ROLL OF HONOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 246, 15 October 1917, Page 5

ROLL OF HONOUR.

CAREERS OF THE FALLEN. A FIGHTING FAMILY. The Morpeth family, of Waihi, has a fine record to its credit in connection with the present war, and may be classed with the foremost fighting families of the Allies. The whole sis of Mr. E. D. Morpeth's (Town Clerk of Waihi) sons have joined the colours. Two have mads the supreme sacrifice—Lieut. Allen Morpeth and Moore Morpeth. The latter lost his life at Gallipoli, and the former ■was recently reported missing, and is now believed to be killed. Lieut. Morpeth was an engineer employed by the Government on drainage schemes, including the Hauraki Plains, Waikato River, and in the South. Captain R. W. Morpeth, who has won the Military Cross in France, was wounded whilst leading Ms men at the landing at Gallipoli, and subsequently lost hie leg as the result of wounds in Northern France. Lieut. Gerald (Tad) Morpeth was also wounded at Gallipoli, and invalided to England. Upon returning to the front he contracted a very severe attack of enteric ; and subsequently rejoined the New Zealanders, when he was shot through ths knee in the battle of the Somme. Being incapacitated from serving with the infantry, he studied for a commission lithe Royal Artillery, and was successful. The two remaining sons, Sergeant-Major G. D. Morpeth and Corporal Sloan Morpeth, are at present in Waihi on final leave. DR. (MAJOR) CRAIG. Advices have been received to the effect that Dr. (Major) G. Craig, of Waihi, has fully recovered from his last wound. The doctor, who was in London at the time, was struck by the fragments of a bursting bomb dropped, by one of the raiders over London on September 22 last. Mrs. Craig is at present paying a visit to friends in the South. SERGT. E. M. CLARK. Sergeant Edwin M. Clark, who died '_.. wounds on October 4, was the youngest son of the late Mr. George Clark, of Whakahara, Northern Wairoa. He was born at Whakahara, and was educated at the Okahu School, finishing at the. Technical College, Auckland. He always took a deep interest in sport, and was a keen footballer. Prior to his enlistment he had spent six months in the Auckland Garrison Artillery under duty in F*)rts Cautley and Victoria. At the age of 19 he enlisted, and went into the non-com-missioned officers' camp at Trentham, subsequently being promoted to sergeant. He left New Zealand -with the Tenth Reinforcements, and upon arrival in Egypt was detained there for special training, afterwards going to Sling Camp, and then to Aldershot, where he passed the examinations held for bayonet and physical culture instructors, obtaining the highest marks of all the. candidates. After a period as instructor in Sling Camp he was in June last sent on duty to the French front, and on October 4 he there met his death. LANCE-CORPORAL J. PASSELL. The Dargaville relations of LanceCorporal James Passell have received * cable stating that the soldier has been invalided with a severe attack of inliuenza to the New Zealand hospital base in France. Lance-Corporal Passell, who left with the first Rifle Brigade, baa put in two years' strenuous service, the greater part of which was spent in the trenches. LIEUT. W. B. FITCHETT.„ Dr. F. Fitchett, C.M.G.. of Auckland, I has received advice that his son, Lieut. W. B. Fitchett, has been admitted to the Walton-on-Thames Hospital suffering from heart trouble, caused through being massed in June last.