ROLL OF HONOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 7

ROLL OF HONOUR.

CAREERS OF THE FALLEN. WOUNDED AJfD KIXLED. CORPORAL W. S. BURNS. Corporal William Samn Burns, Auckland Infantry (sth Reinforcementsi, who ■β-as w.mnded on August S, has cabled from London to Mr. W. P. Burns, of >Je«- >treet, Newmarket, that his wound jg a serious pne in the shoulder, but that he ja making good progress. This is the only news of him thai has been reeeheJ eiuce he was Teported wounded seme weeks back. Corporal Burns is an old boy of the Auckland Grammar School and »•»» formerly in the employ of Br»coe and Co., Ltd." TROOPER H. S. HERBERT. Trooper Henry Stephen Herbert. jrounJfi at (iallipnli on August 2S. in k son of Mr. \\". H. Herbert, of Te Aroha. He is -*• years of age. and prior to enlisting wu* in tlir cycle busiuess in Te Arolui When war broke out lie joined the »th Waikato Mountedß. afterwards changing into the machine-gun »eetion with th* Auckland Mounted Rifles iMam Body Hi* was amongst the first to offer hi* services. TROOPER H. f. LYES. Tro<p- r Harry Campbell Lyes, r«ported to have been wounded, was serving "iiii the Auckland Mounted Rifles. H<' »a» born in Auckland, and was 11 y*ar* of age. At the time of hi* enlist-l-.r «a? employed by thr Northern Meain.-hip Co. as a saloon waiter on tlif ».*. Tarawa, running between Onehunpa and New Plymouth. He U the vounge»t fon of Mr and Mrs. Albert Lpe*. of 12. Newton Road. Auckland. TROOPER H. M FOSTER. Troopfr Henry M. Foster, reported to have heen wounded, was serving with th* 3rd (Auckland I Squadron of the Auckland Mounted Rifles. Trooper FoMer is the fourth son of the late Mr. William .John Foster, of Coroir.andcl. He i.- 23 years of agr, and is one of four brother* serving the Empire. He joined, thr Mi:n Kipeditionary Force. Prior to enlisting he ms farming, and was well known in Pukekohe. Mr. C. E. Foster. Security Buildings, is a< brother. TROOFER S. \\\ SOMMERVILLE. Trooper Stanley';- Wharton SommerTill*, reported mis»Sfg" since August 27. it the seventh »on of the late Colonel J. R. Sommerville. V.D. He ie 23 years old. He was educated at Wanganui High School and elmewhere. and prior to «nfi»ting «~aa living at Raetihi with his brother. Mr. Edward Lloyd. Sommerville. Trooper SomraerviUe had received a good deal of military training with the ■iolunteers His mother liven at IT, Glen ftuui. Stanley Bay. TROOPER J. D. O'SULLIVAN. A cable received at Aria on Thursday announced the death of Trooper Tohn Dominick (YSolliTaa, on active service at th* Dardajjelle*. He died on September 2nd of weunda laceiTed- Hβ »i» H yeare of age. and a native of Blenheim. Marlborongh. He was educated at St. Mary'» and tb.e High School Blen heim. and resided in Aria for the past nice year*, following the occupation of a farmer on his father's property. Hf enlUtcl with the -Ith I Waikato) M.R. Be leaves, in Aria, a highly respected father, mother and eUter. for whom every sympathy i* felt. The deceased was a fplendld type of man. TROOPER SYDNEY HOTTER. Trooper Sydney Hunter, reported wounded at the Dardanelles, and now it Lord Derby's War Hospital. Warrina:ton, i> the seventh son of Mr. Thomas Hunter of Greenhithe. Auckland. He ie 23 years of age. and wa* born at Keuhiey. Yorkshire. He received hi* education at the Rayfie.ld School Ponsonbv. and »as for come time on th<> clerical Maff of the Kauri Timber Co.. and for the past five years had be.-;n «npac>fl on hi» father's launches trad ins befvoe.n Auckland and Albany. He left New Zealand with the Fourth Rβin/orci»mnnU. and i* brother to Troopor Roland Hunter, wbo was killed in action at the Dardanelles. PRIVATE F. fi. CULLEN. " £ Private Frenkiin Gladstone Callen, re- a ' Ported woun Jed. w the *ecood son of Mr. 3 F. Puilen. of Miro Street, Auckland. Prnatn iiilen w»s- bom in Auckland, »m. at the Newmarket Sthool. Jp .i i?.'. re war a keen member of the E"e:. ( i<J<>;.s. and allowed coniidrratile np'.ili.'if for military training. Liter "i ' r» ed for a while at Hanco. k and Co.« ;jttiins etoiae. and then he vent to !;ij: in ja. vihrre he *a< in ba»i work. H» enlisted at Tauransa iri:n t<e Fifth Kr'.nrorcT.ments. Pnv.itf •-'jiir-n hi* turned K< ycare of o b-t he :• i hig. well-formed lad. He re o a: ;-. .<—t m the Kinj Georje HDS)it.u t to X.. v i.nd ' b ITIVATE A. WAOSTAFK. d aiv,-c was received yesterday " that Iγ;- at- Aith'ir Wasstaff. eldest lfl-.i ". \\r .mi Mrs. T. WagsUff, of Eje.-ini. !,,i I i) ( i.i) killed in action on 29th |\- A[.r I. ■ hinin/ «rith the I3th Aus-j | a trs;.,,:; liatulion. This v the firet ofli'id: ; ivi.-r thut Mr. Wag.sta.fT had re- <;a ceivri r->n.-erninj the deatii of his eon. £, although months aao a comrade of tho a) Itte t'r.-. ate W a pilaff wrote to Mr. ami vt Mr ß . VVagslaff announcing his death in D ( »<tiui under galUjjt The un=»at.factory statements since made by p, the a j thorn.as havy been of a j^ ing rha-tLctrr. On 22nd August, in re- p r P'j to Mr \V*g3tafTs inouiry (prompted c , by the private letter referred to) the <^ officials aJvjed that Private Wagstaif in "had i.m trsjs/erred to the hospital 5f ship NVvara," and that no further deUilo wore a.-ailahlc. Still later, on 9th w 6eptea:her. they advised tia.t Private t j, Wageta.'f •'.la.d'bcec wounded on 2»th ■April." and that no further information cv hid iieen obtajned. Thje. in the face „, the of 22nd August, wae most al aad it ■was not gi unt:! -.v-.-t.-rdav that official advice was a t rece ■ b . rerording the death of Private ar oa 2 :nh April. Mr. WagstaJT 6( . bis another son on active service, a lad tr who wae in training on the Amakura. He was at home when w*r wae declared, *nd )imnedj»tdy enlieted, taing finally oJ drtfted to the 42nd Black AVatch. He o , "«• 21 7ean-of -agp yesterday, and has *>««i for acme -months in the trenches in Flandere. Privaie Arthur Wagetafl WM in Australia -when war was deolaxed, f | aad eaii«t*d tfj«re. Hβ waa at one time in %a a. junior reporter on tae * oSßJ*ni "HBraid.-

