THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16161, 15 March 1918, Page 5

THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED.

PEBSONAL NOTES. Mr G. M. Douglas, of Opawa, has been notified that his son, LanceCorporal F. M. Douglas, who left as a trooper in the sth Reinforcements and served on Gallipoli, subsequently ex changing into the infantry and serving | in France and Flanders, is returning to New Zealand invalided, having been rather severely wounded in the heavy fighting wihch took pla-co for the possession of Passchendaele ridge on October 12th, 1917. Cable advice has been received that Second-Lieutenant F. Roland Smythe, N.Z.F.A., of Parikawa, Kaikoura, has been admitted to hospital, Franco, with a fracture of the leg. Lieut. Smythe left with the 6th Reinforcements as a trooper with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, and scrvfcd on Gallipoli and afterwards with the in I'ranee, where he gained his commission, and was appointed to tho 15th Battery, Ist Brigade N.Z.F.A. Mr G. F. Rathgen, Tai Tapu, has received word that his brother, Private Arthur Rathgen, was severely gassed on February 20th, and subsequently admitted to the New Zealand General Hospital at Brockenhurst. Private Ratngen left with the 23rd Reinforcements.

Mr J. Stevens, of Prebbleton, has received word that his son, Rifleman J. H. Stevens, is being invalided home. Rifleman Stevens was slightly wounded in February, 1917, and. after that was seriously ill with pleurisy. He left with the 9th Reinforcements. Rifleman Alex. Weir (reported killed in action) left New Zealand with the 26th Reinforcements. He was educated at the West Christcjiurch. school and later followed the occupation of a saddler. He was employed as such by the New Zealand Farmers' Co-;op. Association, and acted as manager of the firm's saddlery department at Rangiora for somo years. He was transferred back to Christchurch in charge of the saddlery branch, and held this position up to the time of his entering camp. He was a member of the old Scottish Rifles, and was also secretary and promoter of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. Miniature Rifle Club. He was secretary of the Master Saddlers' and Employers' Association. He was the founder of the Saddlers' and Harness and Collar Makers' Union, of' which he held tho position of president, doing a very great deal to benefit his fellow-work-ers. He was a keen follower of all branches of sport, and was_ greatly respected by all who knew - him. His moth.br, Mrs Weir, of Worcester street, has another son at the front, one returned, and one in training.

Lance-Corporal Fraser Barton, brother of Mr Howard Barton, Carew, landed in New Zealand by the last hospital ship, and is at present an outpatient of the Wanganui Hospital. Mr and Mrs J. Hood, Mt. Somers, havo been advised that their son, Private 6. L. Hood, is returning home. Mr R. J. Mulligan, 39 Holmwood road, was notified a day or two ago that his son, Corporal J. J. Mulligan, had been to hospital, on February 16th, with a wounded hip and fractured humerus. Corporal Mulligan, who went with the 19th Reinforcements, was a farmer in Ashburton County. He was educated at the Lismore School. Lieutenant W. G. Pudney, of the Royal Flying Corps, a son of Mr George Pudney, of DannevLrbe, has been admitted to hospital at staples, but the nature of his wounds is not yet known. Lieutenant Pudney, who is 22 years of age, -was educated at the Newtown Public School, and afterwards at a private school, is v/ell known in Wellington. His father, who was in practice as a dentist in Wellington for twenty years, recently returned from the front, after being on active service for about two years.

Word has been received by Mr F. Hubbard, Brenley, Greenpark, that his son-in-law, Sergeant P. 0. Lewis, brother of Mr W. H. Lewis, of Greenpark, is being invalided home. Sergeant Lewis is an old man-of-war's man, and his services have been used for instructing recruits. He left New Zealand with the 14th Reinforcements, and was wounded in the hand at the battle of Passchendaele Ridge, on October 6th, 1917. Mrs C. A. Hill, Carroll street Dunedin,. has received word by cable that her husband, Captain ft. J. has been accidentally killed in France. Captain Hill left New Zealand with tho Third Reinforcements as a private, ana after serving in Egypt for some months was promoted to quartermaster-ser-geant. "When tho New Zealand Expeditionary Force went to France he was promoted to second-lieutenant, ana later on to first lieutenant. After the Messines battle he was mentioned in despatches by Sir Douglas Haig, and was promoted to captain. Mrs Hill wa advised in "January that her husband had been awarded the Military Cros for devotion to duty. Captain parents reside in Acton, London, his father being an artist. Two of his brothers are in the English Army, one being in the Royal Flying Corps, and tho otner in the Army Service. The deceased left Homo some yeare ago, and followed a seafaring life, later on settling in Dunedin. Prior to enlisting Captain Hill was omployed by Mr T. Grant, of the Oriental Hotel. He wab a member of the Lodge Cargill Kilwinning. Port Chalmers. Besides his widow he leaves two young children.

Signaller M. S. Quigley (severely gassed) is the youngest son of Mrs Quigley, Dannevirke, and a brother of Mr H. S. M. Quigley, secretary of the Dannevirke Patriotic Society. He v.'as at one time teaching at the North school, and at the outbreak of war was attending Victoria College, Wellington. He immediately enlisted, and left with the First Expeditionary Force for Samoa. On returning to New Zealand he lost no time in again getting abroad, and he has the record of fighting in the Gallipoli campaign, and being engaged with the New Zealand troops during practically the whole of their operations on the Western front. This is the first time that his name has figured in a casualty list.