RETURNING HOME

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 146, 22 June 1915, Page 8

RETURNING HOME

♦ WILLOCHRA'S LIST INVALIDED AND WOUNDED | AGGREGATE TOTAL, 273. VESSEL DUE IN THREE WEEKS. The Willochra is returning from Egypt with a large number of invalided and I wounded soldiers on board, the .latter being the first that have yet been sent home to New Zealand from the fighting in the Dardanelles. The details of those returning are as under :—: — Officers. Men. Totals. Invalids , .... 4 106 110 Wounded .... 8 155. • 163 12 261 273 The Willochra, it is expected, will reach New Zealand about the second week in July, or a little over three weeks from now. The port of arrival has not yet been fixed, but the public may rely upon it that as soon as it is they will receive prompt intimation through the medium of the press. The authorities are at present engaged in making complete arrangements for dealing with the various cases, so that upon the vessel's arrival the whole of the patients will be immediately dealt with, and there will be no overcrowding in any particular institution. 'The men, while on the voyage, are also being properly looked after by a competent staff. Following is the complete list of names of the invaided and wounded men re.turning: — INVALIDS OFFICERS. Col. Will Lt. Gridham Capt. Beckman Lt. Weir, N.Z.S.C. OTHER RANKS. Auckland Battalion. Clighorn, 33 Towers, D., 1519 Eames, 1031 Stokes, 1720 Nesbit, C, 993 Hanson, A., 123 Bowman, A., 37 Gibson, 357 Spencer. G.. 252 Brown, J., 44 Campbell, W., 720 Cook, J., 831 Bailey, J., 1545 Newcomhe, P., 1130 Pitman, C., 430 Page, J.. 210 Garden, H., 1212 Canterbury Battalion. Smith, J., 1981 Ilton, 655 Pickering, 1953 Smith, F., 1405 Wilson, W., 394 Sharman, W., 1712 Pudney, C, 1380 Northcote, 800 Mills, H., 664 Kyle, 665 Young, Wy 182 Hayman, A., 1561 Lawford, E., 1204 Brownlee, L., 1019 Munro, 2207 Otago Battalion. Allot, 164 Fraser, T., 1075 Marshbank, 1283 Jenkins, 1757 Martin, T., 1284 Cremen, 8., 757 Bell, A.. 642 Poole, F., 268 • Shaw, C., 1065 Johnson, A., 930 Cook, J.; 1954 Baxton, W., 323 Willetts, 1859 SUnaway, J., 482 Wellington Battalion. Crockett, W., 632 Diggle, D., 331 Merry, G., 136 Wyman, F., 77 Evans, E., 1480 Lyman, 1079 Wilton, C, 2362 Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment. Hartland, C, 353 Anderson, H.^ 964b Innes Jones, 823 Shaw, W., 85a s Harvey, T., 357 Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment. Seymour, G., 127 a Simmis, F , 1056 Sharp, 395 Savage, F., 266 ' Matson, T., 373 Clark. H., 567 Parsons, D., 759 Gough, E., 848 Havey, A., 210 Baker, A., 812 Killick, T., 859 Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment. Hesselin, 289 Bambery, W., 363 Stewart, W., 570 Read, 391 Hall, T., 829 White, A., 384 Bromley, 119 Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment. Mason, T., 336 Perry, R., 356 Gower, A., 479 New Zealand Veterinary Corps. Borad, F., 387 Stevenson, 189 Maroney, 222 Divisional Headquarters. Cookson, 30 ■ Field Artillery Brigade. Sawell, S., 1255 Hensley, 64 Turner, D., 1108 Robb, A., 745 Lambert, 1032 Imrie, C, 321 Smith, A., 150 Challis, 855 M'Coombs, 631 Ellicott, X.,-994 Casey, 2980 Field Company Engineers. Kinte, A., 349 Hamilton W., 103 a Bates, 531 Kelleher, 1271 a Walsh, A.,13/6060b New Zealand Medical Corps. Ridley, J., 441 Howard, G., 502 Reynolds, W., 147 Army Service Corps. Larkin, J., 252b Martin, L., 133 Stapp, A., 1344 a Scott, H., 1831