Flight-Lieut. H. G. PILLING, DFC, of the RAF, formerly

RAF, formerly of Suva, FIJI. Killed on air operations, May 19, 1942.

Pte. Edward Harold PRICE, 2nd NZEF (27th 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.

Pte. Cecil PURCELL, NZEF, formerly of Aleipata, Samoa. First Samoan Euroneslan to give his life in World War 11. Killed in action in Middle Bast.

P/O G. REES-JONES, RAAF. formerly of Labasa, Fiji. Killed in air operations over Ger many, August 16, 1942.

Capt. W. H. ROBERTS, NZEF, who was Accountant in the Samoa Treasury Department during 1934-35. Killed in action in Libya, December, 1941.

Pte. Kameli ROKOTUILOMA, of the Fiji Military Forces. Reported killed in action, December, 1943, Major A. B. ROSS, NZEF, who, between 1923- 1929 was successively, Assistant Secretary for Native Affairs, Assistant Secretary to the Administration, and ADC to the Administrator of Samoa. Killed in action in Libya.

Cpl. Alex. C. SCOTT, AIF, formerly manager at Kieta, TNG, for Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd.

Killed in action in the Middle East, 19/6/1941.

J. SIMPSON, RAAF, formerly of Fiji. Killed in action over Malta, July, 1941.

Sgt. R. R. SHORT, AIF, formerly of Port Moresby. Killed in action.

Lieut. G. STEVENSON, AIF, formerly a Patrol Officer in New Guinea. Killed in action in New Guinea, on June 26, 1943.

Cpl. Sefanala SUKANAIVALU, FMF. Reported killed in action in the Solomons, September, 1944.

Capt. P. A. TUCKEY, AIF, formerly of TNG.

Killed in action in Sepik area, NG, December, 1944.

Lieut. A. G. W. THOMAS, RANR, formerly master of Burns Philp & Co.’s SS “Mullama.”

Killed in action.

Pte. Popoare TANGIITI, of the NZ Forces (Maori Battalion), formerly of Mangaia, Cook Islands, Reported “missing after battle of Greece —presumed dead,” July, 1941.

John Tama TETOEA, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly •of Tahiti. Killed in action in Italy, June, 1944.

Atera TEUIRA, of FF Pacific Battalion, for merly of Tahiti. Killed in action in Italy, June, 1944.

Derek TOVEY, NZEF, formerly of Suva, Fiji.

Killed in action in Tunisia in April, 1943.

Andre VERNIER, formerly of Tahiti. Killed in action with the Maquis in France.

Rifleman R. E. VERNON, AIF, formerly of Lae, TNG. Reported killed in action, June, 1944.

Cadet-Officer Charles WITT, Pacific Battalion, FF Forces, formerly of New Caledonia. Killed in action on Italian front.

Capt. A. F. J. WHITE, AIF, formerly a Dis trict Officer in Fiji, and BSI. Killed in action in New Guinea.

Died From Wounds

Pte. Roy lan BROWN, NZEF, formerly of Apia, W. Samoa. Died of wounds in Italy, April, 1944.

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.

Adolphe Arthur LAHARRAGUE, formerly of Tahiti. Died of wounds received while serving in the Fighting French forces.

Pte. T. LAWRIE, AIF, son of Mr. Lawrle, for merly of Fiji. Died of wounds in Middle East.

Pte. Walter PEARSON, of first NG quota of AIF (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. Charles SPITZ, of the Fighting French, Pacific Battalion, and formerly of Tahiti. Died from wounds received at Bir Hacheim, on June 21, 1943. % Sgt.-Pilot Peter Clarkson WISE, of the RAF, soh of Mr. W. Wise, OBE, Director of Public Works, Fiji. Died from wounds received during bombing raid over Germany, January, 1941.

Accidentally Killed

Capt. P. P. BREWER, AIF, formerly of Papua.

Reported accidentally killed.

Lieut.-Colonel C. C. JUDD, formerly of Morobe, TNG. Accidentally killed in Australia in January, 1943.

A/Cpl. P. A. McKEB, New Guinea Forces, formerly of Bulolo. Died of injuries.

Major N. V. McKENNA, AIP, formerly of Wau, TNG. Accidentally killed, September 30, 1943.

