ON THE FIELD OF HONOUR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2499, 28 June 1915, Page 6

ON THE FIELD OF HONOUR

NEWS OF THE FALLEN

Private John Albert Harp, of Rotorua, killed in the Dardanelles, was born close to Whangarei, nearly 35 years ago. Most of his school life was spent at the Devonport school. He was a keen sportsman, e-spocially as a shot, a yachtsman, a bandsman, a cyclist, a footballer, and a ho«key player. 11l 1.901, when a member of the North Shore Rugby football team, he was chosen to reprosent Auckland against Taranaki and other provinces. He was a lance-corporal in the 6th Haurakis, but joined the ranks of the Main Force as all the positions for non-commission-ed officers had been filled. He was the youngest son of Mr. J. G. Harp, and followed the occupation of painter and signwritor in Rotorua, where he had been settled for «ome 10 or 12 years. Ho leaves a widow.

Pte. Archibald John Hunt, son of tho Rev. Hunt, of AVellington, who was reported wounded as a member of the Auckland Battalion, was with the Canterbury Battalion, and was wounded on May 4, not May 24 as reported in last week's casualty list.

Sergeant Hartley V. Palmer (Canterbury Battalion, killed) was tho only son of Sir. H. T. Palmer, of Brightwater. Twice the doctor refused to pass him, but, nothing daunted, he tried again and got through and' then decided' to forego his stripes to get a place in the Main Force. He was ni the thick of the Canal fight with No. 9 Platoon. He was one of the many confirmed by the Bishop of Jerusalem at Cairo. ,

Sir. Edward M'Nabb, of Motueka, has lost two sons, Privates Roy and Cyril M'Nabb, both killed in action at the Dardanelles, and has three other sons either at the front or on their way there.

Lance-Corporal Noel Ross (Canterbury Battalion) has' written to his uncle, Mr. George Grant, of Gisborne, The letter is dated from the hospital at Kasrelaini, and dated . May 4. He speaks very highly of the nursing arrangements and the kindness of the hospital staff. Private C. J. B. Cairnie, who was reported to have been missing since June 5, was a computing draughtsman in the Lands and Survey Department's Auckland office, and went to the front with the Auckland Infantry Company, in the Main Expeditionary Force. He is 31 years old, and after working in West Australia for some timo came to New Zealand about eight years ago. He served in the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers for five years, and is a member of tho Legion of Frontiersmen. Private Cairnio's sister, Mrs. J. J. Volkwyn, resides at Heidelberg, Transvaal. Major Hart, D.5.0., of Carterton, in a letter to his wife, states that the bullet that struck him passed first through tho head of an Australian private, who was sitting in a trench, killing him instantly. "I found out subsequently," says the major, "that the bullet had an adventurous career after meeting mo. I had six loose .<ls Webley pistol bullets in my loft trouser pocket, to be handy for rapid reloading of my revolver; well, the enemy's bullet found the trouser pocket, perforated a leather purso 1 had there, cut off neatlv the nose of one revolver bullet, struck another in the centre, squeezing it flat and doubling up both ends, and then entered my leg, forcing this squeezed-np revolver bullot in also. Consequently, I have ono big flesh wound, about ten times as big as the hole a bullet, makes, and there aro four other punctures about the size of bullet wounds. Nothing went right through my leg, and tho doctors say that my revolver bullets no doubt saved mo from having a fractured thigh."

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