PERSONAL NOTES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17292, 6 October 1916, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES.

Rifleman Arthur Reginald Cooper, reported killed in .action on September 15, left New Zealand with ‘the adI.' vance party of the Earl of Liverpool’s . Own in September, 1915, landing in Egypt about the end of October. Ho took part in the action on Christmas Day and went through the fighting in . January and February. He landed ?'v "in France early in April of this year, >?' and had been in the trenches ever hr -6ince. He celebrated his twenty-first ■A,/'- birthday in tho trenches. Rifleman .Cooper was. the son of Mr J. Cooper, D. , Leamington, Cheviot, ,/ " Rifleman Stanley Edward Davey, reported killed in action, was-the youngcst s,on of Mr George Davey, of. Ternnka. He was twenty-two years of age,-and was educated at rho Temuka District High School,,where ho passed 'tile Civil Service examination with credit! He was appointed to the Na- >■ tive Land Department, Wellington, where ho was a general favourite with all. Ho left with the New Zealand '■Rifle Brigade. Mr Davey has ono >• son in Trentham and another son invalided home.

Sapper George K. Clark, reported •iis killed in action on September 14, was 1: attached, to a Divisional Signalling *« Company with the Tenth Reinforco- ,. ments. He. was twenty-three years of 'K age and was-educated at the Ellerslie b. School, and at the time of enlistment was a clerk.’in the railway service at ■ Auckland. He was a nephew of MrH. R. Johnston, lately Traffic Inspector V of. Railways at Auckland: Private ■'Oswald Ashley Kay, killed, was the eldest son of Mr Thomas Kay, of Queen Street, Ellerslie, -'Auckland. He was educated at Newton East School, and at tho Auokland Technical College, after which he took up literary work with the firm of Messrs Gordon and Gotch. Two years -later he fol.lowed up his desire for a farming Ute ", bv settling first in the north and then in tho south of Auckland. He was :i - identified with the Boy Scout move- ”• ment, and was a first-class scoutmaster ... in ’tho■ South Auckland Battalion. Ho /' took, an active part in athleticß. r . Gunner William Alexander Taylor, lulled, was a son of Mr John Taylor, ;: A : 19 ; Yonng Street. St Kilda. Ho was // born at Maori- Hill on November 25, •V\ .1896, and learned the drapery trade. When the call came he entered the Ej£ Central Battery at St Kilda and was gf , trained as a gunner. He went from Si New Zealand with the Fourth Rein--50 forcements, fought on Gallipoli, where £1 lie was wounded-and was sent to England., Making a good recovery he re--51 turned to Egypt and remained there \& ; till the departure of the New Zealand forces for France. Corporal Alexander Donnie, killed, was the son of Mr and Mrs George Downie, of Balclutha. He was born } at Waitopeka twenty-seven years ago, ~ and was educated at Waiwera and Balolutha Schools. He was working for two years in the Mackenzie Country, ;g and then on his father’s farm at Toiro, ;-,t . afterwards going to the North Island, nr. He came home to enlist and left with if) the-Main Body of tho Rifle Brigade, -y- His two 'younger brothers have en'listed. . ■ *

-Rifleman Percy Evans, killed in aelion in . France, was the younger son s <".‘ f of Mr Richard Evans, of Kowai Bush. Ho, was born and educated at Kowai ■ Bush, 'and previous to his enlistment 3 he worked at Met-hven. .He left New Zealand with the first battalion of the >" 1 New ’ Zealand Riflo Brigade and was K ,{n Egypt for some time before going to France. His elder brother left with ■ the Second Reinforcements and was t killed-on Gallipoli on August 6, 1915. Corporal David P. Campbell, killed, - t .was twenty-one years of and was the youngest son of Mr Neil Campbell,* ■ ’l’'' /.tff N.orthcote, Auckland. Ho was clc- ;" V snatch clerk in the “‘Otago Daily ' V Times” office in Dunedin until three ; years ago, when he became Customs clerk for Messrs Gordon and Gotch in