Lieut. Harrowby RYDER, AIF, formerly of Fiji.

Accidentally killed on active service in New Guinea.

Flight-Lieut. James Ba THOMPSON, RAAF, formerly of Fiji. Killed in aricraft accident in India on April 1, 1945.

F/O Lee VIAL, DSC, formerly ADO, Mandated Territory. Killed in April, 1943, in a plane crash in Sepik district while on a special mission.

Capt. F. E. WILLIAMS, formerly Government Anthropologist in Papua. Killed in a plane acci dent while on duty in New Guinea, in 1943.

Sgt. Edward WILSON, of Suva, serving in the Fiji Defence Force. Accidentally drowned in the Lami River, Fiji, April, 1942.

Gnr. Robert J. WILSON, formerly of Port Moresby, Papua. Accidentally killed in troop train in Middle East in 1942.

Died From Illness

Pte. Lawrence BOYER, NZEF, formerly of Tonga and Fiji. Died on active service in Italy.

Pte. Tevita BUREKAMA, of Fiji Military Forces. Died of illness while on duty in the Solomons.

Pte. H. COOMBE, NZEF, formerly of Suva, Fiji. Died in Middle East, April, 1944.

Major Charles DUCHATEL, formerly of TNG.

Died of scrub tvphus at Port Moresby, November 21, 1943.

W/02 G. F. HAMMOND, ANGAU, formerly of TNG Administration. Reported died of illness early 1945.

Pte. Clarence A. HUTTON, AIF, formerly of Edie Creek, TNG. Died from illness, April, 1941, Ratu Dovi KOMAISAVAI, RAF, formerly of Fiji. Died of illness in Britain, October 19, 1944.

Capt. W. J. MCDONALD, AIF, formerly of Morobe and Sepik districts. TNG. Died of ill ness in New Guinea, July 20, 1944.

Pte. Manoa NAKARU, of the Fiji Military Forces. Reported died on active service, Decem ber, 1943.

Pte. Isikeli NABOKO, of the Fiji Military Forces. Reported died on active service, Decem ber, 1943.

Seaman Malvin NELSON, of Fiji Royal Naval Volunteer Service. Death reported in May. 1943.

Pte. Inikasio SERU, of the Fiji Military Forces. Reported died on active service, Decem ber, 1943.

A/Sgt. J. H. STANE, Royal Australian Engineers, 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.

Pte. Mateo TUIDALA, of the Fiji Military Forces. Reported died on active service, Decem ber, 1943.

Pte. Emosi WAQA, of the Fiji Military Forces.

Reported died on active service, December, 1943.

Major P. J. WOODHILL, AIF infrantry, for merly legal assistant in the Crown Law Office, Rabaul, New Guinea. Reported died from illness, December, 1941.

Pte. F. WORK, of the Fiji Military Forces.

Reported died on active service, December, 1943.

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.

Lieut. J. T. BARRACLUFF, AIF, formerly of New Guinea. Reported missing, December, 1943.

Cpl. Leon BARRENS, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Missing after battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).

Alexandre BLACK, of Pacific Battalion, FF Forces. Reported missing after Battle of Bir Hacheim.

T. BLAKELOCK, BEF, formerly of Fiji. Miss ing.

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.

H. BUCKNELL, AIF, formerly of Fiji. Missing.

Andre CHITTY, of FF Pacific Battalion, form erly of N. Caledonia. Reported missing.

Pte. E. L. CHRISTIE, AIP infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported missing, 17/2/1942.

Georges CLEMEN, of FP Navy. Formerly of N. Caledonia. Missing In Mediterranean, March, 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, AIP infantry, of Rabaul, TNG. Reported “missing, believed wounded,” 17/2/1942.

Wing-Commander Donald DONALDSON, RAAP, formerly of Nauru. Missing on air operations over France in June, 1944. Later rejoined his squadron, Pilot-Officer Norman R. FRAZER, RAAF, formerly of Wau, TNG. Reported missing on air operations over Germany, August 30, 1943.

Eion FIELD, RNZAF, formerly of staff of Kasi Mines, Fiji. Missing in Java.

Gath GELDARD, NGVR, of New Britain.

