THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16214, 17 May 1918, Page 8

THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED.

PEttSOXAL NOTES

A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that Captain A. M. Tolhurst, 11.A.M.C.,,a son of Mr G. E. Tolhurst, formerly Inspector of the Union Bank of Australia, has been killed on the Western front. He leaves a widow and two children. Mr W. -N Seay headmaster of the Addmgton school, has received advice that his third son, Gunner Gordon D. beay was killed m action on the Westem front on tho Bth inst. He left .New fffiTu as Paymaster-sergeant with the ffio?f 1 ?/ 0rCe^ el ? t - s ' on caching England threw Jn his stripes and trans.artillery undergoing lengthy training m the Sliiig and Alder- I lJ 10 in^? P % H ° ha ? continuousFrance ° VGr months in fua ?V , received his oducation at Conile' l^i on f? cll< i o1 a - nd the Technical leavm s school domed the staff of the National Mortgage and 2 «™ »» tho time of-enlist. SA'rt 1 "; school he devoted himself to' lawn tennis, and proved such a brilliant wa/phS wS 16 y °l in I?is tecns ,ie was playing with our champions. Amonc his manytroplues was that given for the hurt plSed mP Wf ° f So^h n Canter! tk W 1? Ashburton, another for a p lpionsl "P of the United in " the S y G°ss as partner, defeat-' «!?. anoih^ft/^rrr" i We»inJ ind f? yds Championships in DurinftZ nS® in Tr o°tham. jyunng the past winter he entered Jntn fro^S I <SthJVSX on>, and m one match scored four I-icl-P^ eainst an } in^ eaten team, and al*o W«J *° goal , gainst another un? drw for 6 wl,,vl n i made the match a draw, for which he was carried off the

a nSof 1 To™ "S Kg',™ torod ,tho teaching profession fulfilling as time passed the positions' of assist ant-master at Taylorville and Wt~ master at Ahaura" Bo\K? j£g" fnr J,?r UcSt Coast Patriot Trent aJJ™ 011 /' Insurance department (when he nut up a rerrfr/l In? If V Binoss antl pained a prize) and he also was secretary of a number of mining companies. He leaves a wife. dnncrKter. and son,-the latter at I bem ? i»i the service of the n Bank's Greymouth branch. Private F. R. Cummins (killed) was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs T F Cummins, 167 Antigua street, Christ^ wofw' 3 3 c tho timo of hls death was 22 years of age. He was born in Dunedm and educated at the Svdenham school and Technical College. On leaving school he was apprenticed to Mr L I Freeman, builder, and was later employed bv Mr A. Harper, Cheviot. The late Private Cummins took a keen interest in Scout work, gaining two silver medals and several badges, and for some time held the rank of coloursergeant in the Cambridge Terrace Troop. He was also a member of the Christchurch Sailing Clnb. While in training at Trentham Private Cummins gained his marksman's badge. An instance of heroic self-sacrifice bv a member of the Auckland Mounted Rifles in Palestine is related in a letter just received in Auckland. Referring to the death of Trooper Edward Coutts who was killed in action in Palestine recently, a comrade writes: "Ted Coutts died one of the bravest deaths any man could. He was standing out m the open dressing the wound of a mate, who, had been hit by shrapnel when a shell came over and killed him Instantly. Had he looked to himself

and sought cover the chances are that he would have been alive yet. "*"He vras a member of the Hotchkiss ma-chine-gun crew, and had the satisfne*'on of giving—or helping; to give— the Turks a particularlv hot time belore he went under. - ' Trooper Coutt? came to Auckland five years ago from tho Shetland Islands to learn farming, with a view to settling in that nrovmcc. He left with the Sixth Reiniorccments, and from the time of going into camp until the day of his-death nad not once paraded sick. Lieutenant Lance Girling-Butcherj j whose death in action was reported icwntly, was, according'to cabled rdT ice iceeived from the High Commissioner sniped through the .head wjdle in the first line. Death was instantaneous. He was buried in Cemetery, near the villages of Engelbelmer raid Mesnil. and a cross was er«cfr* eu by the Battalion Tioneers. The Rev Kerror, chanlain of the 2nd Battalion, conducted the funeral service.

-.lis Frank Brown, Kilbirnie, Wellington, lias bec-n informed that her brother. Lieutenant Tom "Walsh, was killed in action in France on May 4th Lieutenant Walsh left New Zealand *y\ lfcli the Ist Tunnelling and Engineer* ing Corps, and served continuously in France for fifteen months, until he vent to England to study for his commission. He gained his commission at Oxford Training College with highest honours, and was then transferred to the New Zealand Riile Brigade. Lieutenant Walsh has a wide circle of friends, both in Wellington and Taranaki. He was a keen athlete, and was at one time a member of the Poneko rootball Club. In December, 1919 ] ie was a representative of the All Black footballers tug-gl-war team. Second-Lieutenant R. H. I. Norton (aiecl of wounds) was the youngest son ot Mrs H. H. Norton, of Auckland I'or some time ho was on the Wellington staff of the Public Trust, but nrjor to his enlistment with the oth Jicinforecments was transferred to the Auckland office. The late officer enlisted as a private, and received his promotion m the field. He resigned f rom the Instructional Staff at Sling Camp eanv tins year to return to -ohe trenches, and on April 29th received the wounds which caused his death A brother, Sergeant S. HT Norton is serving with the Australian Forces and the remaining one, Corporal L. li. 'Nor-1 ton, is at present acting as a bayonet instructor at Trentbam. Mr A. T>ce, of Ash burton, whose son, Captain George Keith Dee, was killed m action, has received the following message from the War Office, Whitehall, datod March. 21st, 1918.—"His Majesty the King desires to inform von, as next -ot km nf the late Captain Dee, ot the New Zealand R-fle Brigade, that this officer was mentioned in » disnatch from iield-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, dated November 7th. 1917, an ( l published in the sorond supplement to the i-ondon 'Gnzette' of the 2oth, dated' December 28th, ,1917, for gallant and. distinguished service in the field I am to express to you the King's high appreciation of these services, and to add that his Majesty trusts that their public acknowledgment may be cf some consolation in your bereavement."

Mrs J. W. Sehvood, 311 Bealev avenuo, St. Albans, has been adviseil that her son,. Private P. R. Schvood, was wounded in the face and left hand on May 3rd.

Mr W. McCulley, Seadown, has revived word that his son. Private S. JNlcCulley has been admitted to hosFeet m IX2 suffering from trench

C- ?• , Strcst > Street, Temuka, yesterday received a cablegram Tw Jr itC 'W" e > wh 9 is hospital at Walton-on-lhames with a severe shell wound m the foot, stating that i.e is progressing satisfactorily R r R ,° ni t tune ast lla * boonillin ™Th°,fK, Hosp ' t "!' " left mill the 21st Heinrorcomonts M 2A°mr ki "? iS act r °» |? to ® x ? s «penntendonfc °E. y Smith *«? Ss. sSf I kS W l ?®" :,e - 1