Auckland. He went into camp about a ..year ago. and left in tbe 3rd Battalion ‘ of the Rifle Brigade last January. When Resident at Northcote he was in 'the r enthusiastic. .Association' footballer, V and was captain of the Waitemata Club. His only brother, Flight-Ser-V geant Hugh'Campbell,- of the Royal ;. ' Flying Corps, is a prisoner of war in j ' * the hands of the Turks.' * "i" . Captain William Alfred Bowring, i killed, held the distinction of being one %: of the youngest captains ’in the New Zealand army.. He was the eldest son " of Mr A. 'F: of Vermont Street, Ronsonby, Auckland, and ali-, though little more than out of his teens when war broke out he was one of the X first to go forward with the Expedition* " l ary Force to Samoa. Having been an enthusiastic Territorial he worked his way up to a commission and went out : , ns a lieutenant. On returning from Samoa he was attached to tho New , Zealand Rifle Brigade,, and subsequent- ■ ly went tOsthe western, front. Rifleman Stanley Arthur Maffey, killed, was fifty years of . age. He arthe service of the Union Steam Ship Company and Huddart-Parker Com- *'■' pany until his enlistment last October. -He r fbokv a -great interest in yachting. His mother -resides at Brockley, in Kent. '

Rifleman E. C. Tozer, reported died of wounds, is the second son of Mr W. H. Tozor, of 37, Durham Street, Spreydoii. He was twenty-on© years of ago,, and was educated at the West Christchurch School. Prior to his enlistment in tile 4th- .Battalion, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, he was employed 1 as a wire-worker hy the Cyclone Fence and Gate Company., Rifleman Tozer was 'a, member of the Federal Rugby League Football Club, and was very popular among his. ciubjmates. This was the second-occasion on which he had -.been, wounded. He has a brother at the front.

The' secretary of the Canterbury Cricket Association has received the following letter from, tha Otago Cricket

Association, dated October- 2 »v-“ Deaf Sir,—lt is with deep regret that we vejeord the death of Lieutenant R. GiHickmott, who sacrificed his life while fighting for his King and Empire. Lieutenant Hickmott was a player highly esteemed by all cricketers in Otago, and was at all times a true sport. We one afad aJT'/greatly regret his untimely 'death, and would ask you to convey our sympathy to his relatives.-—Yours iaitm fully, E. S. Wilson, secretary.”

Private H. R. Boyd, killed, was well knowii in Gisborne, where he resided ■ for a couple of years, being a member of the Dank of New Zealand’s staff. He was a son of Mr A. Boyd, of Kaikoura, and while in Gisborne took a prominent part as a member of tho Gisborne Rowing Club. Ho enlisted there with the ’Eleventh Reinforcements. He was attached to the Auckland Battalion.

, Private Albert W. Evans, killed, was the only son of Mr and Mrs W. Evans,of 9, buffolk Street, Linwood, and was eighteen years old. , Ho was ' educated at the EasJ Christchurch School, and afterwards was employed at Mr Sutherland’s cooperage. His father was a member of . the Main Expeditionary' Force, and returned in time to sco hisson leave with the Twelfth Reinforcements. <■

Sergeant M. L. Davies, filled, was the only son of the late Mr C. L. Davies, county engineer, Kirwee. Ho served with the New Zealand forces in the South African war, and prior to leaving with the Eighth, Reinforcements was presented with the, Humane Society’s medal for a conspicuous • act. of bravery in saving two lives from drowning at Waikino. He was .one of the early Canterbury settlers to take up land in the Rangitaiki Swamp, near Whakatane; and afterwards was engaged in engineering work at Waikino, front which place he enlisted. He leaves a young-widow. Captain North, of Picton, well known for his association with the Blonheira-Wellington river traffic a few years ago, lias received news that his son, Rifleman Harold North, has been killed. Rifleman North was employed by the New Zealand Refrigerating Company before enlisting, and was a prominent figure in athletic circles in Pietpn. Lieutenant Ray Dodson, killed, was born in Blenheim, and was a grandson of they late Mr Henry Dodson, parliamentary representative for the AVairau district for several 1 years. He was twenty-two years of age.. -He was educated at thqf Marlborough High School and Victoria College. He entered Messrs Young and Tripe’s law offices in Wellington, and at the outbreak of war ho was preparing for his final examination, as a barrister and solicitor. Having joined the .D Battery of the Wellington Artillery, he enlisted as a gunner with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces which went to Samoa. When he returned to Wellington he immediately enlisted for active servioe in. the . more distant theatres of war. The military authorities detained him for a commission, and he proceeded to the. front in February last with the Twelfth Reinforcements.