Missing after the battle of Rabaul, January, 1942.

Georges GOVBTCHE, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Reported missing.

Capt. J. E. CRIMSON, AIF, formerly of New Guinea. Reported missing, 1944.

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 Blr Hacheim.

Henri LANGLOIS, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Missing after battle of Blr Hacheim (Libya).

Numa LETHESER, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting Prance. Missing after battle of Blr Hacheim (Libya).

Rene LETOCART, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Blr Hacheim.

Cpl. E. G. MacADAM, NGVR, of Rabaul, TNG.

Reported missing after the battle of Rabaul, January 1, 1942.

P/O Denis McCRAIG, RAF, formerly of Fiji.

Posted missing on air operations over Europe, but believed to be POW.

Capt. J. J. MURPHY, AIF, formerly of New Guinea, Reported missing, December, 1943.

Capt. Robert Charles PAGE, AIF, formerly of Rabaul, TNG. Posted missing in operations early In 1945.

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 Continent’ IMI, bombing rald on tha 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 Blr Hacheim.

Eugene POGNON, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Blr Hacheim.

T, P^ e ',. William RUPE > of the NZ Forces (Maori Battalion), formerly of Aitutakl, Cook Islands.

Re 4 P° rted “missing after battle of Greece,” July, Pilot James SIMPSON, of the RAP, formerly of Vatukoula, Fiji, Reported missing after air l/7/194i nS OVBr Malta ’ in the Mediterranean, G - G - SMITH, NZEF, formerly of Suva, Fiji. Reported missing.

Louis SALOMAN, of FP Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Reported missing.

Charles STIERMANS, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Taken POW in Libya, but missing after transport was sunk in Medi terranean.

Pilot-Officer Neville George STOKES, of the RAP, formerly a pilot with Guinea Airways, Ltd., in New Guinea. Reported missing after air operations in Europe, December, 1941.

Chas. STIERMANS, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Reported missing.

Louis VINDOUX, of FP Pacific Battalion, formerly of New Caledonia. Reported missing.

Reported Missing

Malaya Casualty List, Published 23/7/1942.

ALEXANDRE BLACK, of Pacific Battalion of Fighting France. Reported killed in action at Bir Hacheim. Now reported missing.

Andre CHTTTY, of Pacific Battalion of Fight ing France, Missing at battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).

Pte. E. L. CHRISTIE, infantry, Rabaul.

Pte. A. G. DICKSON, infantry, Rabaul.

Pte. J. M. HIRSCHEL, Infantry, Rabaul.

Pte. J. Q, NEWTON, artillery, Port Moresby.

Australia and Island Stations.

Pt«. S. W. HUNTER, infantry, Kokopo.

Prisoners Of War

Pte. J. H. ALLAN, AIF, formerly of Wau, TNG.

Formerly reported missing, now reported prisoner of war.

Gnr. N. H. AMOS, AIF, formerly of Port Moresby. Reported prisoner of war after Malayan campaign.

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.

Georges BEBERE, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Reported POW.

Robert BLUM, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Blr Hacheim. Reported POW, May, 1944.

Cpl. Jock BAIRD, AIF, formerly of Bank of NSW staff, Suva, Fiji. Reported missing In Malaya, February, 1942. Reported prisoner of war, September, 1943.

Manel BARRAU, of French Infantry, formerly of N. Caledonia. Taken prisoner after fall of Prance, June, 1940.

A/Cpl. Peter W. BOSGARD, AIP infantry, for merly 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. Reported escaped from German POW camp in Italy. 1944 Now returned to New Zealand.

Lieut. John BROWN, formerly of Fiji. Re ported a prisoner of war in Italy.

Cpl. E, BOURKE, AIF, formerly of New Guinea. Prisoner of war in Germany.

Sgt. R. P. BUNTING, AIF, formerly of Samaral Papua. Missing in Malaya. Now reported prisoner of war.

Henri CLEMENCEAU, of FP Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Reported POW.

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, AIP infantry, of Abau, Papua. Reported missing—believed prisoner of war, 5/5/1941; reported later, July, 1941, “wounided in chest and head by shrapnel— taken prisoner”.

Cpl. W. F. CULLEN, AIP, formerly of Thursday Island. Reported prisoner of war.

