Roll Of Honour
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former residents^ofThe 6^acific^TerASrie^ whosp° f the United N . ati °ns. residents or who receive decorations. We should be eratefnf^ casualty lists or us details of such men.) re^a^10ns and friends would send
Killed
T ® gt ; Berfc AITKEN, NZEF, formerly of Fiji.
Killed in action in Libya.
Eugene AUBRY (formerly of Tahiti), of the Air Force of Fighting Prance. Killed in an air accident in Great Britain.
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.
B - c - BE NTLEY. NZEF, formerly of Fiji.
Killed in action, Middle East, June 27 1942 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 JVO J ; B - BOMFORD, RNZAF. formerly of CSR Co.’s staff, Fiji. Killed on active service in England.
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. P. BRECHIN, New Guinea Force. Killed in air accident, June 17, 1942 Formerly of NG Department of Agriculture.
Anton BRINON, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion, formerly of La Poa, New Caledonia.
Killed in action in Libya, November, 1942 Lieut.-Colonel Felix BROCHE, of the New Caledonian-New Hebridean contingent of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Killed in action in the battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya) Pilot-Officer E. H. CANARD, of RAF. formerly of Fiji Civil Service. Killed in flying accident in South Africa in the course of his duty as flying instructor.
Pte. David C. GARLAND, AIF, formerly chief assayer at the Emperor gold mines, Fiji. Killed In action in New Guinea.
Pierre CHARPENTIER, of the Fighting French .■Pacific Battalion. Killed in action in the battle of Bir Hacheim.
Raymond CHAUTARD (formerly of New Cale donia', of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion Killed in action in Libya.
Flight-Lieutenant G. J. I. CLARKE, of the RAAF, formerly Assistant Plight Superintendent of Carpenter Airlines, New Guinea. Killed in action during operations off Dakar (French West Africa), while attached to HMAS ”Aus tralla”, September, 1940.
Georges CLEMENS, of the Free French Pacific contingent from New Caledonia. Reported 1942 In aCtlon In the Mlddle East, March, 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 Sqd.-Leader Lionel COHEN, RAF, formerly of Upper Watut, TNG. Killed when returning from a bomber raid on Berlin in 1942.
Sgt-Pilot Colin CRABBE, RAF, formerly of Suva, Fiji. Killed by enemy action in England in May, 19431 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.. Raraval FIJI. Reported killed in action in the Middle East, October, 1941.
Capt. Jean GILBERT, of the Naval Forces of Fighting France, and formerly of Tahiti. Killed In action.
Captain Kenneth GARDEN, of the RAP 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 RAP *> n of Mrs P. S. Stewart, of Wau, New Guinea’
Reported missing. 17/5/1940—presumed killed in air operations.
Rifleman J. A. GOODWIN. AIF Infantry, for- Sn. , J..°Ur i a ! i4 2 TNG ' Rep ° rtcd Ernest GOURNAC (formerly of Tahiti), of the Air Force of Fighting France. Killed in an air accident in Britain.
Pte. WaHace GRAHAM, of the NZ Forces (infantry), formerly on the staff of Morris «^ ror 2 £ td ” Pij1 ' Killed ln action in the Middle East, November, 1941.
Lieut. J. A. GRANT, AIF, formerly of Man dated Territory. Killed in action Squadron-Leader C. R. GURNEY, RAAP a . chlef P ilot ot Guinea Airways, Ltd.
KUled in action in the New Guinea area, May, i P i 6 ’ HAMILTON . AIF, formerly of Auck land, NZ, and New Guinea. Killed in action.
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.
J. HEAD, RAAF, formerly of Fiji. Killed in flying accident in Australia, 1941.
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.
Captain L. T. HURRELL, infantry. Rabaul.
Killed in action.
Sqd.-Leader James R. HYDE, of the RAF formerly a Patrol Office in Namatanai and Sepik Districts, TNG. Awarded the Distinguished Fly ing Cross, 1941. Killed in action while leading an attack on an enemy convoy off the coast of Greece, July 24, 1942.
