DEATH OF M.C.

LIEUT-COLONEL LYNCH

Advice of the death from wounds, while a prisoner of war in Italy, of Lieutenant-Colonel Raymond James Lynch, M.C., aged 31, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lynch, of 70, Sarsfield Street, Heme Bay, has been received by' his wife, Mrs. Glenis Lynch, of Whangarei. Decorated with the Military Cross after serving as a captain with the Auckland Infantry in Greece and Crete, Lieut.-

Colonel Lynch took an active part in the Libyan and Egyptian campaigns as second-in-command of the ISth (Auckland) Battalion, and succeeded to the command of the Battalion on the death of Brigadier Gray in June last. Lieutenant-Colonel Lynch, who was extremely popular with his the battalion in a night attack on Ruweisat Rids?e on July 17 and was wounded in the less " He prisoner ble t0 escape and was ta ken An old boy of Sacred Heart College, he left with the First Echelon ™toH Captain > bu f was Quickly promoted major, and later became lieu-tenant-colonel. Requiem Mass is to draf at Q s St ' CMhS 9-30 a.m. on Saturday. faiinn 0n i ll d ®P ictin g the presenUnhTm I Lieutenant eer DS n r t l ga( H r TKiPPenber- % i it* the late LieutenantColonel Lynch, M.C., was screened in Christchurch, the parents of all three officers were present in the theatre and were accorded an ovation.