PERSONAL NOTES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17198, 19 June 1916, Page 9

PERSONAL NOTES.

Private information was received on Saturday that Lieutenant G. S. Lavie had been killed in action on Sunday, Juno 11. Lieutenant Lavie wa,s born in Ceylon. On his arrival in New Zoa- , land ho was for some time engaged in farming in Canterbury. About tour years ago bo came to Sumner and at the time of his enlistment he was v a member of the commercial staff of the “ Lyttelton Times.” Ho was an active member of tho Sunnier Hewing Club, of the Life-boat Brigade, of which he was second lieutenant, and of tho LiieSaving Society, of which he was captain. Ho was also a foundation member of the Sumner-Rodeliffs unit of the C.D.C., and at tho first general meeting was elected sergeant of section one. In these local bodies lie proved himself a most active member, and as the war went on, felt that ho should be at the front. Although a married man with two children, he took up Senior Cadet and Territorial work and in April last left for the officers’ training camp m Trentham. Here he gained liis lieutenancy and returning for final leave was faro welled at a. big gathering in Sumner ou August It?. In October bo sailed with the Seventh Reinforcements. After a longtliv training in Egypt he received promotion in tho C. Company and afterwards was placed in charge of ono of tho mounted gun sections. H:is death oamo as a great shock to h;s many Sumner friends, and yesterday tho flag at the Life-saving pavilion wa.s flown half-mast in his memory. Before the parade of the C.D.C. yesterday forning, Captain Middleton moved a resolution of sympathy, the men standing bareheaded at attention. The greatest sympathy is felt for Mrs Lavie and her two children. Si geo her husband’s departure for tho _ front Mrs Lavie has continued taking a very active part in Red Cross work. Rifleman Richard Russell, reported wounded on Mav 30, is tho fourth son of the late Mr 'J. Russell, of Terrace Farm, Leithfiold. Ho was educated at the Leithfield School and has followed farming pursuits. He enlisted in the Rifle Brigade (Lord Liverpool’s Own), and left for tho front with tho Seventh Reinforcements. His first engagement was on Christmas Day, 1915.^ Driver J. G. Macdonald, No. 3 Company, N.Z. A.S.C., who was wounded on Mav ‘2l. is the only son of Mr and Mrs C. Macdonald, of Quarry Hills, Invercargill, and is twenty-throo years of age. He attended the Quarry Hills Public School and was aftenvardss occupied on bis father’s farm. He also took an active part in athletic sports. In May, 1915. lie enlisted in tho artillery, but finding lie could not get away until the Eleventh Reinforcements left, he transferred into the A.S.C. division of the Ninth Reinforcements, and left New Zealand early in February. Sapper Stewart Forbes Pine, Ist Company Field Engineers, A.1.F., wounded, enlisted in Sydney and left for tho front last October. He is a -son of Mr R. I). Pirio, Jull Street, Napier. Lance-Corporal James Swanston, who was wounded on June 1. was born at Selwyn in February. IS9O. He is the fifth'son of the late Mr James Swanson, and was educated at Dmisandel School. For several years he followed the occupation of fanning. He enlisted in the 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, leaving New Zealand in February, 1916. Lance-Corporal Swanson liaa a brother training at Trentham for active service.