taken from PAPERS PAST 23 May 1942

BACK FROM ABROAD
PARTY OF THE N.Z.E.F

The following officers and others ranks belonging to overseas units of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. have retured to New Zealand and after being medically boarded in Auckland, some have proceeded to their homes:-

CAPTAIN
James Michael McBREARTY (1913-1996) - Christchurch

LIEUTENANT
W. W. SMALL - Auckland

SECOND-LIEUTENANT
H. L. WATKINS - Kaitaia

STAFF SERGEANTS
F. L. IVERSON - Tauranga
H. N. MERCER - Palmerston North

TEMPORARY STAFF SERGEANT
G. B. HUNT - Auckland

TEMPORARY SERGEANTS
H. D. FALCONER - Wellington
Roslyn Harvell Wentworth HOWARD (1919-1987) - Wellington
R. M. MORTON - Rotorua

TEMPORARY CORPORALS
I. E. NEWSON - Wellington
J. L. WARREN - Havelock North
H. M. MORTON - Rotorua

TEMPORARY LANCE CORPORALS
F. J. A. GREENWOOD - Christchurch
R. C. MOFFATT - Auckland
A. W. TODD - Greymouth
John Vernon WAKEFIELD (1916-1993) - Auckland

GUNNERS
Edward Cuthbert George ALLEN (1917-1973) - Whangarei
K. M. BARNABY - Tuakau
E. E. CORKIN - Lyttelton
E. A. DOWLING - Christchurch
H. C. FREEMAN - Kakahi
C. W. KING - Christchurch
Arthur Edward PRESBURY (1913-1985) - Dunedin
E. G. RAE - Darfield
J. W. THOMPSON - Auckland
C. J. WILLIAMS - Middlemarch
J. C. YOUNG - Dannevirke

PRIVATES
G. R. ANDERSON - Te Awamutu
S. G. R. ANDERSON - Wanganui
J. A. ASKEW - Oxford
N. A. BENSON - Maxwell
C. J. BOYD - Rimu
Alfred Ernest BRINKHURST (1908-1964) - Stratford
J. P. BRYANT - Ashburton
H. BUCHANAN - Taumarumui
John William Thomas CHANNINGS (1910-1987) - Wellington
Hubert DOAK (1915-1984) - Rakaia
F. W. FISCHER - Purakaiaki
C. H. FRANKS - Christchurch
L. F. GARLICK - Otakio
A. GRIBBLE - Christchurch
Arthur Oscar HAHN (1905-2008) - Christchurch
J. R. HOCKING - Arthurton
L. A. JOHNSON - Karamu
P. G. JOHNSON - Cust
D. T. JOHNSTON - Auckland
R. B. M. KERR - Atawhai
Harold Stuart MAHAN (1914-1979) - Temuka
H. J. M. MASON - Dunedin
W. J. MITCHELL - Ohakune
Keith Ashton NESBIT (1920-2002) - Wellington
F. W. PERRY - Wellington
Francis Cardigan PIERCE (1918-1995) - Tokirima
C. J. REID - Masterton
R. A. RICHARDS - Christchurch
Kerle William Ernest RISSETTO - (1018-1991) Auckland
G. E. RUSSELL - Palmerston North
William George SCHOLLUM (1913-1976) - Wellington
T. J. SMITH - Clyde
J. H. TRAINER - Auckland
Donald Batty Rogers WINWOOD (1915-2009) - WANGANUI
Harry Murray WORRALL (1920-2001) - Christchurch

TROOPERS
Victor George BEAL (1900-1981) - Rangiora
J. C. CLOUGH - Auckland
H. E. CRANE - Wanganui
L. DARE - Frankton
L. G. NATION - Hunterville
R. W. SMART - Christchurch
K. R. SMITH - Auckland
C. S. WILKINS - Putaruru
Driver, R. BRYDON - Rangiora

In addition the following whose addresses are nor avilable have returned:-
PRIVATES
L. ASHLEY
D. BURT
L. C. LINDSAY
William Warren Duncomb STROMBOM (1902-1957)
J. R. P. TURNER

TROOPER
A. H. KING

GUNNERS
Bernard Joseph RIORDAN (1918-1996)
William Holford WHITEMAN (1915-2005)