KILLED AND WOUNDED

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 40, 16 August 1915, Page 2

KILLED AND WOUNDED

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Capt. William Ivan Kirfee Jennings, among the seriously wounded, is the only son of Dr. Jennings, of Christchurch. He is twenty-three years of age. He was educated at' the* Huntley School, Marton, and at Christ's College, of which school he was Head Prefect. As an athlete Capt. Jennings was held in high repute. He was captain of both the school cricket and football teams. He joined the Eoyal Military College at Duntroon in 1911, and was successful at all examinations. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for active service, and was attached to the Otago Battalion of the Main _ Expeditionary Force with the rank of lieutenant, but after a week's fighting at GalHpoli he was promoted to the rank of captain. Capt. B. S. Hay, of the Otago Mounted Eifles, who is reported killed in action, left for the front as second in command of the C Squadron. He was a son of Mr. A. R. Hay, who owned a sheep station at Dacre, Southland, and was born at Dunedin. He was educated at one of the primary schools in Invercargill, and afterwards at St. Andrew's College. In Auckland he joined the Volunteer Force in 1895, receiving a commission in the Ist (Auckland) Infantry Battalion (Ranfurly's Own). He went to the South African War in 1900, and on his return in 1902 was appointed captain of the 3rd Waikato Rifles. In 1911 he joined the New Zealand Staff Corps as adjutant of the sth (Otago) Mounted Regiment, and occupied that position until he received his late command. For his service in South Africa he held the Queen's Medal and three clasps, King's medal and two clasps. Lieut. Henry Marshall Wright, of the Canterbury Battalion, who was killed in action, was a son of -Mr. S. R. Wright, of Hororata, clerk of the Selwyn County Council. He was twenty-three years of age, was educated at the Christchurch Boys' High School, and afterwards joined the Treasury Departmemit of the Ohristchurch City Council. Deceased received his commission in the Ist (Canterbury) Regiment in 1912. He received his commission in the 4th Reinforce ments. Captain C. J. S. v W. Paddon, wounded, was second in command of the C Squadron, Southland Mounted Rifles. He was born in England in 1875, and re T ceived his early education at the J3tubbington Naval College and the Bedford He has been a soldier «ih'c<? ho was 17 years of age. In 1892 he went to South Africa, and was attached to an artillery corps in the Matabele Campaign. Later, he went to Klondyke, and was there until 1901, when he t returned to South Africa. -The following year he went again to Canada, and obtained a commission in a Hussar Regiment, which he held until 1909, when he was placed in the Reserves. He came to New Zealand two years ago, and on the outbreak of war offered his services to the New Zealand Government. Corporal Philip George Pearce, report ed wounded for the second time, was formerly in the Valuation Department', Wellington, and is a brother of Mr. Henry Pearce, of the Public Trust Office. He was a member of the Field Engineers in the Main Body.