THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED,

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16152, 5 March 1918, Page 8

THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED,

PERSONAL NOTES. F. H. Steei,* Havelock street, Ashburton, has been advised that his son, Sergeant R. W. Steel, M.M., is being invalided home. Sergeant Steel left, with the- Eighth Reinforcements as a gunner in the New Field Artillery, and has seen much, active service;, gaining distinction in the battle of the Somme. Mrs W. R. Amos. Beach road, Ashburton, has b ( een- advised that her husband, Privato W. R. Amos, is returning home on duty. Private Amos left with tho Twenty-eighth Reinforcements. Mrs Cassey, of William _ street, Ashburton, has received advice that her Pon, Rifleman G. H. Cassey, is being invalided home Rifleman Cassey left with the first section of the Twentieth Reinforcements. /• Mrs H. Frew, Waterton, has received advice that her son. Rifleman Vernon Beach, was severely wounded and gassed, and admitted to hospital in Franco on February Bth. He left with the Twenty-ninth Reinforcements. Privato J. Nixon, of the Main Bodv, but now on the Q.Mi Staff, Trentham, was admitted to hospital on February 21st to undergo a slight operation. He is improving. Mr "fend Mrs Logan Paterson, of Selwyn street, Addington, have received advice that their Becond son, Private Rov Paterson, has been gassed, and that pis elder brother, Sergeant F. L. Paterson, is returning shortly. .Mr W. H. Down, of Selwyn street, Addington, has received advice chat his eldest sou. Sergeant Havilah Down, has teen accidentally injured. Sfcrgeant Down, left with the 23rd . Reinforcements, but was detained in England on _ the Instructional Staff for some time. He left for France early in December. Prior to enlisting he was a clerk in the employ of the United Insurance Co., Lta. He was widely known in sporting circles, being a promineut runner . and also p, hockey enthusiast. He played in the Selwyn Club's first eleven, and was also a meflrtrer of the Canterbury Hockey Association's Executive Committee; He was treasurer of the Association for two or three years, and was always keen to further the interests of sport generally. Mr A. E. Lowe,~"of Tai Tapu, has received word that his son, Sergeant George G. Lowe, who left with the Majn Body, is returning to the Dominion on duty. Mr H. Wells, of Kilmore street, has received advice that his spn, Signaller H. P. (Charlie) Wells, is being invalided home. Good news of Captain J. B. Hine, M.P., arrived by the last mail. Captain Hine, who is serving with tlie New Zealand mounted forces attached xo tho army now invading Palestine, was very severely wounded about four months ago, one of his lungs being penetrated by a bullet. Thanks, however, to a sound constitution and a favourable climate, he is in a fair way to make a complete recovery. At the end of December, eight weeks after being wounded, he was still in hos-

pii.i! convalescing, but his injured lung was then reported to be Tie:iling splendidly, and it was expected that be would suffer no permanent ill-effects'. Tn the course of a cheerful not® to a friend in Wellington. Captain Hine observes that lie does not anticipate being invalided to New Zealand. \dviee has been received tiwt Corporal Thos. MeGee, of the Divisional Signallins Company, has been wounded and gassed in I'Vanee. He is 'he youngest son of the late Mrs Aiiiun A dues MeGee, and at the outbreak ot tlie war lie enlisted in the Main Body. He was in the Telcpjapli Department, and a prominent member of the Ilußby Football League. His two otlvr brothers are at present figliting in France. Gunner Percy Jory (killed) was formerly storeman in the Railway Depaitmont at Groymouth. He was 2o years of age, and enlisted at Christchurch, where his parents reside. Ho had been about two years at the front. His brother, Lcn, was killed at Gallipoli, his brother, Hughie, is fighting at the front, and his brother, William, is about to go into camp. Private A. T. B. Lowry (wounded) is the only son of Mr B. Lowry, of Y\ oolstoii. i'rivato Lowry lc?ft with the 2Sili lleinforcoments, prior to which he was employed as a clerk in the Itailway Department, and had been stationed at Timaru. Ivongiora, and Waipara, respectively. Mr Logan Paterson, Selwyn street, has rcceivod advice tiiat his son, Sergoant Stanley L. Paterson, is returning invalided. Mrs A. IC. RoddiclifFe, Kermodo street, Ashburton, has received word that her husband, Sapper A. K. Keddicliflte, was admitted to hospital in France'on January 31st, suffering from bronchial-pneumonia. Sapper Iteddicliffe left with the 18th Reinforcements. Mr and Mrs P. Olsen, of Lyttelton, have received advice that their second son, Sergeant-Major E. Olson, who was admitted to Cannock Chase Hospital, on February Ist, suffering from an attack of pneumonia, is progressing favourably. Sergeant-Major Olson, previous to enlisting, was on tho staff of Ashby, Bergh and Co., Ltd., Christchurch. He entered camp with the j 22nd Reinforcements, as an n.c.0., and finally sailed as a company S.M. with the 29th Reinforcements. He -svas on the instructional staff of the Rifle Brigade at Brockton Camp previous to his illness. Mr J. Warwick, of "Walker street, Kaiapoi, has received advice that his j two sons, Privates George and Stewart "Warwick, had been wounded and gassed in France. Private G. Warwick is 3S years of age, and was educated at the Kaiapoi and Belfast Public Schools. He served as telegraph operator for two years with the Samoan Forces, returning to New Zealand to join the 27th Reinforcements. Private Stewart Warwick is 24 years of age, and Tvas educated at the same schools as his brother. At tho time of enlisting with the 9th Reinforcements he was sheep-farming with Mr W. A. Nicholls, of Amberley. Second-Lieutenant R. 0. Davies (killed) was a son of Mrs Davies. c-f Trent street, Oamaru. Second-Lieu-tenant Davies was born in Oamaru in ISB9j and received his education at the Middle school, where he was dux in the year 1902. He was employed in the Oamaru office of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and volunteered for service about the middle of 1916, and left with the 23rd Reinforcements. Shortly after reaching France ho was wounded, and invalided to England, but had been back at the front for some months. _In his recelit letters he mentioned having been appointed In- j telligence Officer to the battalion. Lieutenant Davies was a prominent member of the Oamaru Hockey Club during its existence, and also belonged to tho Oamaru Tennis Club and North Otago Golf Club. Another of- Mrs Davies's sons, Llewellyn, was killed at the Somme in 1916.