Pte. Jack JOHNSON, formerly of Morris Hedstrom’s staff. Fiji. Killed in action on November 4, while serving with the AIF in New Guinea.
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, RAP, who left Suva.
Fiji, with the first contingent of Air Force trainees. Reported killed in a flying accident in South Africa, March, 1942.
Marcel KOLLEN, of the Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Killed in action in the battle of Bir Hacheim.
C. D. LAMONT, RAF, formerly a master at Boys Grammar School, Suva, Fiji. Missing, be lieved killed on air operations over Germany.
Emile LESSON (formerly of New Caledonia) of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Killed in action in Libya.
Cpl. Gaston LESSON, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Killed in battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
Capt. (now Lt.-Colonel) Edward Tiwi LOVE, NZ Maori Battalion, husband of Mrs. Takau Rio Love, Arikl-nui of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Re ported missing during campaign in Greece, May. 1941; later. June, 1941, reported “wounded and safe.” Officially announced, July 17, killed in action in Libya.
Flying-Officer John C. LOWE, RAAP. 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. ’
Sgt. Kenneth MACGREGOR, AIF, formerly practising as a barrister and solicitor in Wau, TNG. Reported missing, believed killed in Papua.
Sgt.-Pilot Ronald MACKAY, RAAF, formerly of Thursday Island. Killed in an aircraft accident in England.
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. ’
Francois MASSON, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Killed in action in the battle of Bir Hacheim.
Capt. John Malcolm METHVEN. Reported killed in action in Egypt on July 22, 1942, while serv ing with the ALP. He was born in Ocean Island and Is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs’.
Stuartson C. Methven, of Belgrave, Victoria.
Flight-Sgt. Stuartson Charles METHVEN born in Suva, Fiji, brother of the late Capt. J. m. .
Methven. Killed in air operations over Ger many on January 23, 1943.
Spr. A. L. MORANDINI, AIF Engineers, for merly of Konedobu, Papua. Reported killed in action. April, 1942.
F - R- J- NICHOLLS, Royal Artillery, formerly of Fiji. Killed in action, Burma, May, 1942.
W/O G. A. OBST, formerly a member of the Lutheran Mission, TNG. Joined Australian military
FiU K?iSS eJ i PALMER, RAF. formerly of 0 « r °P eration s over Malta. b^vfd“d! RAF ’ fornKrly of "»• M‘ssm e: Edward Harold PRICE, 2nd NZEF Ind Mr e ' g T Un D Battalion) * youngest son of if and Mrs. J Price, Savu Savu West, Fiji Killed East! 27/11/mi 8 Llbran Cam P al « n .
ASata Ce S C Lor B ?S^Sa N S bST.L 2 S V mISL Eal” WOrld War n - Kllled ln actlon Captain W. H. ROBERTS, NZEF, who was Accountant in the Samoa Treasury Dent dur S. “V 35 - Klllad In action In Zlb^ct"*: ?q Ma i2c A - B ROSS ’ NZEP * who - between 1923- 29 was successively, Assistant Secretary for Native Affairs, Assistant Secretary to the or sZ r"',,? ADC t 0 the Administrator Of Samoa. Killed in action in Libya Cpl : Alex c. SCOTT. AIF, formerly manager Knw! et £’ T ? G ’ t° r Burns ’ Philp and Co. Ltd K t 1 ln the Middle East, 19/6/1941 J. SIMPSON, RAAF, formerly of Fiji. Killed in action over Malta, July, 1941.
Lieutensmt A. G. W. THOMAS, RANR, for -1 ma ®, ter o f Burns Philp & Company’s SS Muliama. Killed in action Pte. Popoare TANGIITI, of the NZ Forces (Maon Battalion), formerly of Mangala. Cook Islands. Reported “missing after Battle of Greece—presumed dead”, July 1941 - Derek TOVEY, NZEF, formerly of Suva, Fiji.
Jellied in action in Tunisia in April 1943 Sgt Edward WILSON, of Suva, serving'in the Fiji Defence Force. Accidentally drowned in the Lami River. Fiji, April, 1942.
Died From Wounds
Pte. Ernest HENRY, AIF, formerly of the Rabaul (NG) staff of Burns, Philp and Co Crete 1/6/1941 m WoUnds received in Battle of kt P V%. A l ec - NZ Forces, formerly of Norfolk Island. Died in Libya (Middle East) December, 1941.
Pte. T. LAWRIE. AIF, son of Mr. Lawrie for merly of Fiji. Died of wounds in Middle East Pte Waiter PEARSON, of first NG quota of acUoi m 2W&I Dled from ™“ ds «“‘« d oil^o^nd. 80 & ° f Ne "
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.
Accidentally Killed
Gnr. Robert J. WILSON, formerly of Port Moresby, Papua. Accidentally killed in troop train in Middle East in 1942. P
Died From Illness
Pte - Cl t Te ™L A * HUTT ON. AIF, formerly of Edie Creek, TNG. Died from Illness, April 1941 Seaman Malvin NELSON, of Fiji Royal’ Naval Volunteer Service. Death reported in May, A/Sgt. J. H. STANE, Royal Australian En gineers. formerly of Port Moresby, Papua Died from illness. May, 1942.
Rifleman R. A. SMITH, HQ Unit. (Place of enlistment not stated.) Died of Illness.
Cpl. R. H. SUTTON, NGVR, formerly of Wau TNG. Died from malaria and typhoid in October’ 1942.
Major P. J. WOODHILL. AIF Infantry formerly legal assistant in the Crown Law Office, Rabaul. New Guinea. Reported “deceased”, December, 1941.
Missing
Louis ANGER, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Pte. P. F. BAILEY, AIF Infantry, of Rabaul TNG. Reported missing, 17/2/1942. Now re ported prisoner of .war.
Cpl. Jock BAIRD, AIF, formerly of Bank of NSW staff, Suva, Fiji. Reported missing in Malaya, February, 1942.
Cpl. Leon BARRENS, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Missing after battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
T. BLAKELOCK, BEF, formerly of Fiji. Miss ing.
Robert BLUM, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
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on CSR Co.’s staff, Fiji. Reported prisoner of war in Bengazi, Libya, in November, 1942.
Pte. W. GOSSNER, AIF infantry, formerly of the BNG Development Co., Port Moresby, Papua.
Reported prisoner of war, Sulmona, Italy, 6/7/1941.
W/OI A. N. GRAY, AIF, formerly of Rabaul, TNG. Reported prisoner of war.
Lieut. J. M. HARCOURT, 2nd NZEP, son Of Mr. H. W. Harcourt, formerly Deputy Treasurer in Fiji. Reported “captured in Libya and now prisoner of war”, March, 1942.
S. D. C. KERKHAM, NZEF, son of Mr. R. C.
Kerkham, Suva, Fiji. Reported prisoner of war in September, 1942.
Lieut. JEFF KILNER, NGVR. Believed prisoner of war in Japan.
Gnr. A. L. B. KING, AIF artillery, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported prisoner of war, 29/7/1941.
Lieut. G. G. KINNER, New Guinea Forces, formerly of Rabaul. Reported prisoner of war.
Major E. G. A. LETT, of the East Surrey Regiment, and son of Mr. Lewis Lett, of Port Moresby, Papua. Reported prisoner of war in Libya.
A/Cpl. John H. LONERGAN, ALP, Supply and transport, of New Guinea. Reported prisoner n war al Corinthia, Italy, 8/7/1941.
