ROLL OF HONOUR.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16403, 24 December 1918, Page 8

ROLL OF HONOUR.

YESTERDAY'S | LIST. (PBZSS ASSOCIATION TILtQtiAM.) WELLINGTON, December 23. The following Casualty List was issued today :— AUCKLAND DISTRICT. DIED OF SICKNESS. Cooper, O. W. (Mrs Cooper, Hamilton, m.) WELLINGTON DISTRICT. DIED OP SICKNESS. Gilmour, J. M. (Mrs Gilmour, Wellington, 60 KEPATRIATED. Previously reported prisoner of war, now reported repatriated:— Adainson, L. E. (Mrß Adamson, Hastings, m.) CANTERBURY DISTRICT. DIED OF SICKNESS. Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Lawson, S. (Mrs Lawson. Kaikoma, m.)> Dec--18th" REPATRIATED. Previously reported prisoner of war, now reported repatriated:— . Wellington Infantry Regiment. Reading, G. (Mra Reading, Spreydon) Canterbury Infantrv Regiment. _ Downes, P. J. (P. Downes, Roofton, f.) OTAGO* DISTRICT. REPATRIATED. Previously reported prisoner of war, now Bk^mfield! P s! rl (M e rs' Bloomfield, InvercargDl) Bull, A. h. (T. J. Bull, Oamaru) THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED. * PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr H. "W. Jennings lias received the following letter from Sergeant A. J. Masson relative to the death of his son, Trooper Archie Jennings, who was killed in action in Palestine on September 25th last:—lt is with the deepest foeling of regret that I take the liberty of writing these few lines to you, but being with your late son Archie at the time of his death, I realise how you will appreciate any information concerning the sad circumstanccs. As would be expected from a man of his character, he died gamely, practically sacrificing bis life in his endeavour to get our lvorses under cover. It happened during the capture of Amman. Our troop, which was considerably under strength at the time, comprising only nine men and an officer, including Archie, was advancing at the gallbp on the railway station, which is somo distance from the town, when we encountered some fairly stiff opposition, and were obliged to take up a position in a stable. It being a very tight corner, and every available rifle being required, our officer volunteered to hold our horses, there being only four left by this time, but before long he received a machine-gun bullet in the thigh which shattered the bone, causing him to release his hold of the horses. Immediately Archie rushed orit and secured the horses before they stampeded, but) before he was able to regain cover ho received his death wound, being shot through the heart, two bullets also piercing his hat. It was a noble act, and won the greatest admiration of those who were there to witness it. It will'be some consolation for you to know ho received an official burial, our regimental padre conducting the service at the graveside. In concluding, I must convey to you the deepest sympathy of his troop-mates who mourn the loss of another white man from the troop*

Lieutenant James D. Sloss, of the Royal Air Force, who died of wounds in France, on November 23rd, was the third 6on of Mr R. Sloss, Cheviot. He was educated at Spotswood School, and afterwards at the Waitaki Boys' High School. He obtained his flying ticket 4 at the Canterbury Aviation School. He sailed in December, 1917, for England, where he completed his training, and was about a . month in France before receiving the wounds, on November 9th, from which he died. ,

Mrs J. Mercer, of Lincoln road, has been advised that his son. Rifleman J. A. Mercer, who has been a prisoner of war in Germany, nearly 2i years, has arrived in England. Rifleman Mercer left with the 2nd Battalion, N.Z. Rifle Brigade, arid was taken prisoner at Armentieres on July 19th, 1916. Since then he has been interned in prison camps at I>ulmen, Munster, Mannheim, Freidrichsfeld, and Heuberg.