ROLL OF HONOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 172, 20 July 1916, Page 7

ROLL OF HONOUR.

CAREERS OF THE FALLEN. MAJOR WYMAN, D.S.O. A cablegram was received to-day by. Mr. B. H. Wyman from his brother, Major Ralph Wyman, D.5.0., who was wounded on June 23, stating that he was wounded in the chest, and is now out of danger. He is in the Second London Hospital at Chelsea. Major Wyman commands the 15th Company of the Second Auckland Infantry in France. LIEUT R. HERMAN. Lieut. Roy Herman, younger son of Mr. Percy Herman, of Auckland, late of Chrietehurch, was killed in action in Prance on July Bth. Lieut. Herman was one of the first to join the Canterbury Battalion of the Main New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and he was one of the very few who went through the Gallipoli campaign without a scratch, though he was in hospital at Malta for a short time as a result of sickness. Lieutenant Herman rose from the rank of private to

second lieutenant in the Gallipoli cam- « paign. About 25 years of age, he was * educated at Christ's College, and was ~ subsequently a member of the clerical i staff of Messrs. H. Mateon and Co. Ho 1 was a prominent member of the Christ- J church Football Club, playing in the € second fifteen as five-eighths, and was i also a member of. the Red and Black Association and the Canterbury Rowing * Club. His eider brother, Captain Cedric } : Herman, is also serving with the New i Zealanders in France. * I LIEUTENANT P. UREN. ! Letters from the chaplain of the Bth' ' Brigade of the 29th Division to Mr. U. Uren, and from Lieut. J. Oliphaiit to Mr. W. Oliphant, finally clear away any < possible donbt as to the fate of Lieut. ( Uren, of the Lancashires. Both letters j are human documents. " Lieut. Uren i was killed on patrol a few nights ago, and, as you can imagine, it is hazardous work. I know the locality where Uren I was killed. . . . Apparently the two patrols met suddenly, and a fight ensued in which a German lieutenant was killed anil Uren and another British officer , named Pyper, were hit. Uren was first posted as missing until the next day. when the Germans put all doubt at rest by putting a notice on their wire: ' Lieut. Uren dead and buried. What about Karl Liman?' Our side put up a notice in reply: 'Karl Liman buried and grave marked.'" The chaplain added: "Thus died a brave and very promising, soldier," while Lieut. Oliphant concludes his letter: "So ended a brave and fine soldier." SERGEANT B. L HAMMOND. Sergeant B. L. Hammond, who was reported thie week to have been wounded, was formerly a clerk in the Magistrate's Court office at Auckland. His relatives . received a cable stating that he was missing, but later they were notified that he i had been picked up wounded. He is now i reported to be doing well.

■ SERGEANT B. R. BRAY Sergeant B. R. Bray, whose name appears amongst the wounded in the latest : , casualty list, left the Dominion with the ■ 4th Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle ': • Brigade. He was keen to take his place i among the combatants, but on account of < , his civilian training in clerical work and [ his ability in a Records Department in . particular, he was called upon to, take up t the duties of Orderly Room Officer, and , at the time of his leaving iNew;Zealand< , was attached to the Battalion Headquarj ters Staff, holding the rank of sergeant , He was generally regarded as a good I shot, and probably on this account was transferred to a fighting unit on arrival I at the front. Prior to enlistment he held the position of records clerk in the Rail- ■ way District Traffic Manager's office at 1 Auckland, and was popularly known throughout the Railway Department. : Sergeant Bray is 29 years of age, and hia r parents reside at Waikouaiti, Otago. t PRIVATE WM. E. BOYD. 2 Private Wm. Edgar cßoyd, of Northcote, who has been wounded in action, f was drafted into the 16th Waikato Comt pany, Auckland Battalion, and left in the " Sixth Reinforcements. He was the - youngest son of the late Mr. TIIO3. Boyd, i of Northcote, and was an enthusiastic c yachtsman, sailing the Starlock princii pally, while he also .followed the Northern Union football game, playing in the c juniors for the Ramblers' Football Club. 1. Ho was educated at the Northcote school, c and was formerly employed at the Chel- -- sea Sugar Refinery, but latterly was 1, engaged in the boatbuilding industry.

PRIVATE C. E. BURGESS. : Information has been received that Private Claude E. Burgess, of the Ninth Reinforcements, a son of Mr. P. J. Burgese, Stipendiary Magistrate, Thames, died of wounds on the 11th inst. Private Burgess, previous to his enlistment, was a member of the mechanical engineering etaff of the Scddon Manorial Technical College since the end of 1910, in which position he was highly respected by his colleagues and by the students of the college.