ON SERVICE

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 51, 29 August 1917, Page 7

ON SERVICE

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

APPOINTMENTS & PROMOTIONS

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LONDON, 10th July.

Lieut. Allan A. Veale, R.F.C., son of Mr. W. Veale, Cambridge, has been declared fit for duty again after recovering from very serious injuries sustained in action in May. Lieut. Veale, who before the war was in the 2nd Wellington Infantry, enlisted on sth August, 1914, and went to the front with the Ist Auckland^. He was wounded in September, 1915, at Gallipoli, and after recovering in England rejoined his battalion in France, where he was again wounded in June last year. On recovering ly was attached to Corps Headquarters in France, and was then nominated for a commission in the R.F.C. The injuries from, which he has just recovered were very severe, his machine being crippled by anti-aircraft fire and falling more than 600 ft out of control.

The left wing of the 23rd Reinforcements,, has produced as a souvenir of the voyage an excellent publication uf 43 pages, called Tiki Talk. Tiki Talk was edited by Gun. S. Waters, a well-known member of the staff of The Press, Christchurch, and he is also the author of a good deal of the contents, which reflect great credit, on the talent of the Reinforcement. The illustrations are chiefly by J. Caiman.

10/2437 S.Q.M.S. G. A. Hutchinson, Wellington Regiment, and 21/13 Sergeant H. C. Leese. Auckland Regiment, have been discharged from the N.Z.E.F., and now have commissions in the R.F.C. They were nominated by General Godley in February last. Corporal F. H. Mackintosh, 5/59 a, A-.S.C, has been discharged from the N.Z.E.F., medically unfit.

Sub-Lieut. W. E. Shannon, R.N.R., has been on service since- the beginning of the war. He enlisted in September, 1914, with the British Section N.Z.E.F., and went out to Egypt to join the Main Body. He was through the various campaigns right up to the Somme, where he was wounded and invalided to England. After some eight months in hospital he was discharged for duty, but being a marine engineer, he applied for a commission in the R.N.R, In due course he was accepted, and took his discharge from the N.Z.E.F. Sub-Lieut. Shannon is at Devonport for duty in the Special Service. He belongs to Hokitika. 2nd Lieut. W. E. Mouidey, Lancashire Fusiliers, is in London, recovering from wounds and gassing. He is at the Portman Hospital for Officers, and is making very good progress. Lieut. Walter W. Fish, R.N.R, (Auckland), is in H.M.S. . He was previously in the U.S.B. Co. On 25th April Lieut. Fish was married, at Malta, to Miss Norah M. Whitten, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Whitten, Illford.

Engineer-Commander P. D. Fulford, R.N. (late Christchurch), is on duty in the North Sea. He took part in the Jutland Battle.

Lieut. H. D. Hamilton, R.F.C. (Nelson), who is a prisoner in German hands, has also been ascertained to be wounded.

2nd Lieut. W. H. Coates, A.M.R., N.Z. Forces, is a flying officer in the R.F.C.

Discharges from the N.Z.E.F. for commissions in the R.F.C. : Ptes. H. H. Blackwell, W. F. Warner, D. G. George, J. L. Foubister, and E.-J. Gould, all of whom came direct from New Zealand for appointment to the R.F.C. Gun. J. Ghent, N.Z.F.A., 2/778, has been discharged medicallyl unfit. Miss M. Dixon has attested here for the N.Z.A.N.S.; her number is 22/359;

Capt. A. E. Moore, R.A.M.C., has relinquished his commission. There are now about thirteen New Zealanders stationed at the, Lowestoft Naval Base. They are still serving in the R.N.M.B.R.

Capt. W. Holderness, Ist Batt., The Royal Sussex Regt., is on duty in India. He is an old boy of Christ's. Lieut. Gore Foote, R.N.V.R. (Auckland), who came over to the Motor-Boat Patrol, is now on a torpedo boat working in the Channel. Capt. Robin Elsdale, R.E., is now a. brigade-major attached to headquarters units. •

Promotions: Squadron - Commander Frederick W. Bowhill, R.N.A.S., now has the rank of wing-commander; FlightLieut. Denzil R. Thurstan, R.N.A.S., is now a flight-commander. Flight • SubLieutenants George L. Hartgill and D. E. Harkness, D.S.C., both of the R.N.A.S., have been raised to the rank of flight-lieutenant. The Jatter has been interned in Holland since last September. During an attack on St. Denis, Westrem, he >vas slightly wounded, and his motor was damaged, compelling a landing at West Kapelle. Sub-Lieut. 0. V. Connolly, R.N.V.R, (Auckland) is now lieutenant.' He is out in the Mediterranean. Acting-Lieut. A. J. LeverNaylor, R.N.R., is now lieutenant. Mr. A. L. Gatland (temp, engineerJieutenant R.N.R.) has been granted a temporary commission as engineer-lieu-tenant (R.N.). Mr. Gatland' comes from Onebunga. Second-Lieutenant Percy Cargill Reid, London Regiment, was killed on 6th May,-two months alter going to the front. He was a. son of the late Mr. E. J. Reid, of New Zealand, and Mrs. Reid, of 137, Ladljrokeroad. An old boy of Wanganni, Lieutenant Reid completed his education at Marlborough College, and then went to' Canada, to the Canadian Bank of Commerce, later obtaining a pre-emption of some land on Francois Lake, B.C. When war was declared he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force as a private, and then obtained his commission. His commanding officer wrote-: "I soon knew him for an excellent officer, beloved by his men and i brother officers, and a very gallant leader. He died a glorious death, encouraging his men to the last by his noble example." On 2nd July, Captain Wilford Palmer Horsley,- M.C., R.F.C. and East Yorkshire Regiment, was killed in action. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Horsley, of Keyston Manor, Huntingdon, and of Cottingham, East Yorks. There are relatives in New Zealand.