ON SERVICE

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 7

ON SERVICE

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

LATEST APPOINTMENTS

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LONDON, 9th February.

At the present time there are about twenty New Zealanders taking a navigation course at the Royal Naval College", Greenwich. On its completion, in a few weeks'- time they will be sent on to Southampton for further instruction. Second-Lieut. T. F. Northcote, C.S.R., attached to the Royal Flying Corps, was wounded recently. He was a student at Cambridge when war was declared, and ho joined King Edward's Horse. The death, from wounde, is announced of Pte. D. Egan, No. 195, Cameron Highlanders. He came from Westport. Lieut. R. R. Isherwood (Christchurch) has been^appointed A.D.C. to Col. J. Laycock, on the Headquarters Staff of the Royal Horse Artillery, in Esypt. . Lieut. R, 0. Whyte,"R.A.M.C., has 'been promoted captain, the promotion dating from October last. jMr. W. C. Leys (Auckland) has.been granted a temporary commission as sublieutenant, R.N.V.R. Lieut. W. Dudley Raymond (son of Mr. J. W. Raymond, Invcrcargill), who ■was mentioned in Sir Douglas Haig's recent despatch, is accepting a transfer from the Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry—with which he has been at the front for the last eighteen months— to the 2nd Punjab Cavalry. • • Second-Lieut. W N. Spragg, R.F.C. (Auckland), has been over on short leave, and presently he will go to Egypt. Second-Lieut. C. Musgrave. R.F.C. (Christchurch) has also been on leava from France. News has been received that 2nd Lieut. Leslie N. Mackay, R.N.A.S. (Auckland) has met with "an accident while flying, with the result that threei ribs .are broken and the spine injured. He is making a slow recovery. He was trained at an aviati6n school in the South of France. Mr..Thomas Edward Holmes has joined the N.Z.RF .in this country, ana: has been drafted to the N.Z. Field Artillery with the number 37177. Private E. L. Thorn, 12/2491, 2nd A.1.E., has left the N.Z.E.F. for duty in . the Royal Navy, and Private R. T. In-1 gram, 2nd W.1.R., is one of many New ' Zealanders who have arranged to bo transferred to the R.N.R. with a comu mission. ■, A recent attestation here is that of Captain A. L. Singer (Gisborne), whose number ig 3/2932, N.Z. Medical Corps; Captain G. W. Gowev (Hamilton) has ako joined the N.Z.M.C., with the number 3/2931., Captains Gower arid Singer have each earned a year in theR.A.M.C Mr. H. G. Bell (Aahburton), who has been, training at Oxford for a commission, has got through his course and is now on leave. He will report at Sling to await an appointment in the N.Z.E.F., 2nd Lieut. E. J. Grey, W.M.R., has just left the N.Z.E.F. to take a commission in the R.N.R. Lieut.-Colonel R. B. Neil], Royal Irish Fusiliers, son-in-law of Mr. J. SinclairThomson, has left for France. Lieut. A. Owen-Johnston, N.Z.M.C, who recently arrived from New Zealand with his wife, expects to leave for France shortly. Mrs. Owen-Johnston will then join the nursing staff at the No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton. Her brother, Private S. A. Owen, is undergoing a course of training at-Sling. " • Lance-Corporal Henry Gray, N.Z.E.F., now has a commission in the Royal Engineers, and Private A. H. Skinner, 6/1012, 0.1. R., has been transferred to the Officers Cadet Wing of .the- Royal Flying Corps. 2nd Lieut. W. L. Waddell, M.G.C., is at Brockenhurst Hospital, from France, suffering with a severe gunshot wound in the thigh. Major C. "V. Brereton, Ist C.1.R.. has left Brockenhurst and is attached to Headquarters in London, as also are 2nd Lieut. C. D. P. Toplis, 3rd N.Z.R.8., and 2nd Lieut, i G. F. Bertrand, 16th Reinforcements. Captain Sandham, N.Z.M.C, who has been awarded the Military Cross, is a Lancashire man, and when he was in, England on leave not long ago he had a great reception at the Lancaster National School. The Lancaster Guardian, commenting upon the bestowal of the recent decoration, mentions that Captain Sandham emigrated to New Zealand _on entering manhood, and had been living at Wellington lor some years. He took up ambulance work as a, hobby, and became instructor to various brigades. When the war broka out he was one of the first to respond, and promotion came rapidly. EONDON, 13th February. Cpl. C. G. Ingall, D.H.Q., 4/1072, has been discharged from the N.Z.E.F. in order to take up a commission in the Imperial Army.' Capt. H. D. Matson, Royal North Lancashire Regiment (Christchurch), has been seconded for duty with the Machine Gun Corps. He'was out in Zululand at the time war was decided. Lieut. Everard A. Mills, R.A.M.C., has been promoted captain on completion of a year's service. Major F. R. M'Mahon, Royal Engineers, isl, in command of the 207 th. Field Company. Major M'Mahon bolongs to Cromwell, New Zealand, and, was transferred from the X.S.L.I, to the R,E. Pte P. Chavassus (Hokitika) is in London on a fortnight's leave from the Command Depot at Codford. lie has been declared unfit for further service and expects to return to the Dominion shortly. The following decorations were conferred by the King, at Buckingham Palace on Saturday:—Lieut.-Colonel W. R. N. Madocks, R.F.A., the C.M.G. ; Lieut.-Colonel A. M. Ross, R.A.M.C.,' the D.S.O. ; Major J. A. Cowles, N.Z.R.E., the Military Cross. Lieut. George Wilfred Callander, of the Worcester Regiment, who was killed in action in Mesopotamia last week, joined the Artists' Rifles shortly after war broko out, and got his commission in December, 1914. Ho left for Mesopotamia in July last to join his battalion, which was with the 12th Division. Lieut. L. N. Younghusband, R.F.A. (Hawkes Bay), is now Adjutant to the 91st Brigade, R.F.A. The following New Zealand officers who have been in hospital in France have now been discharged to base depots in that country:---Major-General A. H. Russell, Lieut. R. Riddiford (2ndW.I.R.), i 2nd Lieut. K. 0. do Cent (2nd 0.1. R.), 2nd Lieut. W. E. M'Leod (W.1.R.), 2nd , Lieut. E. A. Harrison (Ist A.1.R.), 2nd .Lieut. W. G. Gibbs <lst W.1.R.). The death is announced to-day of Ist Class Air Mechanic N. L. Brain, No. 17094, of the Royal Flying Corps. Mr. Brain was previously reported missing, and the German Government has now intimated that he was killed or died of wounds. He belonged to Onehunga, and came home last year. Capt. K. S. Caldwell, Lieut. F. C. Hubbard, 2nd Lieut. E. T. Stout, and 2nd Lieut. H. R. Kirker have 'been discharged from /Brockenhui-st to Headquarters, London. - : Mr. A. C. Bennett (Hawkes Bay) 'has returned to England from Yvetot, hi Franae, where he has been, for the last two years connected with the AngloFrench Hospital. The hospital, of which recently Mr. Bennett has been in fihaige, has mm, hem feaadvl Pvs*! #n-.

