AUSTRALIA ASKED FOR MORE MEN.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2502, 1 July 1915, Page 5

AUSTRALIA ASKED FOR MORE MEN.

WITH OR WITHOUT EQUIPMENT KITCHENER WILL FIND ARMS By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright (Rec. June 30, 11.10 p.m.) Melbourne, June 30. The Imperial Government's appeal for every man, with or without equipment, is emphasised in further communications from London. Lord Kitchener baE stated that he will find arms for every fit Australian recruit, tho Federal Government to be responsible for the. clothing. , No difficulty is anticipated about tho recruiting for tho 13,000 men needed for the three new infantry brigades, which are beina sent. " < The above cablegram was submitted to the Defence Minister (the Hon. Jas, Allen) last evening, with a question a to whether he had received any commii nication of similar import. "No con munication at all," replied Mr. Allot "I know nothing about it." AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES THE FORTY-SIXTH LIST. By Telegraph—Pi'oss Association—Copyright (Rec- July 1, 0.45 a.m.) Sydney, June 30. The forty-sixth casualty ( list includes the following:— Killed in action: Lieut. Thomson. Wounded: Lieut.-Colonel Bennett, Captains Linklater and Holmes, Lieuts. Cadden, Carter, and Milligan. Dangerously ill: Major Cook, and Lieut. Kock. ' 111: Lieut. Dougall. Missing (previously reported wound- '■ ed): Lieut. Reid. Killed in action: Eight.v-seven nou- : corns, and men, including E. A. Cahill, a New Zsalander , who was previously reported missing. N Died of wounds, thirty-seven; died of illness, five; accidentally killed, one; ill, eighteen; dangerously injured by , motor accident, J. G. Swanson,: a- New Zeulander; wounded, 278jincluding AV. . D. Smith, J. Stewart, W. F. Smith, New Zealanders; wounded (previously reported missing); D. Baird, a New . Zealander; in hospital at Birmingham, S. Buns; at Manchester;, J. Chandler, J. D. Haney, O. T. Gow, and J. H. ' Haylor, New Zealanders.