ON SERVICE

Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 15, 17 January 1918, Page 7

ON SERVICE

NEW ZEALANDERS ABROAD

APPOINTMENTS & PROMOTIONS

(FROM OHIt OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LONDON, 13th November

Mr. Hector Steele (Waikato), who has been serving since the beginning of the war in the Royal Field Artillery, has now got his commission, and has joined a reserve Brigade, and expects to go abroad again in a few weeks.

Mr. Philip G. Palmer, a Wellington journalist, who.has been at the front for some months, has been declared unfit for further service, and will return shortly to New Zealand.

Dr. William Fitzgerald, who went to Liverpool two and a-haif years ago on the .Recruiting Medical Staff and was afterwards appointed a member of the Medical Board there, has now been appointed a Deputy-Commissioner of Medical Services under the Ministry of National Service. Dr. Fitzgerald is a son of Mr. W. S. Fitzgerald (formerly rector of the Training College at Dunedp, and afterwards^lnspector of Schools \in Otago). 1 ' I

Mr. TV Brown (Auckland), who came home for the Motor Boat Patrol Service, is now a motor mechanic attached to a warship. Mr. A. 11. Hislop (Wellington), who has a commission in the 8.H.A., is in camp at Bulford just now with the Bth Reserve Brigade. Mr. P. G. Horsburgh (late of Dunedin) is now.fully qualified as a medical practitioner, having passed the examinations vfor the L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. Dv. Horsburgh, who has been a surgeon probationer with the Navy since the war, left the sea to resume his studies at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. . * .

Lt. L. P. Leary, M.C, R.F.A., has beeii in hospital'at Bristol, having been' wounded in the recent operations at Ypres. -In addition to wounds, he was suffering from trench fever. Now,*however, Lt. Leary has recovered p.ufficiently to return to light duty, ajid he is at Woolwich, expecting to rejoin his brigade in France before the winter is over.

Capt. G. D. Henderson, M.C. (ChristChurch) Royal West Kent Regiment, upon whom, was bestowed the D.S.O. quite recently, has received a very complimentary, letter from his Divisional General, giving the following particulars of the reason for the- bestowal of this latter award. He wrote : "I wish to place on record my appreciation af your gallantry, good leadership, und devotion to duty on 20th September, 1917, "when you assumed command of the battalion after your O.C. had been wounded. You directed subsequent operations with marked skill and resource, personally superintending the consolidation. Later, when the enemy counter-attacked, arid some men were retiring, you rallied them and led them back under very heavy fire. Your prompt action saved a serious retirement. The whole success of the attack was in no small measure due to your coolness and resource in the face of many difficulties."

Lt. James Crawford (Wellington), who received his commission at the end of 1915, and saw eight months' service in Salonika, was lately sent back to 'England' suffering from fever, and lie has now been " invalided from the Army. With his mother, Mrs. H. D. Crawford, he is returning to New Zealand at an early date.

Spr. E. J. Champ, 4/1413, N.Z.T.C and Rflmn. 11. R, Dickason, 25/1163, R.B.,'have been discharged frorii the N.Z.E.F., medically unfit. And so, for the same reason, have the following : Tpr. P. Skriabin, 0.M.R., 9/379; Tpr. G. B. Browne, W.M.R., U/501; Pte. FH. Leake, 2nd A.1.R., 24760; Spr. E, L. De.Lautour, NiZ.E., .4/2070; Pte. H. E. Rees, A.S.C., 29080; and Rflmn. D. Thompson, 23/298, M.G.C.

Sgt. E. Bowley, A.S.C., 14/99, has been discharged from, the N.Z.'E.F., for a commission in the Imperial Army. Capt. G. D. W. Hamilton, N.Z.E-. now holds similar rank in the Royal Engineers.

Pte. G. Dick, 35160, of the 3rd Battalion, Wellington Regiment'; Sgt. H. J. T. Osborne, 46530, of the 2nd Battalion ; and Sgt. J. Goodyer, 26/998, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, have been appointed bandmasters.

Major R. St. J. Beere, commanding the sth (Reserve) Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, is promoted Lt.-Col., and Major E. Puttick is also promoted to succeed Lt.-Col. A Winter-Evans in command of the 3rd Battalion.

Capt. 0. E. May, ,New, Zealand Army Service Corps, is promoted major, in consequence of Major H. H. Wright, A.S.C., rejoining the British Army. Sister L. A.' M'--ie, A.R.R.t:;, is- promoted to be a matron in the N.Z.A.NIS., in place' of Matron, Mrs. Plowman, A.R.R.C, who is seconded for duty to New Zealand. ' >. '

Capt. W. M'Kenzie, New Zealand Dental Corps, is seconded for duty with the Royai Klyhig Corps.

Major J. Stafford, veterinary officer to thfc New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade, has been appointed' to command No. 2 New Zealand Mobile Veterinary Section, and Major E., E. Elphick becomes officer tq the Brigade. .

