A number of Australians who have died due to the White Island volcano tragedy have now been named.
Jesse Langford has been identified as one of the wounded at a New Zealand hospital.The family of Adelaide man Gavin Dallow told Nine News that he was also among the dead on Wednesday afternoon, and his 15-year-old stepdaughter Zoe Hosking is presumed to be among the bodies on White Island. His wife, Lisa Hosking, 48, is receiving treatment in hospital.
The Australian government is still reporting that 13 Australians are in hospital and 11 are missing. The reality is less certain. The status of those people is fluid as hospitals work to identify patients who have been burned beyond recognition, many of them unable to speak.Survivors have been spread between seven hospitals, many of them at New Zealand's National Burn Centre at Middlemore Hospital.
For those whose relatives are known to have survived the blast, it is too soon for relief. Those who were injured have horrific injuries, including deep-tissue burns, some to more than half of their body. Among the 24 Australians who failed to return to their cruise ship Ovation of the Seas after the eruption, those known to be receiving treatment in hospital include Engadine couple Marion and Nick London, Adelaide woman Lisa Hosking, 48, and Coffs Harbour man Jason Griffiths, 33.
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