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Soldier Missing in Lake Moawhango Named
Media Release
27 September 2012
Soldier Missing in Lake
Moawhango Named
Police and the NZ Defence Force have released the name of the soldier who is missing in Lake Moawhango, Waiouru.
He is Private (PTE) Michael Victor
Ross, aged 29 years, from Kaitaia.
Ruapehu Area
Commander Inspector Steve Mastrovich said Police and the NZ
Defence Force are doing everything possible to find Private
Ross and return him to his family.
“Sadly there is little chance of finding him alive given the length of time he has been missing and our focus now is the recovery operation."
PTE Ross is a Rifleman with 1 Royal New
Zealand Infantry Regiment (1RNZIR) based at Linton.
PTE
Ross enlisted into the NZ Army on 19 August 2009 and was
posted to 2/1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (2/1
RNZIR) at Burnham. He is an experienced soldier, who served
in Timor Leste in 2011.
Commander Headquarters Training and Doctrine, Colonel (COL) Evan Williams said: “The NZ Defence Force continues to work with the NZ Police to provide the required assistance for this operation.”
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