Pie Ernest (“Paddy”) McGEADY, NZEF, son oi Mrs. J. McGeady, of Suva, Fiji. Reported ‘missing, believed killed”, after fighting in Libya, January, 1942; reported prisoner of war in Italy, April, 1942.
Cpl. J. H. L. McGUIGAN, of the Field Ambulance, AIF, formerly of the Public Health Department, New Guinea. Officially reported missing at Singapore; unofficially reported a prisoner in Japanese hands. Reported prisoner of war in Malaya, May 24, 1943.
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. F. C. MAYO, AIF, formerly of New Guinea. Reported a prisoner of war.
Emile MILLOT, of Pacific Battalion of Fight
ing Prance. Taken prisoner in battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
Pte. D. R. PHILLIPS, AIF 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 known to be a prisoner of war.
LAC Charles SOLLITT, of the RAAF (wire less operator), son of Mr. and Mrs. O. 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.
Signalman J. C. E. SWINBOURNE, 6th Div.
Signals, AIF, formerly of Fiji and the Gilbert & Ellice Islands Colony. Taken prisoner at Crete, June, 1941, now in prison camp at Stalag, VILA, Germany.
Lieut. CLIFF WARREN, of NZEP, serving in the Middle East, and formerly of Morris Hed strom Ltd.’s staff at Ba and Lautoka, Fiji. Re ported prisoner of war.
Mjr. N. WATCH, formerly Dr. Watch, of Rabaul, missing after Japanese invasion of Rabaul. Believed prisoner of war in Japan. Now reported POW in Japan.
Gnr. D. S. WHITCOMBE, NZEF, formerly of Fiji and Tonga. Wounded in Crete and reported prisoner of war in Germany.
Pte. John D. WHITCOMBE, 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- Ooats in Australia and the Pacific.
Major H. T. ALLEN, AEP, formerly of Wau,
Morobe District, TNG. Awarded the QBE.
Squadron-Leader C. A. BASKETT, formerly of Bulolo, TNG. Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for raids over enemy territory while attached to Hampden bomber squadron in Eng land.
Major W. F. M. CLEMENTS, of the British Solomon Islands Defence Force. Awarded Military Cross for exceptional devotion to duty in a theatre of war.
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.
FREDERIC DELAVEUVE, formerly of New Caledonia. Awarded Croix de Guerre, while serving with Fighting French volunteers in Egypt.
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 R. A. DUNN, RAAF, formerly of Carpenter Airways New Guinea Service.
Awarded the Distinguished Plying Cross for bravery while leading his squadron against the Japanese.
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.
Rifleman H. W. FORRESTER, NGVR, formerly of Bulolo, TNG. Awarded the Military Medal for operations against Japanese in New Guinea, Walter GRAND, Fighting French Pacific Battalion, formerly of Tahiti. Awarded Croix de Guerre, with one star, for bravery during the Battle of Bir Hacheim, 1942.
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.
LUCIEN HERVOUET, formerly of New Cale donia. Awarded Croix de Guerre while serving with Fighting French volunteers in Egypt.
Lieut. Colin HILL, RANR, of the Australian destroyer, “Waterhen”, formerly second officer on the trans-Pacific liner “Niagara”. Awarded the OBE, Lieut.-Commander A. W. R. McNICOLL, RAN, son of Sir Ramsay McNicoll, Administrator of New Guinea, and Lady McNicoll. Awarded the George Medal.
Petty-Officer PAUL MASON, RANVR, formerly a plantation inspector at Inus, Bougainville, TNG. Awarded American Distinguished Service Cross for “extraordinary heroism in action.”
HENRI MAYER, formerly of New Caledonia.
Awarded Croix de Guerre while serving with Fighting French volunteers in Egypt.
Sgt. Geoffrey MOORE, of the RNZAP, formerly engineer on the NG inter-island vessel “Maiwara” and on the trans-Paciflc liner “Aorangi”. Awarded the Distinguished Plying Medal.