The new captain of the New Zealand warship, appointed on the promotion of Capt. Greene to Flag-rank, is Capt. Richard Webb, C.B.,\who since the beginning of the war has. been director of Hie Trade Division of the Admiralty War Staff, and also associated with the control of mine-sweeping.

2nd-Lt. N. A. Arthur, N.Z.E.F., is now attached to the R.F..C. as flying officer (observer). .. '

Major R/T. Bruce, N.Z.E.F., is gazetted' general staff officer, 3rd grade. Lt.-Col. R. 0. H. Livesey, D.5.0.. Royal West Surrey Regiment, who has been Gr.5.0.1 to the New Zealand-Divi-Bion for some tune past, is now on deputation to the United States Army. Lt.Col. H. M. Wilson, D.5.0., Rifle Brigade, takes his place.

Capt. L. A. Newnham, -M.C., Middlesex Regiment, who was recently wounded, has relinquished the post of G. 5.0.2, to the New Zealand Division. He is succeeded by Major T. R. Eastwood, M.C, Rifle Brigade, who has been promoted major to the 4th Infantry Brigade. The following have been promoted to be second-lieutenants :—N.Z. Engineers : Cpl. C. A. Perkins, .4/431. N.Z. Ma-chine-gun Corps : 10/1814, C.S.M. D. B. Forsyth; 6/593, L.-Sgt. A... W. Brown. - Lt.-Col. R, C. Allen, D.5.0., of the Auckland Regiment, who was recently wounded, has been declared unfit for general service for twelve months. Capt. T. C. M'Carthy, Auckland Regiment, has been appointed to command No. 1 N.Z. Employment Co., and N.Z. Reinforcement Camp, in place of Capt. P. Oldham, who is on the sick list. Capt. F. G. Matthews (Wellington), late private secretary to Sir James Allen, has been appointed quartermaster to the 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment. Ho has bfien in England on a few days' leave. ' • Capt. J. E. Anderson, R.K.: (Whangarei), formerly of the Public Works Department, has been promoted major, and in command of the 212 th Field Co., 11. E. He has been in, England oa ■& .week's leavt.

Lt. G. M. Moffitt, Otago -Regiment, Is transferred to the Maori. Battalion.

■JJapt. F. N. Whitmore, M.0., late adjutant 2nd Battalion, Otago Regiment, has been 1 appointed to command a com-' pany, and is succeeded as adjutant by Lt. E. G. Charters.

Cpl. K. C. Wilson, 13/2505, Anzac Prov. Corps, Spr. J. S. Melville, 51052, and L.-Cpl. D. H. Renton, 36089, New Zealand Engineers, have been discharged for commissions in the Royal Naval Re-

Flt.-Lt. Evan Dickson, R.N.A.S., has been in England on a few days' leave from Flanders, where the Naval Air Service has been particularly active in connection with*. Gen. Haig's offensive. .Lt. Dickson has been on frequent bombing raids over German depots and junctions in Belgium.

When Mr. A. E. Cradick, an Auckland mining engineer, volunteered for service at the beginning of the war, he was turned down on account of malaria contracted in Nigeria. . He consequently found his way to England, and, having served in the South African War with the New South Wales Lancers, enlisted in'the Royal Bucks Hussars, but afterwards transferred to the Sherwood Rangers, and within the last few months to the Ist Life Guards. He has now, after repeated applications, been transfererd to the N.Z.E.F.,. as a sapper in the Engineers.

Capt..'Gavin B~ Anderson, ■M.C., Middlesex Regiment (son of Mr. Gilbert Anderson), has been promoted major. Lt, A. M. Mieville, East Yorks.' Regiment, has been promoted captain.

The late 2nd Lt. N. A. P. Johnson, N.Z.E.F., killed in action, was to have captain's rank while commanding a company of the Lancashire Fusiliers.

Dr. J.R. Rogers has attested with the N.Z.E.F. in England, and has joined tho Medical Corps with the rank, of captain.

A patient at the Tooting Military Hospital is^lr, George Cutts (Wellington), who was formerly a taxi-driver there. ,_He came to England to offer'Ms services with the motor transport, and ended by going to France as a Hod Cross ambulance driver under the Church Army. He was above military. age, and lie served in the South African War. Mrs. Cutts and their three children are here, and have been living at Tunbridge Wells. '

Two members of the 4th Battalion, N.Z.8.8., are reported to be prisoners at Limburg. They are 42647 Pte. F. Frampton, and 35598 J. Roach. The former was reported missing on 12th October, the latter, on the same date, as missing, believed wounded. Both are reported as being "Sound." The Commander of the Second Army has expressed appreciation of the gallantry of Cpl. D. Moyall, of the JSf.Z.F,A., in acting as voluntary donor for transfusion to save tne /life of it com--rade.

