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The casualty list of HMS Achilles was as follows:—

KILLED

Able Seaman A. C. H. Shaw (Ngongotaha, Rotorua)
Ordinary Seaman I. W. Grant (Tainui, Dunedin)
Telegraphist F. Stennett (Stockport, Cheshire, England)
Ordinary Telegraphist N. J. Milburn (Bradford, Yorkshire, England)

SERIOUSLY WOUNDED

Able Seaman E. V. Sherley (Te Awamutu)
Chief Yeoman of Signals L. C. Martinson (Devonport, Auckland)
Sergeant S. J. Trimble, Royal Marines (Glengormley, Belfast, Ireland)

SLIGHTLY WOUNDED

Captain W. E. Parry, CB, RN
Lieutenant R. E. Washbourn, DSO, RN (Nelson)
Ordinary Seaman R. Gallagher (Levin)
Ordinary Seaman C. F. Marra (Waipukurau)
Ordnance Artificer 4th Class, E. F. Copplestone (Portsmouth, England)
Marine H. J. Blackburn (Gillingham, Kent, England)

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Title: Achilles at the River Plate

Author: S. D. Waters

In: Episodes & Studies Volume 1

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1948, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

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