WILSON, of Suva, serving in the Fiji Defence Force. Accidentally drowned in the Lami River, Fiji, April, 1942. riTiTT* riHur
Died From Wounds
Pte. Ernest HENRY, AIF, formerly of the Rabaul (NG) staff of Burns, Philp and Co.
Ltd. Died from wounds received in Battle of Crete, 1/6/1941.
Pte. Alec. MUNRO, NZ Forces, formerly of Norfolk Island. Died in Libya (Middle East), December, 1941.
Pte. Walter PEARSON, of first NG quota of
AIP (infantry). Died from wounds received in action, 24/6/1941.
A/Bdr. W. R. SCOTT, AIF, of New Guinea.
Died from wounds, July, 1941.
Sgt.-Pilot Peter Clarkson WISE, of the RAF, son of Mr. W. Wise, OBE, Director of Public Works, Fiji. Died from wounds received during bombing raid over Germany, January, 1941. nrvn tttmitcc DlltD IKUM ILUlNltfcfe Pte. Clarence A. HUTTON, AIF, formerly of Edie Creek, TNG. Died from illness, April, 1941.
A/Sgt. J. H. STANE, Royal Australian En gineers, formerly of Port Moresby, Papua. Died from illnesSt May, 1942.
Major P. J. WOODHILL, AIF infantry formerly legal assistant in the Crown Law office, Rabaul, New Guinea. Reported ‘‘deceased”, December, 1941. h/ucctwo
Missing
Pte. P. F. BAILEY, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported missing, 17/2/1942.
Pte. E. L. CHRISTIE, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported missing, 17/2/1942.
Pte. A. G. DICKSON, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported “missing, believed wounded”, 17/2/1942.
Pte. R. J. PASCOE, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported missing, 27/1/1942.
Pilot Tom PATTERSON, of the RNZAF, formerly of Levuka, Fiji. Reported missing, in November, 1941, after bombing raid on the Continent.
Hector PILLING, RAF, who was born in Fiji and who was the son of Sir Guy Pilling, of Zanzibar (formerly of Fiji). Reported missing, while serving with the Royal Air Force Bomber Command.
Gnr. Allan H. ROSS, AIF artillery, formerly planter in New Britain, TNG. Reported “miss ing—believed prisoner of war”, 28/9/1941.
Pte. William RUPE, of the NZ Forces (Maori Battalion), formerly of Aitutaki, Cook Islands.
Reported “missing after Battle of Greece” Julv 1941.
Pilot James SIMPSON, of the RAF, formerly of Vatukoula, Fiji. Reported missing after air operations over Malta, in the Mediterranean, 1/7/1941.
Pilot-Officer Neville George STOKES, of the RAF, formerly a pilot with Guinea Airways, Ltd., in New Guinea. Reported missing after air operations in Europe, December, 1941.
Reported Missing
Malaya Casualty List, Published 23/7/1942.
Pte. N. H. AMOS, artillery, Port Moresby.
Pte. E. L. CHRISTIE, infantry, Rabaul Pte. A. G. DICKSON, infantry, Rabaul.
Pte. A. I. FOLEY, artillery, Port Moresby.
W.0.l A. N. GRAY, ordnance, Rabaul W. 0.2 V. M. I. GORDON, artillery, Wau, New Guinea.
Pte. J. M. HIRSCHEL, infantry, Rabaul.
Pte. J. G. NEWTON, artillery, Port Moresby.
A./Bdr. B. L. J. MEETON, artillery, Rabaul.
Pte. D. M. SPENCE, artillery, Port Moresby.
Australia and Island Stations.
Pte. W. G. EKBLADE, infantry, Rabaul.
Pte. S. W. HUNTER, infantry, Kokopo.
Wounded
Pte. V. BLANCO, AIF Infantry, of Thursday Island. Wounded in action, July, 1941.
L/Cpl. J. P. BLENCOWE, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Wounded in action, July, 1941.
Pte. George BUCKNELL, AIF, son of Mr, and Mrs. C. Bucknell, of Korolevu, Fiji. Wounded in action in Malaya, January, 1942.
Pte. Thomas BYERS, AIF infantry, of Thurs day Island. Wounded in action, May, 1941 Raymond CHAUTARD, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. * Re ported a casualty in the Middle East, March 1942.
Albert CUBADDA, of the Free French con
tingent from New Caledonia. Reported a casualty In the Middle East, March, 1942.