Lt. H., M, Chrystall, R.N.D. (Christchurch) was one of a Public Schools Fifteen which' met and defeated St. Bartholomew's Hospital by three goals (two dropped) and two tries to one try, at Richmond Old Deer Park. The play of Chrystall as one of the three-quarter backs is specially mentioned fnr pace and skill. The schools had not only weight, but they were skilful in scrummage science and in keeping on the.- ball in. the break-up. They were quite a fine' body of scrummagers. Next to Schools' side is to play the unbeaten Welsh Guards. ~ Lt. Chrystall was out at the Dardanelles with the "Howe" Battalion, E.N.D., and was wounded there. Later he -was mentioned in despatches, but in September, 1916, he was in hospital at Gt. Yarmouth with a bad nervous breakdown, due to shell-shock and over-work. Apparently he has now recovered" his health. In 1912 Lt. Chrystall came to ■Emmanuel, College, Cambridge, from Canterbury College. . ' ..... -. _ The following received their decorations from the King at Buckingham Palace:—*

Bar to the D.S.O.—Com. Victor L.'A. Campbell, R.N. The D.S.O. was awarded him in 1915 for work in the Dardanelles, when he was in command, of the Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division. The bar to the D.S.O.- was awarded him last June.

The D.S.O. and-Military Cross.—Lt. Oscar E. Gallic, R.F.A. (Wellington). Lt. Gallic was awarded the M.C. last September. ■' He was formerly in the N.Z.E.F. as gunner, and took part in the Samoan Expedition. The' following Naval decorations are gazetted :—

D.S.O.—Acting-Lt. J. Jickell, R.N.R. (formerly of U.S.S. Co. and A.1.F.) Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd "class (Japanese)—Rear-Admiral Lionel Halsey. Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class.— Capt. R. Webb, C.8., A.D.C.

Croix de Guerre.—Com. E. R. Jones, R.N., Jate H.M.S. New Zealand; Lt. J. G. Cliff M'Culloch, D.S.C.,- R.N.R. (Dannevirke); Acting-Lt. the Earl of Carlisle, late. H.M.S. New Zealand '

Pte. W: J. A. Layburn,-o'f the 22nd Batt. Australian Inf., has been awarded the Military Medal. Pte. Layburn was born in New Zealand, and lived in Dunedin before settling in Australia.

Lfc. Douglas J. Aldridge, R.M.L.1., -was killed in action at the beginning of this month, at the age of 33: After leaving St. Paul's School, he took his training course in the Worcester, and then entered the service of the New Zealand Shipping Company. Subsequently, Lt. Aldridge took up farming. in New Zealand, and then went to the Malay States in connection with rubber, planting. He was m Malay when war* was declared, but immediately threw up his work there, returned to England, and obtained a commission in the B.N. Division. Lt. Aldridge was in GalHpoli during most of the fighting, and during the evacuation ho' was attached to the Divisional Ammunition Column. Next he was sent to -Salonika, but was sent to England on sick' leave. It was only after recovering his strength tha-t\ he transferred to the R.M.L.1., with which he went'recently to the front. He had been shot in the leg during action, and as he was being helped to ■ cover, a sniper shot him through the head, death being instantaneous. The CO. of his battalion*/writes: "Such a splendid fellow he was. I feel his loss more than any of- the others. He" was commanding a company the day of the attack, and wonderfully well he did it."

Capt. W. S. Mieville, London Eegfc., has been wounded. He is.the second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. N. Mieville, Crieklewood, formerly of Southland. Capt. P. S. Barker, .R.F.A., recently killed in action, was an old boy of Christ's, and was 30 years of age. Capt. Barker was the second son of Mr. J. M: Barker, of S. Canterbury. Capt. Eric Croft. M.C., R.F.A. (Dunedin) lias been wounded. Capt. Croft came to England in 1914 for a five years' course of medicine, and he has been on service since the bogii'ming of the war, at first on the medical side. Commissioned to the R.F.A. in September, 1915, he was awarded the M.C. in August of the following year, and was promoted captain last April. Early this year ho was out 'with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.

Information has been received in England /that Lt.- N.S. Hyslop, R.F.C., had been killed in action in Mesopotamia. Li. Hyalop, who was the son of Mr. N. Hyslop, of Hastings, left with the Wellington Mounted Rifles i:: the Main Body, and served in Gallipoli mid Egypt, coming to England for his commission in August, 1916. He took his cadet course at Oxford, and, after a few months' duty in England, left for Mesopotamia, in June. His brother. Lt. A. M.'Hyslop, R.F.C., is on the Western front.

■ ,Lt. F. J. Sharland., B.F.C.who is reported killed in -Action, took his tiekftt at, the aviation school at Kohimarama in

January of this year, and completed his course at Reading and' Shoreham.

Pte. Arthur Bowden, of the N.Z.E.F., who was killed in action at the age of 23, was a son of a member of the old Glamorgan Volunteer Artillery, and his grandfather-was a sergeant-major in the same corps: Pte. Bowden emigrated to New Zealand with his parents when quite a-boy. . .