TROOPER F. P. iL SPERBY. Trocpcr Francis Fabian MaddUion Sperry. who ie reported to hay? been wounded, enlisted with the Waikato Squadron of the Auckland Regiment of Mounted Ritles, and was specially cm-] ployed breaking-in remounts. He'is the eldest eon of .Mrs. M. Cullernc, i>o. Summer Street. Ponsonhy, and had been working in the Waikato prior to hie enlistment. He was born in Chicago andl educated in Parncll. TROOPER J. C. -LOW. Trooper Joseph Clifford Low o f Albany, wounded at Gallipot, on August 30, i, a s,on of Mr. and Mrs. .las. Low, of B lr kenhead. He left with the Fourth Reinforcements of the 3rd (Auckland) M.R. He mas educated at the Northeote and Alhany schools, and since leaving school had followed the occupation of a fanner at Albany, where he was a mem ber of the Gynina-sium Club, and waa interested in boxing. Ho is 21 years of age. and previous to enlisting'had belonged to the local Territorial Company. PRIVATE SYDNF.Y ROWF Private Sydney Ro»o. who is reported to have been wounded for the second time. hat. a wife and two little boys at hie home at No. .">. Princcp Street. Grey Lyilll. Hi- left Auckland as a member of the Company from the Third (Auckland) Regiment, but in was trans ferred to the Haurnki Company in the er.tne battalion. He wu born, at Thames, and had been bugler in the Haurakis as a lad. so that the transfer wa.s probably made for sentimental reasons. Private Rowe j s a eon of Mr. W. J; Rowe, of Onehunga. and is noted n<. a solo tenor plnyf r. and a gold medallist, in the Band. He was in the employ of Arch. Clark and Son* prior to his enlistment. A brother i» also on active service, having enlisted with the Field Ambulanre. Private Sydney Rowe wa* wounded on the first oofJMon in the hax.d. -nd had been back in the treiwne-* only a couple of days before receiving he second wound.