John Arnold CROCKETT, AIF, formerly of Bulolo, TNG. Reported prisoner of war In Osaka, Japan, September, 1943.

Pte. J. DALTON, AIP Transport and Supply, formerly of Thursday Island. Reported prisoner of war, April, 1942.

Victor DERVAUX, of FF Pacific Battalion.

Formerly a POW in Italy, but escaped and now interned in Switzerland.

Dick ELMOUR, formerly of New Caledonia, prisoner of war after Dunkirk. Repatriated to France 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.

L/Cpl. Stanley E. ESAM, Singapore Volunteer Forces, formerly of Fiji Kauri Timber Co., Nad rivatu, Fiji. Missing, Malaya, February, 1942.

Reported POW, Thailand, May, 1943.

Pilot-Officer George Bellby EVANS, RAAP, son of Mr. and Mrs. Beilby Evans, formerly of Buka Passage, TNG. Reported prisoner of war in Java.

Capt. M. G. EVENSON, AIF, formerly of New Guinea. Missing, believed POW, January, 1945..

Lieut. R. W. Feetum, AIF, formerly of New Guinea. Previously reported missing; now re ported “missing believed POW, March, 1943.”

Gnr. A. I. FOLEY, AIF, formerly of Papua.

Reported missing in Malayan campaign. Re ported prisoner of war in February, 1944.

Gaston GEILLER, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Blr Hacheim. Reported POW, May, 1944.

Sgt. Robert GEMMELL-SMITH, RAF, formerly on CSR Co.’s staff, Fiji. Reported prisoner of war in Bengazi, Libya, in November, 1942, w/o.n V. M. I. GORDON, AIF, formerly of Wau, TNG. Reported prisoner of war after Malayan campaign.

Pte. W. GOSSNER, AIF infantry, formerly of the BNG Development Co., Port Moresby, Papua.

Reported prisoner of war, Sulmona, Italy, 6/7/1941. Escaped 1944.

J, P. GOUZENE, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Blr Hacheim. Reported POW, May, 1944.

W/OI A. N. GRAY, AIF, formerly of Rabaul, TNG. Reported prisoner of war.

Chief-Sergeant Francois GRISCELLI, of Fight ing French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing in Libya in April. Formerly of New Caledonia.

Reported POW, May, 1944.

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.

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 and presumed killed In action. Reported prisoner of war in Japanese hands in October, 1943.

S. D. C. KERKHAM, NZEF, son of Mr. R. O.

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, AIP 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.

Paul KLEIN, of FP Pacific Battalion, form erly of N. Caledonia. Reported POW.

Nura LETHEIZER, of FP Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Reported POW.

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. p/O J. LIETKE, RAAF, formerly of Labasa, Fiji. Reported prisoner of war in Germany, 1943.

A/Cpl. John H. LONERGAN, AIP. 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, 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.

Camille MERCIER, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Blr Hacheim. Reported POW, May, 1944.

Flt.-Lieut. G. E. (“Dusty”) MILLER, RAAF, formerly of Papua. Reported POW in Germany in 1943. Repatriated to England, 1944.

Lieut. Jean MILLIARD, of French Artillery.

Formerly of N. Caledonia. POW in Germany since fall of Prance, June, 1940.

Emile MTLLOT, of Pacific Battalion of Fight ing Prance. Taken prisoner in battle of Blr Hacheim (Libya).

Pte. J. F. MORRELL, formerly of TNG. Re ported missing believed prisoner of war, June 1, 1944.

Sgt. NAGLE, of French Colonial Infantry: formerly of N. Caledonia. POW in Germany since fall of Prance in June, 1940.

Pte. J. G. NEWTON, AIF, formerly of Papua.

Reported prisoner of war, June, 1944.

Pte. G. S. O’BRYAN, NZEF, formerly of Rarotonga, Cook Is. Missing after battle of Crete; now reported prisoner of war in Germany.

Gaetan OLLIVAUD, of French Colonial In fantry, formerly of N. Caledonia. POW in Ger many since fall of Prance, June, 1940.

Pte. D. R. PHILLIPS. AIF engineers, formerly of Bulwa, TNG. Reported prisoner of war, June, 1942.

