ROLL OF HONOUR.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16359, 2 November 1918, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR.

YESTERDAY'S LIST. i (TRZSS ASSOCIATION- TKLMEIM.) WELLINGTON, November 1. The following casualty list (No. 001) ww i;su«<l to-day: CANTERBURY DISTRICT. died or WOUNDS. Hitohman. XT. G., L.-Cpl. (Mr. K. McLaren, Manuclu) DIED OF SICKNESS. T.uxton, A. D. (Mrs G. Smilheram, Aali'uurIon) MAORI CONTINGENT. died of sickness, Wli*rowitii Kikihaan (W. Malenjja, I*«?nlull)

THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED. PERSONAL NOTES. Mr T. W, Mee. of Aylesbury, lias received word that his son, Trooper A, R. Mee, lias died of malaria fever at Alexandria 1 . Trooper Mee enlisted at the a<*e of nineteen, but was rejected. Later" lie was drawn iu the ballot, and eventuallv left with the 33rd Reinforcementc Ho was educated at the Clareniont and Timaru Boys' High Schools, afterwards taking up farming pursuits, and was liked and respected by all who knew him. News lias been receivod that Trooper J. 0. Collie, of the 261h M.II. Reinfarcenients, is in Abba=6ia General Hospital, suffering from a slight attack of. malaria, Trooper Collie was educated at the East Christchurch School, where lie played in the winning seven-a-sido football team, Ho was also colonreerceant of the E.C. School Cadets, He is the only son of Mr and Mrs "W. M. Collie, of '252 Heroi'ord street. Mr and Mrs G. T. Robertson. Strathbrae, Courtonuy, have received advice that their eldest son, Douplas, died at K.mtara Hospital, of malaria and pneumonia, on October 26th. The late Trooper Douglas llobortson, who was 21 years of age, was born at Courtenay, receiving his education there, and at the Itarfield High School, and, prior to <mlisfchig, worked on his father's farm. Ho took a koen interest in the work of the Territorials, and always looked forward to the annual training as flomething real and essential. He ontered the N.C.O. Training Camp, at ITcnthorston, in April, 1916, and left with the 18th Mounted Reinforcements in October, attached to the C.Y.C. He saw a good deal of fighting in Palestine, and twice had his liorsos killed under him. Of a quiet, resjjectful, and kindly disposition, ne was highly esteemed by all with whom he came in contact. He tools a livoly interost in the Presbyterian Church, and the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, of which he acted as assistant-secretary for 6everal yean. He was also an enthusiastic tennis player. i Sorgcant "Will Langford (killed) was the eldest son of Mrs Langford, of Somerset avenue, Wellington. He left with the 10th Reinforcements nearly , three years ago, and upon arrival in j Egypt was appointed to the training staff. He spent some time afterwards at Sling Camp, and again at Etaples, as bombing instructor, but had been through a lot of campaigning with, his company before his death. Prior to his enlistment he was on the Wellington staff of tho A.M.P. Society, in whose service he had been for over twenty ! yoars. He was a member"of the Wei- | lington Kennel Club, and bad been a successful exhibitor at the principal shows of thß Dominion for a number of rears. Hie two brothers, Jadk and Henry, are also on active service. According to cabled advice received on Thursday by bis relatives from the Royal Air Ministry, Captain It. Russell, of Invercargill, is posted missing. "I>ick" liussell, wli'o was the first of the Invercargill lads to enter the flying game, left New Zealand about twelve months ago as a second-lieutenant, and was a lieutenant when word was received from him some time after his arrival in the Homeland. Tho Air Minister's description of him as captain appears to indicate further promotion. Private Ernest W. Wright, who was reported missing, and later killed in action, was the son of Mr Wm. Wright, at one time a well-known and highlyrespected farmer in South Canterbury, who farmed in the Temuka district for a number of years. Deceased received his education at the Kanitara Valley, Timaru South, and St. Albans Schools, and the West Christchurch and District High Schools. He sailed with the 20th Reinforcements. At the time of enlisting he was with his parents farming in j the Waikato. I Advice has been received by Mr and' Mrs Fabian, 71 Durham street, Sydenham, that their son, Trooper A. W. Fabian (Canterbury Machine-Gun Squadron, N.Z. Mounted Rifle Brigade), who left New Zealand with J:he 12tli Reinforcements, was admitted to the 27th General Hospital, Cairo, on October 22nd, suffering from severe j malaria. j After having served in four Polar expeditious—twice with Scott and twice with Shackleton —Alfred Cheetham, oj Hull, has lost his life at sea through, enemy submarine action (writes our London correspondent, under date o? September sth). Cheetham had made voyages in the Terra Nova, Nimrod, and Endurance. He wore tho Polar Medal, 1914-16, and was awarded the clasp at the beginning of this year. On the return of the Endurance party to England in the middle of 1917, Cheetham joined up as an A.B. in a mine-sweeper. One of his sons lost his life two years ago through the torpedoing of his vessel. Advice has been received that Lieutenant Hector Cameron, York and Lancaster Regiment, reported as having been killed in action on March 21st, is a prisoner in Germany; _ Lieutenant Cameron was sergeant-major in the N.Z.E.F., leaving New Zealand with the Main Body as corporal. He received his commission in March, 1917. Formerly he -was in the Prisons Depart- i ment in Auckland.