Private Maurice Gray, reported wounded, is a member of the Ist Otago Infantry Battalion and left New Zealand with the Fifth Reinforcements. He was invalided to Malta in September, 1915. suffering from dysentery and rejoined nis, regiment in Egypt in February, 1916- He is the second son of Mr W. A. Gr%y, dairy farmer, of Waihakeke, Carterton.

Private Arthur F. W. Bray, wounded in the right hand and. admitted to hospital on September 16, was prior to‘enlisting a carpenter by trade, and resided at Taumarunui. He received his education at the Lyttelton School, and was well known in the Mataura district, also in Tailiape, where he has an elder brother (Mr George Bray). Mr D. J. Bray, of Christchurch, is another "brother. Private Bray left with the Wellington Infantry Battalion, Eleventh Reinforcements, in April last. Rifleman Fred, Pimm, reported wounded, is well known in the Governor's Bay and Teddington districts, where ho .was at one time proprietor of tho Wheatsheaf Hotel, Teddington. as was . his father before him. At one time, also, he* conducted the Governor’s Bay-Lyttolton coach service. He left New Zealand with the Ist Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade with a younger, brother, who was killed on June 15. last. Two half-brothers axe with the’forces in France. / Private J A- Sanders, reported wounded in France, joined the Eighth Reinforcements with the Auckland Infantry, and left New Zealand as lancecorporal. In order to .go to France with his brother, he relinquished' his stripes so is,now a private. He is twenty-six years of age, and enlisted at Hamilton, where he was in partnership with his brother as a nurseryman.

Rifleman Henry Small, reported wounded in the right knee on September 16, in France; is the son of Mr A. Small of Governor’s Bay. Rifleman Small left New Zealand with the Eleventh Reinforcements, and at the time of enlistment was employe as a nurseryman. He was educated at St Albans School and is twenty-eight-yegra of age. Corporal Cecil Hay Dinnie, reported wounded, was a shipping clerk in the office of the New Zealand and African Steam Ship Company,' Wellington, at the time of his enlistment- He is the son of Mr Walter-Dinnie, ex-Commis-sioner of Police of New Zealand, and late Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department, Scotland Yard.

Private Frederick Giddens, reported wounded, is the eighth son of the late Mr G- Giddens, of Farm v Akttvoa. Private Giddens was educated at the French Farm School and afterwards followed farming pursuits. He served in, the campaign at Gallipoli with the Fifth Reinforcements. He-took a keen interest in cricket and rifle shooting.

Corporal W. Macartney, C.Y.C., reported wounded-and dangerously ill, is the second son of Captain Macartney, of Tai Tapu, and" left for the front with the Main Body. Latest advices state that Corporal Macartney is suffering from a wounded arm, fractured leg and shock. He was-slightly wounded previously, having landed on Gallipoli with the Mounted Brigade on May 8, 1915, and received his wound on August 28'. - After- recovering in England ho gave up liis sergeant’s snipes and joined the New Zealand Field Artillery. Ho is _at present in the Tenth General Hospital, Rouen. Gunner G. 11. Spence, died of wounds, was the eldest son of Mr Spence, of Ivaikorai. He left with tho Sixth Reinforcements. ’ lie was bom in Jedburgh, Scotland, and camo out to New Zealand about nine years ago. Prior to enlistment he was a partner in the firm of Spence' Bros., plumbers, Timaru. Before coming to New Zealand be took a- great interest in the Border Volunteers and whs for some years a piper in n. volunteer band. One brother is at, present in Trentham camp and. another jvill leave Dunedin for Trentham with the Twenty-second Reinforcements.

Captain Robert Logan, wounded, is a son of Colonel -Robert Logan, formerly officer commanding the Auckland military district, but now Administrator In Samoa. He received his military training at the Duntroon Military College, Now South Wales, and went out with the "Wellington Mounted Rifles. Another bi other, Lieutenant Preston Logan, died of wounds received in Gallipoli. He was then being taken to Egypt. The latter was a Territorial officer, and loft his farm at the commencement of the war to go forward with the 11th (North Auckland) Mounted. Rifles.