V. FAIRHALL, 2nd NZEF, formerly of the Treasury Department, Western Samoa. Reported wounded in action, February, 1942.
Acting Warrant-Officer V. M. I. GORDON, AIF infantry, of Wau, TNG. Wounded in action, February, 1942.
Pte. John GRANT, AIF infantry, of New Guinea. Wounded in neck and thigh, September, 1941; later, reported “rejoined unit”.
Henri GUILBAUD, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. Reported a casualty in the Middle East, March, 1942.
Sgt. C, HENDRICK, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Wounded in action, July, 1941.
Stanley HIGGS, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Higgs, of W. R. Carpenter and Co. Ltd., New Guinea. Member of an English Lancers’ regiment, wounded during British evacuation from Dun kirk (Prance), May, 1940.
Lieut. Lloyd T. HURRELL, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Wounded in action, July, 1941.
Alexandre HUYARD, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. Reported a casualty in the Middle East, March, 1942.
Sgt.-Pilot Andrew KRONFELD, of the NZ Fighter Squadron attached to the RAF. Wounded in knee during operations over France, December, 1941.
Cpl. W. H. LANNEN, AIF artillery, of Rabaul, New Guinea. Wounded in action, June, 1941.
Gnr. E. G. LOBAN, AIF artillery, of Thursday Island. Wounded during campaign in Greece, May, 1941; invalided home after having his left forearm amputated.
Capt. (now Lt.-Colonel) Edward Tiwi LOVE, NZ Maori Battalion, husband of Mrs. Takau Rio Love, Ariki-nui of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Re ported missing during campaign in Greece, May, 1941; later, June, 1941, reported “wounded and safe”.
A/Sgt. Alastair MACLEAN, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, New Guinea. Wounded in action, in Libya, June, 1941.
Sgt. J. D. McCLYMONT, NZEF, son of Capt.
D. McClymont, Harbourmaster of Apia, Western Samoa. Wounded in action, November, 1941.
Cpl. R. McKERLIE, AIF, of Yandina, BSI, wounded in face by bomb explosion, April, 1941.
Jean MERIGNAC, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. Reported a casualty in the Middle East, March, 1942.
Henri MEYER, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. Reported a casualty in the Middle East, March, 1942, S/Sgt. Graham B. MIRFIELD, AIF engineers, of Rabaul, New Guinea. Wounded in action, Pte. L. G. (“Mick”) REECE, AIF, of Bulolo, New Guinea. Wounded in action, July, 1941, Henri RIVIERE, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. Reported a casualty in the Middle East, March, 1942.
A/Cpl. N. K. SAWYER, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Wounded in action, July, 1941.
July, 1941.
Lieut. Jeffrey SEAGOE, serving with the British forces in the Far East, formerly of Vila, New Hebrides. Reported “wounded in action”, March, 1&'42.
Pte. Lance STAMPER, AIF, formerly school master at Wau, New Guinea. Wounded in action, August, 1941.
Pte. Harold G. TURNER, AIF, of Samarai, Eastern Papua. Wounded in action at Bardia (Libya), January, 1941.
Pte. F. D. TWISS, AIF infantry, of New Guinea. Wounded in action, August, 1941.
Camille VINCENT, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. Reported a casualty in the Middle East, March, 1942.
Driver Don F. WAUCHOPE, AIF. Formerly employed on his brother’s plantation in New Guinea. Wounded in action, July, 1942.
Sgt.-Pilot W. WRIGHT, of the Australian Spitfire Squadron, attached to the RAF, for merly of New Guinea. Wounded in knee during aerial “dog-fight” over the English Channel, March, 1942.
Prisoners Of War
A/Cpl. Peter W. BOSGARD, AIF infantry, formerly of the Lands Department, Port Moresby, Papua. Reported prisoner of war at Sulmona, Italy, 29/6/1941; transferred to Bolzano prison camp, September, 1941.
A/Sgt. A. A. S. COTMAN, AIF infantry, of Abau, Papua. Reported missing—believed prisoner of war, 5/5/1941; reported later, July, 1941, “wounded in chest and head by shrapnel— taken prisoner”.
Pte. J. DALTON, AIF Transport and Supply, formerly of Thursday Island. Reported prisoner of war, April, 1942, Pilot-Officer George Beilby EVANS. RAAF, for merly of New Guinea. Reported prisoner of war in Batavia (Java), June, 1942.
Pte. W. GOSSNER, AIF infantry, formerly of the BNG Development Co., Fort Moresby, Papua.
Reported prisoner of war, Sulmona, Italy, 6/7/1941.
