Mangaian War
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Casualties
From Our Tahiti Correspondent MANGAIA, October. rESE photographs are of two former Cook Islands residents who enlisted with the New Zealand military forces.
Lance-Sergeant R. S. Aubin, whose death has already been reported in “PIM,” died of wounds in Italy, last Easter. Formerly, he was a trader at Mangaia, Cook Islands. He enlisted at the commencement of hostilities in 1939, was twice wounded at El Alamein, and
at the time of his death had served with the NZEF fojr almost five years. His mother lives in New Zealand.
Lieutenant Colin McGruther is the younger son of Mr. J. G. McGruther, who was Resident Agent at Mangaia between 1926 and 1938. Lieutenant McGruther was wounded in the North African cam paign that routed Rommel’s forces, and is at present on leave in New Zealand with his parents. His brother, Lieutenant Jock McGruther, was wounded earlier in the desert fighting and, after a spell in New Zealand, returned to overseas duty.
L/Sgt. R. S. Aubin.
Lt, C. O. McGruther.