NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES

Evening Star, Issue 16237, 5 October 1916, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES

Tli©. following hospital report was issued the Government yesterday: DANGEROUSLY ILL, 1 Trooper H. N. Dawson, appendicitis. Private R. G Young, wounds. f Sergeant W. C. D. Horsnell, wounds. ' I Private C. F. Jeffery, wounds. Rifleman A. Byers, wounds. Rifleman J. W. Foreman, appendicitis. SERIOUSLY ILL. Acting' Lance-corporal W. Tromans, founds. Private E. S. Andrews, wounds. Rifleman Isaacson, wounds. Cqrpotal A. F, ‘ Suckling. t Rifleman R, Bridsou "V Rifleman R. B Cooper Rifleman J. O’Brien. Rifleman H. M. Poole. 1 Rifleman H. H. Storev. Rifleman J. Weaver. REMOVED FROSVI SERIOUSLY ILL LIST. Rifleman W. C. FinlayEon. ' /' killed. Gunner William Alexander (Will) TayAr (killed in action in France on Septemter 15) was the, son of Mr John Taylor, st-r-eet, St Ivilda. He was born at Maori Hill on November 25, 1896, and iva-s educated at the Macandrew Road School, taking a proficiency certificate. , en .attended the Dunedin Technical T -°- e .' va,s apprenticed to Messrs A. ind T. Inglis, and was also employed by Messrs Penrose and Co. When the call tame ho entered the Central Battery at Ft. Kilda, and trained as a gunner. H° left Dunedin in January, 1915, for Trentham, and went from New Zealand with r! ie iv 4t V- Kein-forcemcnts. He fought on Gallipoli, where lie was wounded, and was Sent to England. Making a good recovery, he returned to Egypt, and remained there till the departure of-Hie New Zealand forces for France, where he ended a noble life. Rifleman John Eric. Erickson Warnocfc ikiJJed) was the elder nenhew of Miss S M. Wariiock, the School. Killinchv.' nv Ziioin ho lias adopted in infancy, with founge-r brother, on the death' of thrir parents. He was educated at the Killinchy School and the Waitaki Boys’ Hfoh School, since leaving which ha bad hA’ learning farming, I.te left with the 13th Reinforcements. He was in his 21st veer. His only brother is Sergeant 0. M. Warnock, Base Records, Featherston Camn. and late of the Valuation DopaHnmnt Lieutenant A. J. Birdling (killed) was ihe. eldest son of Mr "A. Bhdling, Hals•rell, Lieutenant Birdling. who 'was 25 /ears of age, was educated at Hnlswri! Public School and afterwards at the Christchurch Boys’ High School. At the latter institution he took a. keen interest m sport, and gained his cap in the first fifteen as a forward. He was a- fine stamp * P , j l } er - Un leaving school Lieutenant Lirc.hng took up farming life, and also interested himself grentlv in the Territorial movement. Ho left New Zealand a= 6 member of the Sixth Mounted Reinforcements. A brother .(Gerald) is 'also at me-front, and. was reported wounded some June ago. . Private John S. .Mitchell, killed in action |n France, was the seventh son of the .ate Mr J. A. Mitchell, of Invercargill, J-here he was born, and ho was educated i l if and H ‘gh Schools. He enlisted •" the Main Body as a member of the Utavo Mounted Rifles. He was previously employed in the office of Messrs J. A. Mitchell and Co., Invercargill, and with Messrs Bqthnne and Co., Wellington. Rifleman John Byron Sexton, killed in action in France, was born at Lumsden, jnd educated in the public school there. His parents, Mr and Mrs S. Sexton, are widely known. Up to the time of his enlistment Rifleman Sexton worked as a carpenter He joined the first battalion a •! in Zealand Rifle Brigade in April, 1915. He was a member of the Lumsden Loyal Lodge of Oddfellows, IM.U. Upon the completion of his apprenticeship he worked for a time with Mr M. Hewat, builder, Invercargill, and Shen went to Dunedin, where his parents Reside, and while there was employed on . * number of boats which were being fitted ~as Transports. He then went to Oamaru *nd it was from there that he enlisted with four of his _ companions. Rifleman cexton took part in the fight against the Sonussi in Egypt on Christmas Day, 1915, yand forwarded to his parents some of the enemy s bullets as mementoes of that day. Captain James Frederic (killed in Mesopotamia) was born in Invercargill 38 years ago (says the ‘ Southland Times ’)." He was educated at. the Invercargill