ANDRE MORNAGHINI, formerly of New Cale donia. Awarded Croix de Guerre while serving with Fighting French volunteers in Egypt.
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, OMG, DSO, VD, Administrator of Norfolk Island. Awarded the DSO, November, 1941; awarded the Bar to DSO, February, 1942.
F/O Leigh G. VIAL, RAAF, formerly ADO in TNG. Awarded American DSC for outstand ing heroism in New Guinea in September, 1942.
Lieut. George Raymond WORLEDGE, of the RANVR, formerly of Fiji. Awarded the MBE (Military) Mr. John Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Clark, of Rabaul, New Guinea, has been promoted to the rank of Flying- Officer. He is serving in the RAAF in the Middle East. Mr. R. L. Clark, since January, 1942, has been a prisoner of war in the hands of the Japanese.
Sir Harry Luke, KCMG, lately Gov
ernor of Fiji, was expected to move on to another important post in the British Colonial Empire, in August. He has been
very actively engaged in Britain, since
leaving the Pacific, in public relations
work connected with British Colonial affairs.
iContinued From Inside Front Cover) Sgt. Ronald Arthur BROODBANK, formerly of Samarai, Papua, now serving with the RAAF overseas. Reported missing on May 31 while on air operations.
Sgt. Alexander BROWN, RNZAF, formerly of Rarotonga. Reported missing over Germany, on September 15, 1942.
Reginald BOULANGER, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Boss BUCKLEY, RNZAF, formerly of Fiji.
Reported missing on air operations.
H. BUCKNELL, AIF, formerly of Fiji. Missing.
Sgt. R. F. BUNTING, AIF, formerly of Samarai, Papua. Missing in Malaya.
Pte. E. L. CHRISTIE, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported missing, 17/2/1942.
Victor DERVAUX, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Lucien DEVAND, of Pacific Battalion of Fight ing Prance. Missing after battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
Pte. A. G. DICKSON, AIF infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported "missing, believed wounded”, 17/2/1942.
GELLER, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
J. P. GOUZENES, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Chief-Sergeant Francois GRISCOLLI, of Fight ing French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing in Libya in April. Formerly of New Caledonia.
Acting Flight-Lieut. Don A. IRVING. RAAF, formerly chemist in CSR Co., Labasa, Fiji, Miss ing, presumed dead, in air operations over Germany, February 27, 1942.
Pte. Andrew A. (Billo) Johnson, Ngvr.
Reported missing in New Guinea on October 29, 1942.
Georges KABAR, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Henri LANGLOIS, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Missing after battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
Numa LETHESER, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Missing after battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
Rene LETOCART, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Camille MERCIER, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
MOUTRY, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
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.
Henri PAYONNE, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Eugene PENE, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Andre PETRE, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
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.
Eugene POGNON, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Gnr. Allan H. ROSS, AIF artillery, formerly planter in New Britain, TNG. Reported “miss ing—believed prisoner of war”. 28/9/1941.
ROUDEELLAC, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim.
Pte. William RUPE, of the NZ Forces (Maori Battalion), formerly of Aitutakl, Cook Islands.
Reported “missing after Battle of Greece”, July, nf P J ot f James SIMPSON, of the RAF, formerly of Vatukoula, Fiji. Reported missing after air l/7 e /i a 94i nS ° VCr MalU ’ ln the Medlterr anean.
Pilot-Officer Neville George STOKES, of the iff' . for S erly a P llot 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.
Ptp’ S’ A M OS. artillery. Port Moresby.
Pte. E. L. CHRISTIE, infantry. Rabaul.
Pte. A. G. DICKSON, Infantry, Rabaul.
Pte. A. I. FOLEY, artillery. Port Moresby.
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. S. W. HUNTER, infantry, Kokopo.
Wounded
Sgt. Robert ASMUS, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim and evacuated.
Rene AUFANT, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim.
Cpl. Thomas BAMBRIDGE, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim and evacuated.
