WHILE DOING THEIR DUTY

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 109, 5 November 1917, Page 8

WHILE DOING THEIR DUTY

AT THE FRONT '•'Among those recently killed in action «3s Sgt. -A. C. Cumberland, brother of Stfs. S. M. Carter, of Shannon. Sgt. Swnberland was well known in, Shannon, fie- left with, the 9th Reinforcements. Eo£ some time he ;was drill instructor at SSng Camp, England. ■Zfte. M'Donald, brother of Mrs. G. Rfr'Hall, of Moutoa (killed in action), was well known in sporting circles. He left New Zealand with the 19th Reinforcements, being in the N.Z. Rifle Brigade. "Pte. Fred King, of Christchurch, formerly of Nairn-street, Wellington, wfio was wounded in the head on the 4th qfolast month, has rejoined his unit. ..r^News was received on Saturday by th,o; parents of Pte. Chas. W. Bowers (Bijlio) that he was killed in action in ( Erance on 17th October. Pte. Bowers I'^as the son.of Mr. Geo. Bowers, the '■wcll-knowii contractor of Lower Hutt, and was born in Wellington. At the time o£ his death he was thirty years of age. During his school days ho distiniguishad himself in- both the scholastic ] and 1 athletic departments, and carried off ■many prizes. After serving an apprenticeship to the ironmongery business in jtlie employ of Messrs. Jno. Duthie and iCq., he took on farming in the Wairafapa district, where he was well known 'aXSI respected for his-mary good qualiItres. Being' a single man, he considered jilTiis duty to go to the war, and he sold iout his farm and enlisted in the 22nd ; Reinforcements. His many, friends will 'sympathise with his parents in their be : ■reavement. •-^Pte. Jasper Riddle, whoso death from .wounds has been notified, was a-son of j Mr. F. W. Riddle, of Normanby. Until" he "left for the front he had been ; for. some time chairman of the Normanby Dairy Company. Some years ago he '■vVSs one of Taranaki's leading Rugby footballers, and represented the province oiirmore than one occasion, Dugald M'Phereon Wighton (died 1 51"wpunds).' enlisted in the lllh Rein- . fotcements, and- had served continuously in-France up to the time of his death. IHe was born in Wellington, was' edu- : csted at the Terrace School, and at the I tnno of his enlistment was farming at ' Palmerston North, where his ' parents '(Mr. and Mts. David Wighton) now re- | Bicle. liPte. Jack O'Gorman. (killed in action) JKftS the eldest son. of Mr.T. O'Gorman, 1 Ugton-terrace, Wellington. Prior to enlisting he was a stationery clerk at the Government Printing Office Three other brothers are now serving in France, whilst Pte. Con. O'Gorman is in camp. !! ATTfiVe Tirdthers received their education (it the Marist Brothers' School, k Sgt. E. G. Campbell, of Lomas Settlalinent, Hastings (killed in aotidn), was the lounth son of Mrs. C. Campbell, • and' 25 iyears of .age! He joined the 16th (WaiiatoJßegiment before the war broke out, jand* several'- times volunteered for active Iservice,^ but failed to pass the medical "atandard._ He ■•■was-eventually accepted -6s a-«taff instructor, and served in Aat Icapaci'fy in'the^Waikato and at Narrow •Neck Camp. He left New Zealand with ; the 24th Reinforcements as ship's ser-'geant-raajor, and was accepted for active ;service .in England. Sgt. Campbell has brothers, two of whom are at pre.sent in France', while another died at ;GaUipo!i.'. ~" .' lA." Cyril' Brown (wounded) is a ',son of Mr. W. Brown, cf Messrs. Laery Company, Wellington. Prior to leaving with the 24ih Reinforcements (Artilj lery section) - he was in ohaTge of- Fort «Dorset for" "some time. He , was on the Wellington staff-of the Royal Exchange • Assurance Office, and -was a very popular , young man. Private advices received by ; Mr. Brown show that Lt. Brown was ■ wounded by shrapnel in the head, but hstd rejoined his unit. : Among the many New Zealandera killlon the Western front last month was ■ ,-Capt. George Saywell, of ithe Salvation . Army. Up to the time of his leaving on : military duty he had completed eleven - years servic© as'an officer in the field and S 'H Ork t 0L- the'Amy" In' Aograt. 1 1915,"wi«n holding the position of assist- : ani .officer,, at the" Wellington People's . Palace, ho responded to the call of his " J^S?' d proceeded to the front with . the Bth Reinforcements, and on loth ; .October last,met with the fatal blow