CAREERS OF THE FALLEN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 147, 22 June 1915, Page 7

CAREERS OF THE FALLEN.

WOUNDED AND KILLED.

AUCKLAND.

TROOPER G. DYER. Mr R. W. Dyer. S.M.. received the welcome informatiuM yesterday that his #on, Trouper G. Dyer, of rue Wellington Mounted Rifles, pxviously reported wounded. w.is progressing satisfactorily. PRIVATE A. .IEWISS. Private Arthur Jewiss. w'no , is reported tn hive been wounded, left Auckland with the third reinforcements, c.nd was transferred to the Canterbury Infantry Battalion, lie is the only son at Mrs C. lewiss, of 20 Sherbourna Road. Jit. Eden, nnd has three sisters, of whom I one is ilrs A. J. Chapman. Hansen Road. Edendale. He is an old pupil of Mt. Eden School, and was farming with Mr Montgomery at Mangpre when war broke out. He is about 25 years of agt'. PRIVATE J. R. B. CRAIG. Private Tnhn R. B. Craig, who wa* I killed in a-tion while serving with the I Waikato Company of the Auckland In- : fantry Battalion, was the son of Mr j Robert Craig, of Wanganui Avenue; Ponsonby. He wns 24 years of age, and I was killed in the action of April i>. One! <rf liis brot.icrs was killed in the Boer j War. PRIVATE R. WEBB. Private R. Webb, who was killed in j acti.m while serving with the 7th Bat-i talion of Canadians, was the son of Mr | T. Webb, ol Duthie Street. Ponsonby. i He wns 23 years of age. and unmarried. I Pome four veirs ago he went to America, i and up to the time of hLs enlistment' had been in the Rocky Mountains district. He was killed about May S. An | uncle of the young soldier is at present a prisoner of war in Germany. TROOFE.3 P. S. LIVERMORE. Word was received by Mr E. Liver- | more this morning that his son. Trooper [ P. S. Livermorc, of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, is progressing satisfac- J torily. Trooper Livermore. who is not | yet 20 years o'' age, Is a native of India, i He was educated at the Wellington Col- i lego and Auckland Grammar School, and j was learning firming pursuits in Taranaki when the war broke out. CArrTERBtTBY. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH. Otis day. SERGEAXT AVHTTLEY. Sergeant Herbert Whitley (wounded) i; bhe youngest =on of George Whitley. of Christehurch. He was a captain in | the Salvation Army, and was stationed j at Carterton when he enlisted. He was ; a keen volunteer years ago. and served | through the South African War in the j Army Service Corps. PRIVATE SEDDES. Private Seddes ! killed) wjs a signaller ' in the Otago Battalion. Ho was son of j M\". Seddee" Millerton. and after a promising career at srhool, entered the Post and Telegraph Department, being stationed at Wellington when the call came. AX ALL-ROUND SPORTSMAN. James Godfrey (wounded) left with <the main body. He wa3 on the railway staff at Westport, but belongs to Pictor., where, at the time, he was captain of the fire brigade, rowing club, t'ootbsll and cricket cluhs, and. a good all-round , sport. His brother Dan is with the 6th Reinforcements. One brother is in the Survey Departmem. at Auckland. PRIVATE I. W. JOHNSTON. Private J. W. Johnston idied of •wounds) was the eldest son of .J. \V. Johnston, of the railway goods shed department, Oarnaru. He was within a few week* of his twenty-first birthday, and was born at Puraukounui. compacting his education at Oamaru South School. He engaged in agricultural work, and wag following thr- plough at Mayfield, Aahburton district, when the call" for men for aervicp at the front reached him. He promptly enlisted in the Canterbury Battalion, but owing to denial trouble, did not get away with thp main force, but left with the Third Reinforcement, reaching Egypt in time to proceed with the main br.dy of the K« w Zealand troop, to the Dardanelles. OME OF THK MOUNTEDS. Trooper William Thomas Huxforl killed in action or. May 30, was the eldest, son of George Husford, of Milford. Lagoon Road, Temuka. Trooper Huxford. was barfly 21 years of age. H* vras educated at 'he Duntroon School, and xaf one of the fir*t to volunteer for actiif service, and left with the rnnin Expeditionarr Forw He was a fast and »■!■:■-, rr runner, nnd footballer, and won two events at '-he Temuka Easter sports laet year. He wag of a quiet and unassuming' diapesition, and well liked by all with whom he came in contact. PRIVATE GEORGE MOOP.E. Private Geo. Moore 'killed in action) was the son of John Moore, of Maude Street. Tenruku. He ww a good worker, nnd had a wide cire'e o-f friends in the Temuka district. LANCE CORPORAL CLARKE. Lance-Corporal Arthur Clarke (Southland Company), killed in aotinn, was tho eldest son of the late VVi liam Clarke, of Lyttelton. He was birn nnd educated at Lyttelton. and left there some seven years ngo, wlifn he prwppded to inverear.'Kl to fill an appointment in the mainteninee lirnnch of railway*. He was a we!! known figure in r >wing circles, havinz rowed for Invercardll rowing Club ivb j he a member of crews in many resrittas. ivinnins? rar«v both in maiden nnd r-en ; or events. On leavine tlic rai'wav. h" was emr»!oy<vl at the Ocfan Ren.-h Freez'ne Works at the r.hi(T. ivi.c-r lie rowed fnr Awnroa senior cro'v. which won the Edmonds shield. He was ore of the firet to volunteer on war beina declared, and left for tme frr, t with thp main body. He ra killed by being struck on tne temple by a shell after six hour* , fichting He was 31 ypnrs of ;icf No intimation of ii\i death w.is received V h<, rno-ther until June Xi when a letter airived from his Irullur Serp.-aal W. who waa wrunried at tne same tr.ne. She wad fficially informed on -Tune IS. PRIV KIT <;Ii.LrNGHAM. Ptnatc AII.VI GidUngliam (killed in action) wan >::, vcflre of age, his nnxt ot tin bein" his brother, Ja-nies GiUingham, of Bridßo Street, Cobden, I'Wcstlftnd). The late Private GLliingham enlisted Jroir Invereargiil. Hfl "*' a native of Cobden, and wae a well known and extremely popular young fellow in that district

FROM GERALDINTE. I Ceraldine boys at the front have ftuf-' fored considerably in proportion io their numbers. Private Brett waa invalided j home as the result of an accident in ! Egypt. Private Lord was injured in arm and foot in fighting at the Dardanelles. " Private Patterson had his face laid open ' by a 'bursting shell, and is Likely to lose .' the sight of the left eye. He also was - shot or bayoneted through the arm, ' but sends word to his mother that he "did for three Turks" before, he was put out of action. Olarencp Dyer, son of Mr. T. Dyer, clerk of the Geraldine Road ' Board, is another old Geraldine boy who , ! was wounded, but is progressing favourably. i CORPORAL McARTIIUR. ' Corporal James MeArtfiur (Canterbury Battalion) was third son of Mr. James MeArthur. James's Avenue, Papanui (wounded). He was be mat Adding- ; I ton, and received education at Harewood School. He is in hie 31st year. By trade j he is an engineer, having served his, . time in Christehurch, h - certificates j from Canterbury College being extra first | for land and eeeond for marine. When ' war broke out he was engineer on the s.s. Mokoia. He at once volunteered for i ! the front, and was accepted, joining as I a private. Three weeks afterwards lie ' i was raised to the rank of corporal. He j lef,i New Zealand with the Third Rein- ' forcements. LANCE-CORPORAL ROUND. Lnni'e-Corporal Charles Stanley Round ! (wounded) was born at Woclstou in 1801. ! IHo was educated at the local State school, and afterwards at 'West ChristI church District High School. On leav-. ' 1 ing school, he entered the Government ! service in the Post and Telegraph Department, Christehurch, where he was ' employed on ihe outbreak of the. war. ■He was a private in the Post and Tele- ! graph Corps (Territorials), and was one of the first to offer himself for active , service, leaving with the main Expoilitionary Force as private, being afterI wards promoted to Lance Corporal. PROGRESSING. Advice has been received that Lieut. ! Alan Rout (Canterbury Battalion) is : progressing favourably. Private advice li.is been received stat ! ing that Private Harold Rhind. of ! Lyttelton, who was wounded in the earI lier engagements at the Dardanelles, is i progressing favourably. SERGT. R. W. G. PARSONS. Sergeant RaJph W. G. Pardons, of Wellington, who 'left with the Third Reinforcement* on headquarters staff, ia reported wounded. He is tl,he only son of Mr. W. T. Parsons, and i>\V years old. Recently he had arrived from Fiji, where he was engaged for three or four years in commercial "busings. He brought back with him his native bnv. Aminio Marama . (well known in 'Wellington swimming ' | circles!, whom be *ent Hack prior to his I J departure for Egypt. While in Welling- > ton he acted as committee clerk at Parl liament during the sessions, and when .' I they were dosed was engaged on the I headquarters staff in the Defence De- | partment up to the time of his depart- - OTAGO. 05 y Telegraph.— Sped' l ' to •'Star.") DUNEDIN, this day. PRIVATE A. M. BELESKY. Private \. B. Beleskv (wounded. Otago !' Infantry) is the son of Mrs. E. J. Belesky, ' ' Sv-lwvu' Street. North East Valley. He | "! was engaged in farming in the Tapanm j ] district when war broke out. and was 111 i the Mounted Rifles there. He was only 1 IS years of age when he enlisted, and on ■ ' '■ account of his youth was not accepted, but ? he was determined to get away. He again 1 joined the infantry at Milton, and was ! successful in getting away. He was edu--1 cated in the Christian Brothers school. CORPORAL HART. ' " ! Mr. Thomas F. Hart, assistant sub--1 ; editor of the "Otago Daily Times," has '! received official notification that his son " i Corporal Horace A. Hart I is reported as 1 ' killed Corporal Hart, who was a inenii ber of the old Ballarat (Victoria) Batl i talion, was one of tho first in his native . ? I city to enlist as a private. He was pro- ; 1 I moted in camp to Lance-Corpooral and on 1 , shipboard to Corporal. The deceased, who 3 ; was unmarried, was 20 years old. 1 PRIVATE W. RAE. 5 i Private Walter Rao, 21 years old. killed 0 i in action on May 2. was born in Dunedin • i and educated at Kaikorai school. He was the eldest son of Mr. Robt. Bae. boot- j maker, Oamaru, late of Kaikorai Valley. 1 He was a sergeant in the North Otago - (Tenth Regiment Territorials), and ■ offered his services when war was der ■ clared. During training at Tahuna Park • camp he met with an "accident, and on 1,1 his recovery he was bo keen to get away ' ! with the First Expeditionary Force that i! he enlisted as a private. He was a t! grandson of Mr. Alex. Rich, St. Hilda 1 I for many years building inspector for the r Otago Education Board). The deceased 1 has a brother in training at Trcntham. i\ PRIVATE W. BUCHAX. Private Win. Buchau (wounded), Otago Infantry, was born in Port Chalmers in ) 1594, and in 1898 his people removed to c j Dunedin. He was educated at the Albany •, ! Street school and the Otago Boys' High c I School. He took a keen interest in all sports, being champion schoolboy swim- ! mer of Otago for two years, and afterwards one of the most promising swimi. mers in Dunedin. At the time of joining o the Expeditionary Force he was in the , employ of Messrs. Herbert Haynes and Co. ri ! as traveller for the furniture department. 0 PRIVATE G. E. MORRIS. i' Private G. F. Morris (wounded, Otago c Infantry) is descended on both sides from i. old identities, one grandfather being Mr. g Edward Morris, of Waitati, and the other s the late Mr. Michael O'Keefe, e.\-sergeant nl of police, who was well known in Otago 2 and Southland as one of "Branigan'a c iren. , ' Private Morris worked on the c ! railways in Auckland for some time, and r : tried to enlist there, but as preference 1 was "iven to Territorials he was rejected. li ! While on a visit to hie people in Dunedin, c however, he enlisted in the Otago InfanH J try nnd went into cam P iIL Tanuna ' ani * II eventually left with the main body. il GUNNER SUTHERLAND. il Gunner T. Sutherland (wounded Otago is Infantry) was born in 1891, and is the 0 voungeat and only surviving son of the f late Mr. Alex. Sutherland. He was a pupil at the Port Chalmers High School until his mother removed to Wellington. ifter a short residence there they ren turned to Dunedin, where his mother died. if leaving him to the care of his aunt and 1 uncle "in Port Chalmers, whore he again |! resumed school. He was in the. employ d of Messrs. Stevenson and Cook, and was a )f member of the Queen's Drive Boating <■ Club. He was popular with all his lellowit workers and was respected by everyone who knew him.

PRIVATE McCLEARY. Private A. McCleary (wounded) was born and educated at Outraiu, He. ia 20 years of ago, and started his career as a butcher with Mr. Lawrence, of Dunedin. When he enlisted he was with Messrs. Kernohan and McCann, of Tiniaru, grocers, and was for some time a member of the Timaru Volunteers. Word has recently been received that Private McCleary is progressing favourably. PR IVATE H. WOODFORD. Private. 11. Woodford (wounded) was educated at tho Wylie's Crossing school, and is well known in the Taieri. He has been engaged in cheesemaking, also farming and mining pursuits. He waa a prominent member of the Taieri Rovers Football Club, and also a tirst-class shot. PRIVATE LOVE. Private W. T. Love (reported killed in action on April 27) worked in Sargood's boot factory, Dunedin, when he enlisted. From boyhood he was a noted Soccer player, having played for Roslyn Waikari and Green Island, lie was 24 years of age. and was a son of Mr. Alexander Love, Cromwell, late of Queensland. PROGRESSING. Mr. W. 0. Chambers, of Caversham Rise, has received word from his son (Corp. G. G. Chambers, who was reported wounded at the Dardanelles, that he is in the Heliopolis Palace Hospital, suffering from shock and slight concussion of the spine and head. He joined the Ist Australian Division of the Expeditionary Forces in Melbourne. He is doing as well as can be expected. Mr. John Russell hns been advised by cable that his foil (Corporal .1. L. Russell, the well known Zingari footballer), who was wounded at the Dardanelles, is progressing favourably.