Eugene POQNON, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Reported POW.

Henri PAYONNE, of Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Reported missing after battle of Bir Hacheim. Later reported POW, Italy. Later escaped and rejoined FF forces.

Gnr. Allan H. ROSS, AIP artillery, formerly planter in New Britain, TNG. Reported “miss ing—believed prisoner of war,” 28/9/1941. Re ported POW, September, 1944, A/Bdr. L. J. SMEETON, AIF, formerly of Rabaul, TNG. Reported prisoner of war in Malayan campaign.

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, RAP, formerly of Edie Creek, New Guinea, Was in Java during Japanese invasion; now known to be a prisoner of war.

Gnr. D. M. SPENCE, AIF, formerly of Port

Moresby. Reported prisoner of war after Malayan campaign.

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.

Repatriated from a German prison camp to NZ in 1944.

Signalman J. C. E. SWINBOURNE, 6th Div.

Signals, A IF, formerly of Fiji and the Gilbert & Ellice Islands Colony. Taken prisoner at Crete, June, 1941, now in prison camp at Stalag, VIIA, Germany.

P/O VENNING, NGVR. Taken prisoner during Jap invasion of Rabaul, January, 1942.

Lieut. CLIFF WARREN, of NZEF, 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. WHTTCOMBE, NZEF, formerly of Fiji and Tonga. Wounded in Crete and reported prisoner of war in Germany.

Pte. John D. WHTTCOMBE, of the NZ Forces, formerly of Levuka. Fiji. Reported prisoner of war in Germany, November. 1941.

News has been received that Dr. Joseph Ferrand, a New Caledonian, who has been a prisoner in Germany since June, 1943, has been released.

Roll Of Honour—Section I.

fSection 1 (Killed, Missing, Prisoners) and Section n (Wounded, Decorations, etc.), published in Alternate Months] (We try to assemble here the names of rr\en of the United Nations, residents or former residents of the Pacific Territories, whose names appear m casualty who receive decorations. We should be gr&teful if relations and friends would send us details of such men.)

Tttt T Fti

Sgt. Bert AITKEN, NZEF, formerly of Fiji.

Killed in action in Libya.

Eugene AUBRY (formerly of Tahiti), of the Air Force of Fighting France. Killed in an air accident in Great Britain.

Pte. Louis ASPINALL, NZEF, formerly of W.

Samoa. Killed in action in Italy in March, 1944> , , xT r 7TT r T7' Trooper Richard Steele AUBLN, NZEF formerly manager of the Mangaia, Cook Is. branch of CINA, Ltd. m in Lieut. L. E. AUSTIN, AMF, formerly of Tangara, Papua. Reported missing, believed killed, February, 1944 fnrm „.

Sqd.-Leader Stan BALDIE, RAF formerly of Wau, T NG. Kdled in action in Jean BARTHE, of FF Pacific Battalion, fo merly of N. Caledonia. Killed in c • 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.

Lieut. Lincoln J. BELL, RANVR, formerly of Kavieng, TNG. Reported killed on patrol on the Rai coast. New Guinea, *944 Lieut.-Colonel C. N. F. BENGOUGH, of BST, Defence Forces, formerly Acting-Resident Commissioner of BSI. Killed when aircraft shot down into sea, August, 1943.

Sgt.-Pilot Murray Waldon BENTLEY, RNZAF, formerly of Fiji. Reported missing in air operations in the Middle East, January, 1943.

Subsequently presumed killed.

R. C. BENTLEY. NZEF, formerly of Fiji.

Killed in action. Middle East. June 27.

P/O Robert Waldon BENTLEY, RNZAF, formerly of Fiji. Reported missing on air operations on May 5, 1943. Subsequently presumed

kllled - „

Victor BERNUT, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Killed in action.

A/Bdr. Neville W. BERTWTSTLB, AIF artillery (tank unit), formerly a clerk on the staff of W. R. Carpenter & Co., Ltd., of Rabaul, New Guinea. Killed in action, April, 1941.

P/O 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. F. BRECHIN, New Guinea Porce. Killed in air accident, June 17, 1942.

Formerly of NG Department of Agriculture.

Pte. Rex BRIGHOUSE, NZEF, formerly of W.

