NEWS OF N.Z. SOLDIERS AND NURSES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 66, 17 March 1916, Page 2

NEWS OF N.Z. SOLDIERS AND NURSES.

(From Our Special Correspondent.) ... __ LQSDO2S, February 3. Mr. C. E. Blayney, of Hawera (N.Z.), ' las obtained'a commission us;second-lieu-tenant in the Royal Flying Corps, and has been stationed at the Curragh Camp, in Ireland, since the beginning of January. In Ms leisure he has been taking "trips into the surrounding country on a newly-purchased; motor cycle, but he is expecting to be transferred to ar flying school in England in the near future. Lieutenant J. B. le ilottee, of Christ- ; church, of the Canterbury Battalion, is in England on leave from Gallipoli, and is at present staying at Hessle, in East j Yorkshire. ! Sergeant G. W. - Jackson, of Christchurch, Corpofal J.C. Garland, of Mount ■ .... Eden, Privates L. H,.P.atton and A. Kuabatch, of Wellington • and Dtmedin (respectively), are all on leave in London from the hospital ship Marama, and staying at Crichton Hall, Bedford Place. Gunner P. Austin, N.Z.F.A., of Taranaki, late of Mateniateaonga, who has been serving with the Main Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, has sufficiently recovered to be on furlough. The following New ZeaJanders were admitted to the New, Zealand Hospital at Walton-on-Thames during the-week: Alan Geo. Anderson; Wm. Bradley, Arthur Wilson Brokle, Martin Alf. •Brooke. Hector Jas. Carson, Norman Clark, Ghas. Comport, Thos. Wm. Cuth- ■ -iertson, -, Thos. . Dee) Hugh Arthur Downes, Robt. Dunn, Norman Randolph Durham, Louis Sidney Elliott, HenryEvans, Morton Jas. Fraser, Chas. Forrester, Oscar Middleton Hawson, Ecledonne Fredk. Hdscocks, Wm. Geo. Holdaway, John Win.' Hopper, Guy Barrett Hodgkinson, Wm. Baird Hutchison, Albert Hutchison, John Fredk. Jackr son, Harvey Johne,. Geo. Thos. Ebland Kenah, Alan Keith, - Harold Keith Leslie, Henry Lavender, Martin Henry Leniham, Ernest Lowe, Alan Farquhar Macdonald, Geo. Meuratit, Peter Monijratti, Chas. McNaug-hton, David John .Murray, Reg. Murfitt, Alfred Peters, John Rolleston, Chas. Henry Rtrmsby, Clarence Edmund Ryan, KingsleySatchwelL David Lyail Shand, Alex. Sinclair, Elliott Yernon Spear; Harry Harrison Stoncll, Barney Tawera, Herbert Wm. Thompson, Kawhena Tuoro, Wm. Uttinp, Chan. Walker, Jas. Robt. Walker, Martin Ward, Thos. Wm. Watts. James Cornelius Walsh, Fredk. Wilkie, and Joseph Williams. The following New Zealanders were well enough to leave the hospital during the week:—Wm. Cavanagh,'Harold Crawford, Jas. Dcmpscy, Robt. Thos. Earnbbaw,, John .Faulkner, John Horn- ' Wow, Robert Leefe,-Hugh Douglas McIntoeh, - John - Smith Nelson, Gerald Ditervyn Fvxchas, John Railton, Robert EbbertEOn, Duncan 6tops6n John Geo. Sturney,