Hteh school, and went from the Otago Univarsity to the London University. He afterwards pursued his studies in France Captain Frederic returned to New Zealand, and for some years he resided in Auckland. Later he went to Madras and was fighting under General Townshend when he met his death. Captain T redenc s mother resides in Auckland. Lieutenant _N. C. Swinard, news of ft hose death in action in France was rcceived in Oamaru on Saturday, was born and educated in Oamaru, - and was a painter by trade (says the ‘North Otato limes ). He was an enthusiastic volunteer. Ho left with the Main Body as sergeant in the 10th North Otago Company. He was in the Gallipoli Tandino-, and shortly after received a severe flesh wound. But he stuck to his duty, and nad the distinction of being with his company throughout/the whole of the Gallipoli campaign. Uqu- there he was promoted to quarter..v.ler-sergeant, and was nonJommissioned officer in charge of the New i Zealand snipers. After the evacuation he was again promoted to regimental quarter-aiaster-sergeant, and appointed non-com-missioned officer in charge of scouts in the canal zone. He received his commission on March 1, and was transferred to the Canterbury Battalion. Hie proceeded to France with the 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade, and was again wounded on July 30 while conducting a patrol cross No Man s Land.” On this occalion also he remained on duty. He was a member of the Oamaru Boating Club, a keen sportsman and deer-stalker. He was a splendid rifle shot, winning the Queen’s Rifles’ championship in 1910, and the Wellington Rifle Association’s championship in 1913. .WOUNDED. Private Stanley Thomas, who is reported as having been wounded on September 16, is the fourth son of Mrs H. Thomas, of 143 Oxford street, South Dunedin. He left in the Eleventh Reinforcements, and, arriving in Egypt, met his brother Albert, who had left with the Tenth Reinforcements. Albert applied for -.transfer _to the Eleventh, so as to be I •’. with Ms brother. The transfer was I granted, and both left for France with I the Eleventh. Stanley was educated at! Forbury School, and at the time of bis i enlistment was employed at the Hillside I Workshops in the carpenters’ shop, where i he had served his apprenticeship. He was a member of the St. Kilda Methodist Church and Bible Class, and one of the firiginal members of the St. Kilda'Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club, in which he took a most active interest. Rifleman Fred Pimm (wounded) is well known in Teddington and Governor’s Bay, ?!)r w as at one time proprietor of the Wheat Sheaf Hotel, Teddington (as was Ms father before him). He also used to run the coach service at Teddington Governor’s Bay, and Lyttelton. He went » wa y the First Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade with a younger Brother, who wag killed in France °on dune 15 last. He has two half-brothers cn active service. Rifleman Pimm has three children. On the day that news was received of his being wounded (September 12) the funeral took place of his wife, "'ho died in Christchurch Hospital. v Trooper George A. H. Donaldson, who was wounded in the right arm and left thigh, is the eldest son 0 f Mr George Wm. Donaldson, farmer, Leith Valley. He was bom and educated in the Leith Valley w district, and lived there until his departure 15 months ago for the front. After leaving school ho served his apprenticeship as a nurseryman and florist With Messrs Howden and Moncrkff. He anlieted at the age of 22 years. First he tried to get into the Ambulance Corps, but not being qualified in ambulance work lie thought bo might be of better service

in some other Wdy, so,put his name down for any branch of the service, and was called upon immediately to reinforce the 6th Mounted Rifles, with which body he went to Gallipoli, and was one who left when the evacuation came. .After returning to Egypt he was admitted to Rent de Koubbch Hospital suffering from throat trouble, but lie made a splendid recovery. While in Egypt ho met m£ny of his Leith Valley schoolmates, some of whom he leftbehind when he went to Franco, where he was in the firing lino until wounded on the 15th September,