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ROLL OF HONOUR.

CAREERS OF THE FALLEN. WOUNDED AND KILLED. CORPORAL 111-HERT lIATRK'K. , ~n , oral Hubert llatr.ck, »on »( Mr-andX-J. K. K. Hatriok of N..rUK»tand brother of Lieutenant •' MatrieK ' ,at present in Trentham ramp P^P*™" Forces, retried the niiMinp a became merged into t,r, Hxia^tXt^^ tor and jailer neprrtirrly. In all ~.,,„ he wa« a football roprrwnUtiv,. (~r Wairoa South, while he won the welterweight wrestling competition at at .ho «rst territorial campHorn in Hamilton, he »a* educatea il, ( . primary .chooU tlierp. and aUo ftt the Hamilton H.trh Srhftol. end after wards at the Auckland Normal School. He followed agricultural purnuiU, ami otvp up his farm at Brookby upon the outbreak of war. and left with the Fir»t Kxpeditionarv Force. .3rd Auckand Mounted*. Mr. Victor llatr.ck. farmer of Htinua. iea twin brother of Corporal) Hatriek. \V)>ile encampol in prior to the'dispatch of the Sew Zea landers to the Dardanelles, hie Kijrnalling company, of which he wa» leader Hinder Lieutenant Ramstead. a Homil ton High School mate of his), won " ,c competition. It in understood hU wonida arc not darcrerous. and he hi>on tent to Betbnal Gre«n Military Honpital, London. SERP.EAKT A. -I. BLACK. lv>rfreant A. .1. Dlark fwounded) i» I 2"> years old. He joined the South Tan teriiury Mounted Rifles nine years apo. took a keen interest in all military mat ! tern, wa« well known in the show ring's. and a oplendid croM-country rider. H» followed the South Canterbury hound* i from boyhood. When the South Canter j bury Mounted Rifle* were mereed in the territorials he wu elected to remain. and wan promoted to sergeant. At j Orari camp in the following year his troop won the challenge cup. He was a ! carpenter by trade. When war broke i r-it he was amone the firnt to volunteer. Hio brother. Trooper J. Rlack, has been I niiioinfj Rince Aupmt 28. I'RIVATK ,1. H. KKVES". t ulilr edyico has beon rowi**d i» I Waihi that Private -I. 11. Keven, of I Waihi, ha« been admitted to llvthnal C.reen Military Hospital. Ixjndon. Tbiß 1- the ntuinl iM-ia-u'i. on which h> , has l>een wounded, lie wb-h admitted to 1 honpiUl at Melta on .lune nth. and returned to the front about the end of .Inly. TROOPER J H. K. COOPER. Trooper J<.*»..« Halfonl Kre<lerick < ooper. who t» reported to have died of wounda, «a« born at Owaka. ( atliim K(irr«t. Dtajro. where hii parenU still rpi Bide He »v employed at Malcolm's* i bakery in Roslvn. Dunedin. He left , with the Fourth lieinforrerm-nts, and ! e-elehrated hie tlnd birthday whilst in I Egxpt. PRIVATE J. -I. DRINSAX. " j Private James Josejih Urinnun. reported to have been admitted to hospital ut liirmingham, enlisted at Auckland with the Fourth Reinforcements. Nα I details have been Teeoivcd a« to the I nature of hi** injuries. He was br/rn ! and educated at Kaukapakapa, where j the family U well known, anl in one lof four brothers who have enliste-1 for j nctivo service. Private Drinnan is a , married man. with one little girl, nn:l 'prior to enlistment he had U>en work- : iiifr as a buxhmaji in the north, being j well known u n both gide< r/f the nor • them peninsula as a capable man. He i* a non-in-law of .Mrs Finnegan, of 120, Ncbon i-treel. RAPPER R. C. R FKROV.SOX. Sapper Robert Colin Roy Fen^'imon. reported to have been slightly wounded, ! wsui in the Fcld . Engineer* under CapI tain L. M She.ra when tho war broke out, and was one <;f the linU to volunI teer for service. He was t>orn at Pen ; Tone, and educated at Kllerslie and the l Onehunga VV.H. School, where he wits I oerpeajit in Uie School Cadet". He joined the Onehunga Scouts, starting the first troop in Penrose with ht» friend, the. late Lieutenant Weir. We -\vn.« afterwards .V«sixtant Scoutmaster under Scoutmaster Seeton (now ordained), St. Aidan's, Remuera. He was v clerk in Mnssrs. Irvine and Stevenson's, at Auckland, at the time of his enlistment. H<> is 22 years of ape, and i« a son of Mr Thomaa Ferguson, of Penrose. TROOPER R. 11. PAGE. Trooper Roy 11. Paso. recently wounded in action at the Dardanelles, ie the second son <>f Mr C3iarles 11. Page, I Riiifraland. He wa» a well known oxpupil 'of tin! Mt. Albert Dhrtrict Schuol, •and of the Auckland Technical Collegv, IHe w-ae ongriped in the building trade when he joined the Main Kxpeditionanr I-'orr-e as a troo-per in the 3rd (Auckland) Mounted RitU-a. After training in Egypt he loft early in lMuv (or the bar dancllee, and was there until wounded on Aupiiflt 28. He is now progressing I favourably in a Jvondon hospital. " ' —

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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 230, 27 September 1915, Page 7

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ROLL OF HONOUR. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 230, 27 September 1915, Page 7

ROLL OF HONOUR. Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 230, 27 September 1915, Page 7