BERBERE (alias ARESKY), of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim.
Henri BERTHELIN, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim.
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.
Jean BRIAL, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim.
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.
Pte. A. J. CORLASS, AIF, formerly of Rabaul.
Wounded in action.
Albert CUBADDA, of the Free French con tingent from New Caledonia. Reported a casualty in the Middle East, March, 1942.
Charles DEVEAUX, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Wounded at battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
Sgt. EMERY, formerly of Lae, TNG. Wounded in New Guinea in October, 1942.
Lieut. M. G. EVENSEN, AIF, formerly of Rabaul. Wounded in action.
V. FAIRHALL, 2nd NZEF, formerly of the Treasury Department, Western Samoa. Reported wounded in action, February, 1942.
Trooper Arthur T. FILEWOOD, formerly of Thursday Island. Reported wounded in action.
May, 1943.
Paroa FIU, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim and evacuated.
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 (France), 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.
Auguste LUTA, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim and evacuated. s 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.
T. MANEA, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim and evacuated.
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’
Joseph OTHUS, of Pacific Battalion of Fight ing France. Wounded in battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
Lieut. A. G. PEARCE, AIF, formerly of Salamaua, TNG. Wounded In action.
Pte. L. G. (“Mick”) REECE, AIT, 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 Pte. H. St. George RYDER, AIF, formerly of Suva, Fiji. Wounded while serving in New Guinea.
A/Opl. 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, 1942.
John Oswald SMITH, NZEF, formerly of Fiji Taken prisoner of war in Greece in April, 1941.
Pte. Lance STAMPER, AIF, formerly school master at Wau, New Guinea. Wounded in action August, 1941.
Cpl. Raphael TEIHO, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim and evacuated.
Cpl. Terii TERIITUA. of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim and evacuated.
Lieut. P. A. TUCKEY, infantry, formerly of New Guinea. Wounded in action.
Pte. Harold G. TURNER. AIF, of Samaral, Eastern Papua. Wounded In action at Bardia (Libya), January, 1941.
Pte. P. 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.
Alex. WINCHESTER, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Wounded at Bir Hacheim.
Pte. K. M. WHITE, AIF, formerly of Bulwa, TNG. Wounded in action.
Sgt.-Pilot W. WRIGHT, of the Australian Spitfire Squadron, attached to the RAP, for merly of New Guinea. Wounded in knee during aerial “dog-fight” over the English Channel, March, 1942.
Prisoners Of War
Lieut. CLARRIE ARCHER, NGVR. Believed prisoner of war in Japan. Reported prisoner of war in February, 1943, in prison camp on island south of Japan.
ALEXANDRE BLACK, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Reported killed in action at Bir Hacheim, now reported prisoner 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.
Cpl. J. E. BROAD, NZEF, formerly of Suva, Fiji. Reported prisoner of war.
Lieut. John BROWN, formerly of Fiji. Re ported a prisoner of war in Italy.
Andre CHITTY, of Pacific Battalion of Fight ing France. Taken prisoner at battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).
Sgt. Peter COGGINS, AIF, formerly of Fiji.
Taken prisoner in Malaya, and now reported prisoner of war in Borneo camp.
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”.
Cpl. W. F. CULLEN, AIF, formerly of Thursday Island. Reported prisoner of war.
Pte. J. DALTON, AIF Transport and Supply, formerly of Thursday Island. Reported prisoner of war, April 1942.
Dick ELMOUR, formerly of New Caledonia, prisoner of war after Dunkirk. Repatriated to Prance in January, 1942, because of health reasons.
Pte. W. G. ECKBLADE, AIF, formerly of Rabaul. Previously reported missing; now re ported missing; believed prisoner of war.
Pilot-Officer George Beilby EVANS, RAAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. Beilby Evans, formerly of Buka Passage, TNG. Reported prisoner of war In Java.
Sgt. Robert GEMMELL-SMITH, RAF. formerly
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