tirely to the French authorities, after doing excellent work. Mr. Bennett is hoping to get some other employment in connection with the war. j A large number of decorations were bestowejf at Buckingham Palace this week upon officers and men, as well as upon nurses.'' Brigadier-General J. T. Burnett-Stuart received the C.B. (Military); Capt. F, Starnes, N.Z. Infantry, the D.5.0.; ,and Lieut. Reginald Che-tham-Strode, ■' Border Regiment, the I Military Cross. .On the game occasion the King bestowed the Bronze Medal of the Board of Trade upon 'Alfred Adcoqk, second officerof the s.s. Indrabarah, for gallantry in saving life at sea. On 10th May, 1913, the vessel wag stranded about six miles north, of Rangitikei River, New Zeaj land, at some distance from the shore, j and at daybreak the lifeboat was sent ashore in charge of Mr. Adcock, but when nearl the beach it capsized in the I heavy surL ' All the occupants reached: the shore safely with the exception of | a passenger, who was seen to be in diffii culties. ' Mr. Adcock- immediately went jto the man's assistance, with a line I round his body, and succeeded; in reach- \ ing -the 'drowning nian. (Both were hauled ashore. Three days later a seavolunteered to swim ashore with a )jine, and he jumped overboard in a heavy sea fbrtthat purpose. By the time he reached, a sandbank—separated from the beach by a deep ivater channel, through which a strong current was running—he was quite exhausted, and let go the line. Mr,, Adcock, with a 1 line, swani out, and managed to get hold of the seaman, and both were safely hauled to the beach- Considerable risk was incurred iii rendering the services on account of the heavy sea and the cold. On each, occasion Mr. Adcock became unconscious after effectMng the rescue, and on the second occasion it was feared he would aot^ recover. He is now chief officer ■ of the steamer Port Macquarie.