Lieut. J. M. HARCOURT, 2nd NZEF, son of Mr. H. W. Harcourt, formerly Deputy Treasurer in Fiji. Reported “captured in Libya and now prisoner of war”, March, 1942.
Gnr. A. L. B. KING, A IF artillery, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported prisoner of war, 29/7/1941.
A/Cpl. John H. LONERGAN, A IF, Supply and Transport, of New Guinea. Reported prisoner of war at Corinthia, Italy, 8/7/1941.
Pte. Ernest ("Paddy”) McGEADY, NZEF, son of Mrs. J. McGeady, of Suva, Fiji. Reported "missing, believed killed”, after fighting in Libya, January, 19'42; reported prisoner of war in Italy, April, 1942.
Observer Alex. McKAY, of the RAAF, formerly of the CSR Co.’s staff, at Penang sugar-mill, Fiji. Reported missing, 27/7/1941; reported prisoner of war in Italy, 26/10/1941.
Pte. Harry MARCHINGTON, of the NZ Forces, formerly of Fiji. Reported prisoner of war after Battle of Crete, 2/12/1941.
Pte. D. R. PHILLIPS, AIT engineers, formerly of Bulwa, TNG. Reported prisoner of war, June, 1942.
Pte. John O. SMITH, of the NZ Forces, son of Captain Arthur Smith, of the Fiji inter-island vessel "Tui Kauvaro”. Missing after battle of Crete, May, 1941; reported prisoner of war in Germany, 21/10/1941.
Squadron-Leader L. C. SHOPPEE, DSO, RAF, formerly of Edie Creek, New Guinea. Was in Java during Japanese invasion; now pre sumed to be a prisoner of war.
LAC Charles SOLLITT, of the RAAF (wire less operator), son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Sollitt, of Nausori, Fiji. Reported missing after air operations in New Guinea, January, 1942; later, March, 1942, reported rescued from sea by Japanese—now prisoner of war.
Pte. Fred SWAN, NZ Army Medical Corps, formerly of Apia, Western Samoa. Missing after Battle of Crete, August, 1941; reported prisoner of war in Germany, November, 1941.
Pte. John D. WHITCOMBB, of the NZ Forces, formerly of Levuka, Fiji. Reported prisoner of war in Germany, November, 1941.
Decorations
Squadron-Leader G. U. ("Scotty”) ALLEN, RAAF, who is well-known in New Guinea and Papua, having been co-pilot on the "Faith in
Australia”, on the first official air-mail flight to the Territories in 1934. Awarded the Air Force Cross for his work with Catalina flying boats in Australia and the Pacific.
Major H. T. ALLEN, A IF, formerly of Wau, Morobe District, TNG. Awarded the QBE.
Sgt. Henry C. S. COTTON, of the RNZAP, who was born in Samoa (his father was Secre tary of Native Affairs during the NZ military occupation). Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Squadron-Leader Godfrey HEMSWORTH, RAAF, formerly a well-known New Guinea pilot, who was killed in action against the Japanese In May. Posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross.
Flight-Lieut. R. N. DALKIN, RAAF, formerly of W. R. Carpenter and Co., Ltd., Salamaua, TNG. Awarded the DFC for bombing raids against the Japanese in Koepang area, DEI.
Squadron-Leader C. R. GURNEY, RAAF, for merly of Guinea Airways, Ltd., TNG. Posthu mously awarded the Air Force Cross, for bomb ing raids on Japanese-held ports in New Britain.
Lieut. Colin HILL, RANR, of the Australian destroyer, "Waterhen”, formerly second officer on the trans-Pacific liner "Niagara”. Awarded the QBE.
Flying-Officer James R. HYDE, of the RAF, formerly a Patrol Officer in Namatanai and Sepik Districts, TNG. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Lieut.-Commander A. W. R. McNICOLL, RAN, son of Sir Ramsay McNicoll, Administrator of New Guinea, and Lady McNicoll. Awarded the George Medal.
Sgt. Geoffrey MOORE, of the RNZAF, formerly engineer on the NG inter-island vessel "Maiwara” and on the trans-Pacific liner "Aorangi”. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Pilot-Officer Pat RICHARDSON, RAF, son of Mr. W. Richardson, formerly of Penang, Fiji.
Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Commander Alvord S. ROSENTHAL, RAN, son of Major-General Sir Charles Rosenthal, KCB, CMG, DSO, VD, Administrator of Norfolk Island. Awarded the DSO, November, 1941; awarded the Bar to DSO, February, 1942.
Lieut. George Raymond WORLEDGE, of the RANVR, formerly of Fiji. Awarded the MBE (Military).