Samoa. Killed in action in Italy.

Anton BRINON, of Pighting 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 Pighting French Pacific Battalion. Killed in action in the battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).

Sgt.-Observer Ross BUCKLEY, RNZAF, formerly of Fiji. Reported missing in air operations.

Presumed "dead” In January. 1944.

W . t A - i l -. BUTTERIS. AMF, formerly of MadangNewGumea. Reported missing; believed killed, May, 1945.

PorJes A^rH^nLl^nU^nlSmnn'j3i Mihtary

Forces. Killed in action in Solomons.

Pilot-Officer E. H. CANARD, of RAF. formerly of Fiji Civil Service. Killed in flying accident . ... . . , • „„ * n ® cln the COUrSC ° f hiS dUty aS flying instructor.

D.vld C. OAKLAND AIF, formerly chief eesayer at the Emperor gold mines, Fiji. Killed in action in New Guinea.

Pierre CHATUPENTTER of the Fighting Prench P . ac i® c ® at * al . lon - Kllled in action in the battle of Bir Hacheim.

PrenCh PaClflC Battall ° n ’

Flight-Lieutenant O 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 “Australia,” September, 1940.

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 g UV a Fiji. Killed by enemy action In England ln M ay. i 94 3.

Pte Pelix CRAIG, AIF, formerly of accounts depa ,rtment, Australasian Petroleum Co., Port Moresby, Papua. Killed in action, June, 1941.

L j DAW ES, of the NZ Forces, formerly strict Officer of Savaii, Western Samoa. Re ported killed in action, February, 1942.

Pi i o t-Officer V. L. DEARMAN, of the RAAF (observer), formerly overseer and clerk at the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., Raravai, Fiji.

Repor t e d killed In action in the Middle East, Oc t oberi 1941 Lieut.’ Bruce Insham DENT, MC, of Fiji Mili tary porces Killed in action in s . w Paciflc> March 25. 1944. (See “Decorations.”) Rober t JDEVAUX. of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N Caledonia. Killed in action.

Rober t DROLLET, of FF Pacific Battalion, former iy of Tahiti. Killed in action in Italy, June 44 Gustav GOGENMOS, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Killed in action. cpl. Alec GIBB NZEF, formerly of Apia, Western Samoa. Killed in action in Italy in early 1944 C apt. Jean GILBERT of the Naval Forces of Pigh ting France, and formerly of Tahiti. Killed a j r accident while on mission in South Pacific.

Captain Kenneth GARDEN, of the RAF Ferry Command, formerly of Guinea Airways, Ltd., in New Gu j nea . Killed September, 1941, when a bomber he “ferried” from USA crashed on west coast of Britain Flying-Officer Moresby GOFTON, of the RAP, son of Mrs p g stewarti of W au, New Gu inea.

Reported missing, 17/5/1940—presumed killed in operations.

Rifleman J. A. GOODWIN, AIF infantry, for merly of Bulwa, TNG. Reported “accidentally killed ” April 1942.

Ernest GOURNAC (formerly of Tahiti), of the Air Porce of Pighting Pra nce. Killed in an air accident in Britain.

Pte. Wallace GRAHAM, of the NZ Force* (infantry), formerly on the staff of Morris Hedstrom Ltd., Fiji. Killed in action in the Middle East. November. 1941.

Lieut. J. A. GRANT, AIF. formerly of Man dated Territory. Killed in action, Lieut. L. B. GROVE, AIF, formerly of Madang, TNG. Killed in action.

Sqd.-Leader C. R. GURNEY, RAAF, a former chief pilot of Guinea Airways, Ltd. Killed in action in the New Guinea area, May, 1942.

P te. b. HAMILTON, AIF, formerly of Auck land, NZ, and New Guinea. Killed in action.

Gerald T. J. HARPER RAF son of Major and Mrs p Harp€r of ’ Ra piJL Kme d m action while navigating a Whitley bomber dur ing a ra j d on the continent Capt. G. C. HARRIS, AIF, formerly of TNG.

Reported killed in action. June 1944. j. HEAD. RAAF. formerly of Fiji. Killed in flying accident in Australia, 1941.

Hute H EPO, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of Tah ti Killed in action in Italy, June, 1944. captain L. T. HURRELL, Infantry. Rabaul.

