THE WILLOCHRA-S WOUNDED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2506, 6 July 1915, Page 6

THE WILLOCHRA-S WOUNDED

3 EIGHTY HOSPITAL- GASES." ' • ■THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE. ' The Minister of Public Health (Hon. R; H.. Rhodes), stated last night tliat he had received a largß number of replies to the circulars that he had sent to the' ®a'ronts of; the sick and wounded solfliers returning to' New Zealand by the g&amer .Willochra. The parents were asked in the' circular to state whether they washed their sons to be; sent to thoir ota: homes or to convalescent reply -yetprcMirad a wish iB expressed that the soldier shall bo,sent-• to his own home. ' -/Phero are 281'offibers;and::men on tho W'illochra; and ' of. these/' eighty "are hospital cases.Of these. 24 cases are Wellington men,.23 aro Auckland men, 21 Otagomen, and 12 Canterbury menProvided that tbose of these eighty men who belong to North Island districts. oo1»Wo:.',of'/5?elliDgton, ,'aro fit to : travel -'on: their arrival, they will be sent to the hospitals m thou own districts by a Hospital train. Iho remawwjL

■ to their respeotivo districts, and those who have no homes to go to will bo accommodated 111 various convalescent homes. ' Lioutenant-Colonel Arthur M. Myors, of the Motor Reserve, has informed Mr. Rhodes' that tho services of his organisation will bo placed at tho disposal of the authorities for tho transfer of tho sick and wounded men from " the steamer;-or from railway stations to their homes, or to convalcscent homes. ; This offer has been thankfully accepted. I. . INTERVIEWS AT FREMANTLE. By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyrislS! (Rec. July C, 8.40 p.m.) ■ Fremantle, July 5Although many of the New Zealand wounded, on board the hospital ship are gravely wounded,' liono are permanently ■ incapacitated. Tho most serious case is that of Lieutenant -Peako (Christchurch),who' lias lost an arm.. Others; not wounded, are suffering from a kind; of 'paralysis through concussion. One of tho' men explained tliat .. a bullet struck his lifted rifle barrel, and ; ,tho, force; of tho • impact utterly shat- . fered his,'nerves, leaving him a: shaking' . and half-paralysed >mass. , Another ..bears'a long, black line, like ■a'-;bruise, 'across ;his>"stomach. He ;is ; paralysed: from the hips down,-and dpes not know what struck him. The doc- . tors anticipate complete recovery. 0 . : Many are'■ suffering from bullet and shrapnel, wounds, and will remain partial cripples.. All pay. a'tribute to the coohieSs and gallantry of the landing parties, who fought like old campaignr ;ers. ; , ' Theyconfirm ; .the story that Turkish^- women . participated in tho . Oiio of them saw the bodies of three women, who had been, equipped with ammunition belts.