THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 July 1915, Page 5

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED. AUCKL AND ] ATT A LIO X, Private X. It. Johnstone (gunshot wounds in legs) Lamv-t‘-orporal W. J. Sloan (slira)iiiei wounds in spine) SEVERELY WOUNDED. AUCKLAND BATTALION. Private S. Mi [grow (amputation of right arm). slightly wounded. WELLINGTON BATTALION. '• ('orporal ('. Street Private A. West Trooper C. Lockwood Trooper D. .Morrison Trooper W . J. Lai n o Corporal S. J. B. Foss Private E. Harper Private WL If. Hudson Private A. C. Forbes Private CL Seed Private P. A. Arnold Private J. Franklin Private H. Bait Troopers A, .M. 1 Litton Trooper G. Fraser CANTERBURY BATTALLON. Private F. W. Buckley Private H. W. Chinn Private (1. ffolderisli Private H. Kennedy Lance-Corporal J. Marr Private W r . Marsh all Private R. Re;.n e Private E. T. Stout Private I. J. Woods . Corporal D. E. Broom Private T. H. Cunnard Private J. E. Johnson Sergt. E, W. Burnett Mrs D. Hansen, of Creymonth, has received a letter from her grandson, Mr J. H. Lawn, of Reef ton, who is at Malta. He slates that he has been wounded in the left ankle, but expected to return to the firing line shortly. Mi- F. Smith, of Sale Street, Hokitika, received word on Thursday from the Defence Department stating that his son, Walter, wounded at the Dardanelles, was progressing favourably from his injuries. Mr Ik Tansey has received a cable from his brother, Private F. D. Tansey, at the Base Hospital, Cairo, stating that he is progressing favourably. GALLANTRY REWARDED. TIOW CAPTAIN WAITE GAINED HIS D.S.O. [By Telegraph—Special to the Star.] DUNEDIN, This Day. In a letter received from Captain Waite, who received the D.S.O. last month, he says; “On the night of May 2nd we were making tracks for the easy carriage of wounded from the firing line and water and ammunition to it. I n the daytime we completed the road to the firing trenches, and on the attack going forward at night we were ready to prolong the road to the newly-won position. All night long troops filed up the tracks. The Otago Regiment had made the attack and was hanging on somewhere In front. The din was terrific. About 3 o’clock I got word that a lot of wounded could not bo got out of the firing line because of the congestion on the track. We took about SO Engineers up to widen the track, a work of much difficulty because of the ammunition going up and the wounded coming down. We worked on the track for about an hour and then a lot of men ,came rushing back yelling ‘Retreat.’’ I climbed up on the hill and shortly afterwards got hit in the right shoulder with a rifle bullet. The Marines, who were on my left, lost dozens of men from Turkish, machine gun fire; which cut straight along our front. Two Engineers bandaged my aiift and I started off down the gully and helped an Australian, who was shot through the nose and left shoulder, back to the hospital. Captain Boser bandaged me up. I did not go to the hospital ship because the Engineers were already short of officers, and after a day or two’s rest I could dodge about with my arm in a sling. The wound is right through the fleshy part and did not touch the hone.”

ployed at the rope works, but later on took to farming, and was engaged on a station in the Auckland province when he joined the third reinforcements of the Expeditionary, Force. He was the youngest son of Mrs Mary Gunning, Jackson Street, St. Kilda, and was' 23£ yeaf's of age. Corporal Cecil James Samuel Nicholson (reported wounded) is the youngest son of Mr. Samuel Nicholson, Regent Street, M'ornington, and is 22. years of age. He was born at Morningtoh and educated at the public school there. At the time he enlisted in the Otago Infantry Battalion he was employed at the railway workshops. He was formerly a Territorial. Private George Gray (wounded) is a native of Canada and was at one time a member of the Canadian Forces. Before joining the Otago Infantry Battalion he was employed by Mossrs J. Wren and Co., he having learned his trade in Vancouver before coming out to New Zealand. He was about 37 rears of age.

MAJOR LOACH.

THREE OPERATIONS ON LEG

Advice has been received that Major' A. E. Loach, of the Canterbury Infantry Battalion, has undergone two operations in Egvpt to his injured leg. and has now proceeded to England to undergo a further one. On Tuesday Mrs Loach received the following cablegram from her husband : “Arrived in London for operation. Am doing well.” By the last mail Mrs Loach received a letter from Major Loach’s orderly, Private 0. McLean. The letter is addressed from the Anglo-American Hospital, Cairo. In it Private McLean says: “The major has had two operations, the doctor taking ont the nerves which wore giving him pain. He suffered greatly on the .boat and train, where nothing could be done for him. The wound is a very nasty gash, right at the hack of the knee, and i think" will take from six weeks to a couple of months to heal. I am pleased t (1 sav that the doctor has informed me that the hone is all right, ami thaMm does not anticipate unv had results. Ihe major is very cheerful, although longing to lie hack again with the regiment. Von can vest assured that he is being well looked after. Since the last operations he has hecti aide to get some sleep, which lie was unable to obtain before.