ROLL OF HONOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 244, 12 October 1917, Page 3

ROLL OF HONOUR.

■ — ■ _N ■■—,__ CAREERS OF THE FALLEN. LIEUTENANT A. 11. SKINNER. Advice has been received by Mr. J. H Skinner, of Auckland, that his son Second-Lieutenant Arthur H. Skinnei Royal Flying Corps, who was reportei mi-sing 011 September 16, is now re ported prisoner of war, un wounded Lieutenant Skinner originally sailei with the .lain Body, First Canterbur, Infantry. 1 LIEUT. -1. L. FOUBISTER. Advice has been received that Lieut John L. Foubister, Koyal Flying Corps was killed in an aeroplane accident al Croydon. England, on Monday last. Th< deceased ollieer. who was 2S years ol age, and the youngest son of Mrs. Jamei Foubister. The Drive, Epsom, enterer the New Zealand Flying School at ivohi marama early in the present year. Or March 20 he passed the required tests and shortly afterwards left for England Cabled advices received some time agr stated that he had qualified for and re ceived his commißsion in the Royal Flying Corps. CORPORAL HAROLD E. OVER. News has been received by cable tha Corporal Harold E. Over, wl.w left witl the Main Body, Third Auckland Com pany, and was wounded in Gallipoli, later rejoining bis unit, has beci wounded for the second time at Ypres and is now in Walton-on Thames llos pital with a fractured leg. LIEUT. C. J. EDWARDS. Mr. J. Kdwards. a well-known chest player, to-day received advice by cabh that his son, Lieut. C. J. K. Edwards had died of wounds. Lieut. Edwards had recently returned to tho front aftei spending four months in hospital ir France suffering from trench fever. PRIVATE ARTHUR BUCHAN. Mr. John Buchan. of Hanover Street Dunedin, has been advised that hit second son. Private Arthur Buchan. hat di°d of wounds received in France Private Buchan left with the Main llody and saw much fighting in (lallipoli mi, -ranee. He came through unseathc< until he received a mortal wound a few days ago. Mr. Buchan has two othei son» at the front. PRIVATE ROBERT A. REID. Private Robert A. Reid, who is reportei to have died of wound* 011 October li according to private advice expired in 1' military hospital in France, lie was 2t years of age, and the second son of Mr and Mrs. Alex. S. Reid, of Herbert Road Mount Kden. lie was one of the thre. Reid brothers who prior to the war car ried on a large dairy farm at lvaraka All are now on active service. Lieut Alfred Reid left with the Twcnty-seconi Reinforcements. Private Robert A. Rcii left with the Seventeenth Reinforce ments. and Private Lewis IL Reid left with the Fourth Reinforcements. Thi last-named was wounded once on llalli poli and twice in France, and is now re turning home invalided owing to part ia' deafnej-s. The three brothers were al! with the same regiment in France at the battle of Mo-sines. Lieut. Reid anil Private IL A. Reid were pupils of the Auckland (Irammar School. A younger brother who comes of age next month was prematurely called up in the final draft of the First Division. RIFLEMAN W. 11. NTCCOLLS. Mrs. B. Niccolls, of 2">, King Street, Arch Hill, bus received cable advice that her husband. Rifleman W. 11., Niccolls, has been admitted to hospital in France. He is one of three brothers who served at the front, one being killed in action at (iallipoli. while the other brother is in the Brockeiilmrst Hospital. Prior to enlisting with the 1 lit ti Reinforcements. Rilleman Niccolls was in tbe employ of I_ D. Nathan, of Auckland.