A FURTHER LIST.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16870, 31 May 1915, Page 7

A FURTHER LIST.

The following names appear in a. list received through the Telegraph authorities last night:— DIED OF WOUNDS. CANTER BURY BATTALION. Private IT. Buttle. AUC KLAND MOUNTED. Trooper J. Marshal. WE LI JXG TOX MO U X TED. Trooper 11. E. Somerset. WOUNDED. CANTEUR UR Y BA Ti'ALI ON. Private M. Joseph. CANTERBURY MOUNTED. Trooper J. Clarke. WELLING TON BA TTA LI ON. Private A. Gray. WELLINGTON MOUNTED. Sergeant J. L. S. Richardson. Trooper H. I'. Blake. A UCK LA ND MOUNTED. Trooper It. U Jones. Trooper -V. Norman. 'l’rooper W. PainterTrooper T. 1C Thomson.

AUCKLAND BATTALION. Private J. Fannin. Private M. W. Allom. ; OTAGO BATTALION. Sergeant N. Swii:ard. Private W. R. Towns. AAIBULANCE. Private L. G. Drury. ARTILLERY'. Driver L. A. West. ENGINEERS. Sapper E. Patterson. DANGEROUSLY ILL OTAGO BATTALION. Captain J. L. Saunders. Private AY. M. Hislop. AUCKLAND MOUNTED. Trooper AV. Connelly. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES TO DATE. By Telegraph—Press Association —C-opj'right. SYDNEY, May 29. The total Australian casualties to date are : KILLED. 107 officers--396 men. AA'OUNDED. - 210 officers. 3617 men. MISSING. 14 officers. 1 man. NEAT ZEALANDERS IN CASUALTY LISTS. SA DNEY. May 29. Lieutenant Stedman, a son of the exMayor of AA’hangarei, was killed at tiie Dardanelles; Lance-Corporal AV. G. Matthcivson. of Port Chalmers, was wounded; Private William Shadrick Coleman, of AVellington, was killed ; and Captain A. G. AA’atson, and Private R. Stone, both New Zealander;, were killed. PROMINENT I OOTBALUF.it KILLED. SYDNEY, May 29Private Harold George, killed in the Dardanelles, was a prominent Rugby Unionist. He once toured New Zealand. LTSTS TN ARREARS. (Received Mav 30, 3.35 p.m ) MELBOURNE, May 29. Though the authorities are making every endeavour to expedite the Dardanelles casualty lists there are indications that they are far in arrears. While the local lists total 4539, Sir George Reid's cables state that the Australian casualties include 550 dead and 5200 wounded. GENERAL BIRDAVOOD AA’OUNDED. MELBOURNE, May 29. Speaking at- London Junction Sir George Reid said that he was glad that General Birdwood's head wound was not serious. Beyond this there has been no information that General Rirdwood had been wounded. AUSTRALIAN OFFICER WOUNDED. (Received Mav 30, 3 40 p.m.) MELBOURNE. May 30. The Hon G. F. Pearce announced that Colonel M'Cay, second in command cf the Australian Forces at the Dardanelles, had been wounded above the knee. The injury wan nc. serious and Colonel M’Cay was expected shortly to resume duty.

PERSONAL NOTES. THE KILLED. Private James H. Aitken (Canterbury Battalion), died of wounds, was a very well known figure in Christchurch. About twenty-seven years of age, “'Jimmy” was educated at Christ’s College from 1897 to 1902. Awhile there he was one of the school’s prominent footballers and swimmers. After leaving school lie joined the staff of the Alliance Assurance. He retained his keen interest in football and athletics. He played for the Christchurch Club and in athletics was for some time secretary of the focal Amateur Athletic Association. He was also a very keen business man, and some time ago he joined his brother, Air G. Aitken. in the business of Aitken and Aitken, general commission agents and sharebrokers, Hereford Street. He. had a very wide circle of friends, who will sincerely regret- the lefs of such a thorough-going sportsman. He was rne of the first to join the forces and was encamped at the Show Grounds and Sockbnrn. His father has been dead some yearn, but it is only some months since his mother died.

Private Arthur Harold AFCoy (Canterbury Battalion), died from wounds, was the son of the late Air F. H. M’Coy, barrister and solicitor, of Otago, and grandson of the late Professor Sir Frederick M’Coy, of Melbourne University. He was born at Lawrence.. Otago, and adopted the sea as a calling. Ho had. sailed most of the oceans of the world and gainer] his master’s ticket some years ago. He had travelled extensively on land, having visited Great Britain, the Continent, China and the United States of An erica. Private A. H. AFCoy had made several passages in times of peace through the Dardanelles to Russian and Turkish ports. His mother, Airs F. H. M’Coy, resides at 24, Poterbt rough Street west, with her two daughters and son, Air C. A. AFCoy. a well-known sharebroker of th’s city.

Private A. H. M’Coy was visiting he: people oil. holiday leave when he enlisted. Ho had many experiences and adventures in his life and was most unassuming r.nd well liked by all who kiew him.

Private. G. T. Tuckwoll (Canterbury Battalion), died of wounds, joined the 2nd Reinforcements. He was a butcher, and bis fisher resides at 57. Beulah Road, Walthamstow. London, England.

Corporal Frank -J. Rule (West Coast Company), Wellington Lnfantrv Battalion), reported died of wounds . in this morning's list, was previously reported wounded. He was twenty-four years of age. and the second .Kin of the Rev F. Rule, of Christchurch. Corporal F. Rule, who was bom in New .South Wales, was a school teacher by profession, and was teaching at Rataiti, near Huntervillo, when the war broke out. He joined the main Expeditionary' Force as a private, and successively received the stripes of lance-corporal and corporal. He was at one time a student of Canterbury College.

Air R. 11. Fell owes, of Wakefield, whom son, Private A. R. Fell owes, was k l’ed in action, lias received numerous telegrams of sympathy from all parts of the Dominion,' including messages from the Prime Minister, and-the Afinistc-r of Defence. Private A. R. I ‘ Howes was the first AVakefiehl bov to lose liis life in tho present war. The deceased s last lcttc" from Cairo to his parents was full of tho Turkish attack on the Suez Cm"l, the prosneetve journey to the Dardanelles, and bis ultimate homecoming. Private Fo’lowes was one of the Nelson men in the warmest corner of the Suez Canal engagement, and was told off as one of the snipers, as he was a good shot. He fired 240 rounds, sometimes at onlv 30 yards, and accounted for n. good many of the onorny. As a senior cadet. Private Fellowes won a first-class badge for shooting at the Brightwator range. He was a good footballer and cyclist z and a. g<K»d a)] round " sport.”

MISSING. Sapper Edward Herman Reid, of the Engineers, reported missing at the Dafdan lies, was born at Ballarat, A’ietoria. He is a cycle mechanic, ami s next-of-kin is Air Alexander Rein, Ballarat (father). He was transferred from the Ca n te rbury Ba tta 1 i on. THE WOUNDED. Private G. Yeoman (Canterbury Battalion). who was reported wounded on Thursday and is now dangerously ill, is a carpenter, who lived with his parents in Stanmore. Rond before enlisting. He was a member of the Avon Rotying Club and represented his club in several Junior contests. He wrestled with J. Hetrick, the catch-as-catch-can light-weight champion in December, 1913, in a bout which Hetrick won. Hetrick is also a member of the Expeditionary Force. Captain John Llewellyn Saunders (dangerously ill) left as* a lieutenant in the 4th Otago Company. He is the turn of the Rev W. R. Saunders, Congregational minister of Dunedin, and is twenty-five years of age. Private Philip Nelson Sadd (Canterbury Battalion), reported dangerously ill, is a son of Mr J. B. Sadd, of Takaka, and a grandson of Air J. B. Sadd, of Tory Street, Nelson. Colonel E. AV. C. Chaytor, wlio is rei ported dangerously ill, was only the j other day reported to bo progressing j favourably. Colonel Chaytor saw ser- | vice in South Africa-, was present at operations in the Orange Free States j and afterwards in the Transvaal, in- | eluding actions near Johannesburg and j Rhenoster Kop. He was in command of the 3rd New Zealand Contingent, and was severely wounded. Colonel Chaytor was mentioned in despatches, and is the possessor of the Queen’s Aledal, with three clasps, and the King's Aledal, with two clasps. Sergeant J. Laird (Canterbury Battalion) is a native of Nelson, and is a nephew of All’s J. Kitching, of Blenheim. Airs S. E. AA’ilson. of Grove Street, Aliisselburgh (Dunedin), has received word that her brother. Sergeant C. F. (4. Humphries, ef Christchurch, has fully recovered from the wound he received in the battle at Neuve Chapelie, and that ho has been given a commission and is returning to the front. A cable message received by the Prime Alin is ter from the High Commissioner convoys the information that Lieutenant-Commander Bernard Frevberg. of AA'ellington. was wounded in i the Dardanelles on Alay 5. The High Commissioner adds that he has no details regarding Lieutenant-t_-on:-mander Frey berg’s condition, hut it may he assumed as satisfactory, as wheat officers are seriously wounded progress reports are furnished. It will net recollected that Lieutenant-Com-mander Freybcrg, who perhaps is better known as a swimming champion, was also wounded at Antwerp very soon after he jr.ined the Naval Division. RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY. At Friday night’s meeting of the Dunedin Harbour Board the chairman (Mr Dickson) mentioned that Lieutenant R. Richards, a former employee of the board, had been killed at the front-, and the secretary, on behalf of the hoard, had forwarded a letter to Archdeacon Richards expressing sympathy with him in his bereavement.

The following is the text of the message which has been sent to the High Commissioner in London, with instructions that it is to be communicated, at the Invercargill Patriotic Committee’s expense, to the New Zealanders on the field and to the wounded New Zealanders in Britain. Malta and Egypt:— “The Southland Patriotic Committee, | on behalf of the people of Southland, send warmest congratulations to New Zealand’s troops on their splendid work jut the Dardanelles, which has thrilled New Zealand with pride in her gallant sons, express warmest sympathy with all wounded, and best wishes for speedy recovery. Southland mourns for those who have fallen and will keep their memory green ” . , At the meeting of the Timaru Alain. School Committee on Thursday night, the chairman (Air A. Stead) made reference to the deaths of Lieutenant Alaurieo, and Private H. J. Radcliffe, who had died fighting for the Empire at the Dardanelles. Resolutions of sympathy wore passed in each case, members standing in respectful silence. At a meeting held at New Brighton on Saturday evening in connection with the Red Cross movement, it was reported that news had been received of the death of Private Richards, who was killed in action in the Dardanelles. On the motion of the chairman (Mr J. A. Flesher) a resolution of condolence was accorded the relatives and friends of the deceased, all present standing.

THE WOUNDED. QUESTION OF COMMUNICATIONS. STATEMENT BY DEFENCE MINISTER. DIFFICULTY IN FURNISHING INFORMATION. [Per Press Association'.] WELLINGTON, Alay 30. A cablegram received by the ALituster of Defence to-day from the Officer yc remanding the New Zealand base at Alexandria answered many questions that are being asked by the relatives and friends of the men at the front. i ie Minister cabled to this officer on May 24. asking him if letters and telegrams addressed to the New Zealand base would be forwarded to men who inigUt be in hospital at Malta or elsewhere. Mr Allen 'stated in the same message that the Defence authorities here would assume the sick and wounded in Egypt to be progressing favourably unless reports to the contrary were sent regarding individual cases. He requested the officer at Alexandria, to transmit information concerning men who might be going back to tho front arter recovering front sickness or wounds, ami asked what arrangements were being made to return to New Zea.and 'fie. personal possessions of men who fiatl been killed. ... . , The message received by the Al mister of Defence yesterday states that, letters and telegrams addressed care of tfie New Zealand base at Alexandria will be forwarded to the addressees wheiover tho.y may \>o. Ihc Officer .onimanding - the base undertakes to report, periodically regarding men who recover and return to the tront. “The Royal Army Aledical Corps, adds the telegram, “does not advise the name of the hospital (in which a man lies), hut it. does advise Jus condition if it is unsatisfactory, and also notifies discharge from hospital. CHU visiting officer ascertains the location of the wounded and informs Hus office, and a full record is kept, oik changes are of almost daily occuircucc, men being transferred from hospital to hospital and from town to town n« they progress. This is "hat makes it difficult to send a report ot the progress of men in hospital unless in cases where the progress is unsatisfactory. The effects of deceased New Zealanders will be returned by the AViUochra- and regularly thereafter.” f sent another telegram on M ; D" 2■ to the Officer Commanding the Ne\y Zealand base at Alexandria,” added the Alinister of Defence. “ 1 asked him to telegraph at onco the names of New

Zealand officers and men in hospital in Egypt, the names of those returning to the front, and the names of new arrivals, and also the condition of any man should such alter for the worse. I told him I should assume that no information meant “progressing favourably,” and mentioned that there were numerous complaints about non-delivery of telegrams, letters and parcels to the New Zealand troops. I have to-day received a reply from Colonel Esson. who has returned from the front to Alexandria on special duty. His cablegram runs:— “ ‘ I am requested to point out thatthe list asked for is practically valueless owing to the numerous daily

transfers and discharges, also that it is not desirable to interfere with the hard' pressed staff. The wounded are distributed in nine hospitals in Alexandria, eight in Cairo and seven in different Egyptian towns, as well a« in hospitals overseas. Our base lias already arranged to report the name •• of men discharged and returning to duty. _lf tile list is absolutely essential, will arrange to increase the staff, but all the available men are wanted elsewhere. The hospital aceomoelscwhere. The hospital aaceommodation is excellent, the staff and the residents are most attentive, and the wounded are very comfortable. Chaplains are distributing the comforts. The New Zealand base post office, at Alexandria receives and distributes our mail made ur> in bags for the different units. Communication hasbeen difficult and uncertain, but it is improving. The troops at times are widely dispersed, and often ]>ersonal matters have to be subordinated, to tactical requirements. Letters for the wounded are picked out here and sent to the hospitals. “ * It is stated by Turkish prisoners that, our wounded and prisoners of war are being well treated. They are sent to Constantinople. It is just possible that some of the missing are safe.’ ”

The Alinistor added that'the reports he had received' ought to be comforting to the relatives and friends of the wounded. They indicated that, although the conditions were difficult ill some respects, the wounded' were receiving excellent attention, and that the staff in Egypt was doine its utmost to make matters run smoothly.