Pacific Pioneers: the story of the engineers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific
Roll Of Honour
Roll Of Honour
20th field company
- Sapper H. Galbraith, died of sickness (Suva 14/8/41)
- Corporal D. W. Harris, accidentally killed (Suva 13/12/41)
- Staff-Sergeant R. Seaver, accidentally killed (Necal 11/7/42)
- Sapper J. H. Craig, accidentally killed (Vella 26/9/43)
- 'Corporal J. J. Tod, died of accidental injuries (Vella 5/12/43)
- Sapper F. L. Knipe, accidentally killed (Vella 5/12/43)
23rd field company
- Sapper L. D. Ferris, accidentally killed (Namaka 15/6/41)
- Warrant-Officer Second Class J. L. Beehag, killed in action (Mono 27/10/43)
- Sapper C. E. Ball, died of wounds (Mono 1/11/43)
- Sapper J. E. Mulholland, died of accidental injuries (Mono 8/12/43)
37th field park company
- Staff-Sergeant J. H. Harvey (24th Army Troops), died in hospital as a result of an accident (NZ 9/42)
- Sapper I. R. Gloistein, died in hospital as a result of an accident (Necal 2/6/43)
The graves of most of these men are now to be found, not in the steam of the jungle, tended by native Christians, but in the cemetery which crowns a hill near Bourail, New Caledonia. Many other names, should be recorded here. There are sappers who shared the Pacific with us and, passing in time to other units with the Middle East or Central Mediterranean Forces, were there killed or wounded. We can but salute their memory with the engineers' legend:
Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt