THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 222, 17 September 1915, Page 6

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

CAREERS OF THE FALLEN. WOUNDED AND KILLED. SERGEANT LESLIE WALLACE. Sergeant Leslie Wallace, wounded, wa* •serving with the Auckland Mounted Rifles. He is 2.i years old. and is a well known settler of Victoria. Valley. Kaiataia. where his father lives. Sergeant Wallace has had seven years' training in the Volunteers and Territorials, and is an excellent rifle shot. SERGEANT A. E. LAW. Sergeant Allan Edward Law. wounded. wa.» horn at < beltenham. Feilding. and educated at North school and at the High School, Dannevirke. He was in the Rank of New Zealand, Dannenrkc, for six years before he enlisted. He is 24 years of age. and is a 6on of Mr. John Uw. of Kihikihi. CORPORAL <;. A. I'ORDON". Corporal (reorge Alfred (ii.rrlon. killeo in action, was born and educated at Opotiki, where his mother still live.,. He was a grand-on of the late. Captain Gordon, of Pokeno. a vpteran ol the Indian Mutiny. Corporal (i-ordon was 23 years of age. and for three or four years prior to enlisting had been working at Wairoa for the Hawke's Bay Motor ing Company. He joined the Wellington Battalion. LANT-E-CORPORAL WILLLAM WOODS. William Woods, who was reported missine r .n August R, and is now supposed to have been killed, was the sixth son of Mr. and Mrs. (I. h. Woods, of Obaea.wa.i. He was born at the Bay of Island*, and wsis 26 years of age. orporal W. Woods joined the force in Napier as chief httke.r. but afterwards transferred to B ( ompany Wellington Infantry. and was made lance-corporal and left wit 11 the main fore.-. He wa*- a well known athlete in Taranaki. and belonged to the Taranaki senior team of the .-tar Football C'Jub. He was a baker by trade, and resided for many ypars in New Plymouth. PRIVATF. .!. V. OLIVER. Private James Victor Oliver, wounded, is the only son of Mr. and Mrs .1. Oliver, j Hikutaia, Thames. He was oorn at j Hikutaia, and is twenty years ~f any. I When he enlisted with tiie Auckland • Battalion he was employed as a butcher with Mr. W. Deeble. at Tuak.-.u. PRIVATE (T li. M.MDENS. Private George Ho.yard Maidens, who was wounrici .01 August - at the Dar..apriles, was oorn al .-haJte-buri, New Zep.'.and. 2s ye-irs ago. lie » the youngie.t son of Mrs. Ki./.i Maidens, late ol j Pi-ero-i. He was ti contractor by o-x-upa , tion. His mother now uvcr at I'potiki. PRIVATF FRANK SIRBITT. Private Frank Sibbitt, who is reported to have been wounded, enlisted with the j main body of the Expeditionary Force, land was posted to the Auckland Batta- | lion. He is 2."i years of age, and was ! employed as a driver for \\ instone's, j Ltd. He bad received territorial training in England. His mother lives at 12X. London Roivd. Manchester, England. PRIVATE LEO BROOKES. Private [yn Brookes, wounded, w-vs born in Normanton. "lorkehire. twentythree years ago. He was Mi way* longing *o .v .1 soldier, as hi- forefathers on is.th sides had been for five consecutive generations, and ml seen service at Crimea. Afghanistan. Franco-Prussian, Waterloo, and Inkerman. He is athletic,, played foot.hall, and is clever with tbe gloves. PRIVATE J. A. FREEMAN. Private Joseph A. Freeman, son of Mr. and Mrs. F Freeman, of Tainut j Street, Ohakune, was reported missing since August S, but is non bolie.ed to have been killed. He «as '23 years oil age. and wa.s born in Wajiganui, in which district he worked at bush contracting.He enlisted with th" Wellington Battalion. PRIVATE R E. DONELLEY. Private Robert Edward Donolley, wounded a second time, is a son of Mr. Thos. W. H. Donelley, of rvohukohu, Hokiangu. He enlisted in the North Auckland Company of the Auckland Battalion. Plicate Done.)ley is 27 yeaTS of age. and had been at Kohllkohu all his life until his enlistment. He was prominent in athletic circles in his home district, where he was wei! liked. PRIVATE JOHN REILLY. Private John Reilly, missing, with 165 others, since August .'5, and now reported to have been killed . war. an Auokla.nd iboy. and attended Woodhill school. Four years ago he went to Wanganui, where ho enlisted with the Third Reinforce ments. His f-ather was a soldier in the Crimean and Maori wars, and his grandfather also fought in the Maiori war, and is now in the Veterans' Home. His sister. Mrs. Christiansen, lives at Rivcrhead. PRIVATE O. W. HOWE. Private Oneshnus William Howe (Auckland Battalion,, who has been slightly wounded and admitted to -nospitaJ at Malta, is the eldest son of Mrs. F. E. Merrick, of Te Hoe. and grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Short, ot Awhitu. He was educated at Manukaaj Heaxis school and at Auckland Grammar School and Sacred Heart College. He was 20 years of age, and was in the service of the Auckland Education Board as a. teacher. When lie enlisted he was teaching at Salt Springs, Hokianga, TROOPER L. J. PAUL. Trooper Lionel Joseph Paul, wounded, is an old Thames boy, the son of Mr. J. Paul, saddler, of Thames. His wife resides at Hunterville. Trooper Paul left with the main body of the Expeditionary Force as Sergeant-Saddler, and was attached to tbe Wellington Mounted Rifles. Later, however, he secured a transfer to the fighting force, and was given his chance as a trooper. TROOPER LESLIE WILSON. Trooper Leslie Wilson, who has been wounded while serving with the Auckland Mounted. Rifles, was engaged in farming at Ncwsteari. when he enlisted with the main body of the Expeditionary Force. He was attached to the sqnadro that was contributed by the 4th (Waikato) MJR. Trooper Wilson is-the second son of the late Mr. Peter Wilson, of Newstead, Waikato, and formerly of Stratford, Taranaki. His mother now lives at 64, Vauxiuill Read, Devonport.

LIEUT. R. W. WESTMACOTT. Private advice has. been received in Auckland concerning Lieut. Rupert Walter Westmarott. formerly on the staff of the New Zealand Insurance Co. in Auckland. He enlisted with the. Third (Auckland 1 Company of the Auckland Battalion, and left'with the rank of lance-corporal, later winning promotion until he received a commission ac a lieutenant. He was wounded early in the fighting, and invalided to England. It is now learned that he haft had a leg amputated above the knee. Lieut. Westmacott was a young Englishman, his parents living in"Cornwall. SERGT. WALTER PPRATT. Sergeant Walter Touho Spratt. reported missing and now believed to have been killed, is a son of Mr. -I. J. Spratt, Onerahi. He was serving with the Wellington Infantry. He is 22 years of ape, and is a good all-round athlete. He was a painter hv trade when he existed with the main body of the Exepditionary Force. A brother. Private Herbert Spratt. has been wounded while serving with the Australians. PEROT.- MAJOR A. W. PORTEOCS, M.C. Regimental Sergeant .Major A. W. Porteoiiif (Military Crosse reported killed in action, was „ Port Chalmers boy. and lias always taken keen interest in volunteering, having joined the Port Naval-) as a hoy. With the late Colonel Bauchnp he served in this company until the Boer ■.far broke out. when he enlisted with the Fourth Continzent. On his return to New Zealand he joined the Caversham Rifles ac a private, and worked up to the rank ol colour-sergeant. In 1912 hp left the Government workshops, where he was employed, and joined the permanent staff, taking up ins duties ag sergeant-major at Ranfurly. He was subsequently transferred to Oamaru as I regimental sergeant-major. When the S war broke out he was one of the first to be called on to go, and left with the main hody. He was awarded the Military f ross for conspicuous bravery on I May i'l. being the only Xew Zealander to date to earn that distinction. He was a crack rifle shot, having won the championship of Southland in 1903, also the championship of the Caversham Rifles, and numerous other prizes. He also gained in 1014 a medal for long and efficient service. He was a quiet and unassuming man. one who always took a ! keen interest in his work, ami was es- ; teo.m»d and respected by all who knew 1 lii in. TRIYATE ROBERT ELLIS HATRICK. | . Private Robert Ellis flatriok. of the ; Sixth Reinforcements, l.ith Australian ; Battalion, ha.; been missing since about tne -tl, .Xujrutt last. He is the eldest i»on of Mr. and Mrs. .1. R. E. Hatriek. of ! \orth"ote who have received advice j from the Dcfei.ce authorities in Melbourne (through the Hon. .Ta.s. Allen) I',-iat Private Hatriek has been missing | since the "th or StJi of August. Private i Hatriek was born end brought, up at i Hamilton, and about ten yeans ago went Ito Queensland, where he' has since engaged in farming. He joinej the AusI iralian Forrps on the outbreak, of war. j.in-1 took part in the capture of New On men. He »as r.nc of a party of thir-een told o:T to take a German'fort at Rabaul i New i':,meai. which hv a j.ittle bluff they siu-essfullv a.-coin- ■ nlished without firing a shot.' The Germars did noi realise their force was so [small until aft.-r they had laid down I the,,- guns .lnl sii rr ,- n ,rp,-p ( i u ni ] rr t) le ; belief that they were "up against" I vastly superior numbers. His brother. Corpora] Hubert K. Hatriek, of the Signalling Corps oi the 3rd i Auckland) Mounted Rifles, Main Expeditinnary Fore.-. has gone through the Gallipoii campaign so far unscathed, a cable a week asm reporting him quite well; while another hrother, Lieut. Jas. G. Hatriek. of the 54th Compnn-v of Senior Cadets tof the staff of (ieo. Fowlds. Ltd.l recently left for Trenthaan camp in order to go on active service, and is expected t 0 leave fith the Ninth Reinforcements. SAPPER GEORGE A. V. HARRIS. Sapper George A. V. Harris, who has been wounded -,n the hand, enlisted with the Otago section of Field Engineers in the main body of the Expeditionary Force. He is a son of Mr. (". H. Harris, of Western Springs. He served with G. Fraser and Sons as an engineer, and afterwards joined John Burns and Co. He left lor the South to join the Union Sjs. Company, hut when war broke out he enlisted in Otago. TROOPER P. LiYERMORE. Mr. E. Lirermore. Registrar of Electors, has been advised that his son. Trooper Pere T S. Livermore, of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, wbo has been twice wounded at Gallipoii. has been discharged from the hospital at Ghezireh, Cairo, and is returning to New Zealand.