Killed in actinn Sqd.-Leader James R. HYDE, of the RAP, formorin n d n f /~\ pc A . • „

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mg cross, 1941. Killed in action while leading an attack on an enemy convoy off the coast of Greece Julv 24 1942 Pte . V J. hook, ANGAD, formerly of New Guinea, Killed In action, Altape area, 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, Fi j i » in 1915. Killed f*'™ 4 ° o mMns rald on Kr “‘" ! * n4 Norway ’

Flying-Officer G. M. KEOGH, RAAF, form erly of Wewak, TNG. Killed in air operations in New Guinea, August 30, 1943.

LAC Douglas KIRBY, RAF, who left Suva, Fi ji. 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.

Marcellin LACABANNE. of the French Colonial Infantry Commandos. Holder of the Croix de Guerre, with Silver Star, and Medaille Militaire.

Formerly of N. Caledonia. Killed in action in Amiens, France, May 25, 1940.

C. D. LAMONT, RAF, formerly a master at Boys’ Grammar School, Suva, Fiji. Missing, be lieved killed on air operations over Germany.

Pte. Jone LAWAKILBVU, FMF. Reported killed in action in the Solomons, September, 1944.

Cpl. Gaston LESSON, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Killed in battle of Bir Hacheim (Libya).

F/O Allan T. LEYDIN, RAAF, formerly of Papua and the Mandated Territory, Killed in flying operations over the Mediterranean, October 26, 1943.

James LEVY, of FF Pacific Battalion, form erly of N. Caledonia. Killed in action.

Capt. (now Lieut.-Colonel) Edward Tlwi 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.” Officially announced, July 17, 1942, killed in action in Libya.

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, for merly supercargo on W. R. Carpenter & Co.’s inter-island vessels “Desikoko” and “Mako,” in New Guinea. Reported “killed in action” in Syria, 30/10/1941.

F/O John W. MCDONALD, RAAF, formerly of Wau, TNG. Killed in operations over France in February, 1944.

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.

Lieut. J. McCLYMONT, formerly of Apia, W.

Samoa. Reported killed in action.

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.

Noho MANEA, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of Tahiti. Killed in action in Italy, June, 1944.

Ernest MARTIAS, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Killed in action.

Francois MASSON, of the Fighting French Pacific Battalion. Killed in action in the battle of Bir Hacheim.

Capt. John Malcolm METHVBN. Reported killed in action in Egypt on July 22, 1942, while serving with the AIF. He was born in Ocean Island, and is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.

Stuartson C. Methven, of Belgrave, Victoria.

P/O Officer 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/O R. H. MORGAN, RAAF. Missing, now presumed dead, after flying operations on May 6, 1944.

Marc MOUTRY, of FF Pacific Battalion, formerly of N. Caledonia. Killed in action.

Pte. Viliame NAILATI, of Fiji Military Forces.

Killed in action in Solomons.

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 mili tary forces in February, 1942. Killed in action in New Guinea on December 21, 1942.

QM Sgt. Toby O’BRIEN, AIF. formerly of the Lands and Surveys Department, TNG. Killed in action at Lae in September, 1943.

Sub-Lieut. A. OLANDER, RANVR, formerly of New Britain. Killed by the Japanese on Amelut Plantation, New Britain, March, 1943.

J. L. C. OSBORN, NZEF, formerly of Fiji.

Killed in action, Middle East. June, 1942.

Sub-Lieut. Con PAGE, RANVR, formerly of Mandated Territory. Reported killed by the Japanese on Nemto Is., off New Ireland coast, about July, 1942.

Pilot-Officer Ivan PALMER, RAF, formerly of Fiji. Killed in air operations over Malta.

Lieut. R. G. M. PEMBERTON, AIF, formerly of Rabaul, New Guinea. Killed in action.

Capt. Raymond PERRAUD, FF Pacific Bat talion, formerly of Noumea. Killed in action In Europe, 1944. Holder of the Croix de Guerre and Liberation Cross. o. PILLING, RAF, formerly of Fiji. Missing; believed killed.

Lieut. Tony PHELPS, Fiji Military Forces.

Killed in action in the South Pacific, January, 1944.

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