ROLL OF HONOUR.
CAREERS OF THE FALLEN. PRIVATE T. DAISLEY. Among-those admitted to the Pont da Koubbeh Hospital recently was Private Thomas Daisley, a member of the Auckland Battalion, who left New Zealand in the Sixth Reinforcement draft. Private Daisley has a brother, a tailor in Wellesley Street West, Auckland, and was en? gaged prior to his enlistment by the Auckland City Council. He is a son oi the late Mr. John Daisley.
TROOPER E. T. CONOLLY. Trooper Edwin, Terrington Conolly, who was missing on the Gallipoli Peninsula, is now reported, as a result of the investigations of a Court of Inquiry, to be dead. He was a son of the Hon. E. T. Conolly, and was employed at the Rational Bank, and later with the Waihi Gold Mining Company at Waikino and Whakatane. He was a keen player at football, cricket and tennis. His wife and two young boys reside at Paeroa.
TROOPER R. M. CAMPBELL. Trooper Roderick McDonald Campbell, who was, according to a recent hospital progress report, undergoing treatment at Pont de Koubboh Hospital, Cairo, was born at Kamo, Auckland, and is now 35 yeare of age. By occupation he vras a farmer and stockbreeder. Shortly "after the outbreak of the war he sold his farm and enlisted, and left for the front with the Auckland Mounted Rifles. He was called up for the Eighth Reinforcements. Trooper Campbell is the son of Mr J. B- Campbell, of Kamo.
CORPORAL WATSON, D.C.M. Advice has been received by Mr. F. H. Watson, manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Bulls, Rangitikei, that his son, Corporal Watson, has been awarded- the D.C.M. Corporal Watsoii was engaged before the war as a Government surveyor, and on the outbreak of hostilities enlisted in the Auckland Infantry, with which he served as a member of the machine-gun section. He was at the first landing at Gallipoli, and after some time on the peninsula contracted enteric fever. He was invalided to England, and is now progressing so favourably that he will be sent to the front again shortly.
TROOPER G. V. CODLIN. Trooper George Vernon Codlin, of the Wellington Mounted Rifles, was admitted to Pont de Koubbeh Hospital on February 8 to undergo an operation for varicose veins. He is one of three brothers at the front, and is the second son of Mr. T. J. Codlin, of Waiuku. After enlisting he was posted to the Auckland Mounted Rifles, of the Sixth Reinforesmen ts, but was later transferred to the Wellington Mounteds. He was in the fighting on Gallipoli Peninsula. , Prior to • his enlistment, Tpr. Codlin was'farming,, and he always took a keen interest in athletic sports. , ' r- '"; PRIVATE F. A, CRUM. Private Fred: Albert Crum, of the New Zealand Medical Corps, was admitted to hospital at Cairo on February 7, and was reported in a rec«nt hospital list to be suffering from acute appendicitis. Pte. Crum was born jn 1895 at Ashburtori, where he attended the borough school until the removal of his parents to New Lynn. ■> He completed liis primary education at Avondale, then attended the Grammar School for fo_ur years. At the time of enlisting in the Ambulance Corps of the main body he was in the employ of the New Zealand Brick, Tile and Pottery Company. He was only 19 years of age when ho enlisted, but has until recently withstood the sickness so prevalent among the men at the front. Pte. Crum is a son of Mr. A. Crum of New Lynn. . ' ' RIFLEMAN D. R. GUEST. One of the casualty lists issued by the Defence Department after the" action with the Senussi at Mutrah contains the ° e f t iPeman DoiiaW Raymond Guest, of the Firet Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. Rifleman Guest was slu&tly wounded, but he was able to with his ordinary H e was bora ft m 186$, a«d is the second eon of Mr and Mra G. Guest, of Waikwarth. fie was educated *b tlie Wark worth Public SchocJ, and upon passing thesixth standard entered the local post office, leaving that position later- in order to serve in a general store a£ Warkworth. He remained there until he enlisted at the end of May last. Rifleman Guest was an enthusiastic hockey and tennis player, and took a keen interest in launching. He -was in tke Pont De KoulMaeb Hospital for some weeks suffering from dysentery.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1916, Page 6
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