Second-Lieutenant Archibald R. H. Turner wounded, is the second son of Mr and Mrs C. B. Turner, of Stanley Bay, Auckland province, and is twen-ty-four years of age. Ho left New Zealand as a member of the Rifle Brigade. Ho was born at Kuaotunu, arid received his education at the Tauranga, Rotorua and Devonport public schools, and later at the Auckland Technical College.' Prior to enlisting ho was in the employ of Messrs P. Hayman and Co. Ho is a keen athlete, being particularly fond. of football. He was second-lieutenant in the. Coast Defence Infantry detachment.

Private Archie Billing, seriously wounded in the head and right foot, is - tho second son of Mr and Mrs C. Billing, of Dargavillo. He was born at Taranaki, and educated at the Dar-\ gavillo public school. He enlisted before he was nineteen, and left New Zealand with the reinforcements. He took part in the landing at Gallipoli, and served on the peninsula until the evacuation. While there, he was chosen, among others, to act as bodyguard to General Godley. He left Egypt with the Ist Battalion/

Mr E. G. Wilson, honorary secretary of til© Lady Liverpool Fund, received advice last night that his son, Gordon R. (Don) Wilson, was wounded in action on September 19. Sapper Wilson left Christchurch with the Eighth Reinforcements, and was in the Divisional Signalling Section of the Engineers.

Trooper James Shepherd, reported wounded on September 16, was born at Eyreton, aria ig twenty-five years of age. Hp was educated at the Eyreton School and subsequently engaged in farm work. Ho left New Zealand with the Fifth Reinforcements, and saw active service on Gallipoli. He had been in Franco five months. Rifleman Gordon Harold M’Cree, reported wounded on September 15, is the second son of Mr Joseph M’Creo, of this city. Rifleman M'Cree was bora in Christchurch, and is eighteen years of ago. He left with the Third Battalion of tho Earl of Liverpool’s. Own, and was a clerk in the Railway Department at Timaru when he enlisted. He was educated at Sydenham School and has an elder brother at the front. Private E. S. Rossiter, reported wounded, is the second son of Mrs A. Rossiter, of 52, Durham Street. Prior to his enlisting in the Second Reinforcements he was a member of the staff of Messrs R. Arlow and Co., Christchurch, Sergeant Charles George Gell, New Zealand Field Artillery, reported wounded on September 15, was called up for active service with the Garrison Artillery on the outbreak cf war. He left with the Ninth Reinforcements as a sergeant in tho New Zealand Field Artillery, and has bc-en in France since April, leaving Egypt with the Main Body. He is attached to the 3rd Brigade, 13th Battery, N.Z.F.A. He was interested in sport, and played Association football and cricket. Ho is twenty-two years of age, and wag born and educated in Wellington.

Lieutenant J. F. Tonkin, reported wounded, is the son of Mr J. G. S. Tonkin, grain and produce merchant, Waikari. Lieutenant Tonkin was educated at Christ’s College, and afterwards entered the emplov of Messrs Dalgety and Co., at Christchurch, and was transferred to their ' Timaru branch five years ago. He played forward for the Christchurch Football Club, and after leaving school continned an active member of the College Rifles. He was granted a commission three years before the war broke out and left New Zealand with the Fourth Reinforcements. He saw service m Gallipoli and France. Private William Mosfon, of the 9tli Hawke’s Bay Company, Wellington Battalion, reported wounded, left New Zealand with the Fifth Reinforcements in June, 1915, and saw service at Gallipoli. He was thirty-one years and was born at Runcorn, Cliesshire. England. He eunio to New Zealand about seven years ago. He ip a son of Mr W. Moston, of Wellington.

Lieutenant Knox, repprted wounded, was, prior to the war, employed in the Government ’ Insurance Department, Wellington. He joined the Samoan Expeditionary Force, and on bis return was appointed Sergeant-Major in the Ist Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade. His promotion to lieutenant only took place recently. Lieutenant Knox is an old Auckland boy, and is well known in hockey circles. Two of his brothers are at the front. His parreside in. AuckLand, and his wife is in Wellington.

Lance-Corporal David Rudolph Imrie, ivoiindea, is a member <of the Rifle Brigade, and the youngest son of tho late Mr John Burns Imrie, at one time stationmaster at Foxton. He is a nephew of Major Ferdinand A. Wood, who was wounded in Gallipoli and invalided home. He is a good sport and rifle shot. 1 \

Sergeant .Adam J. Moore, wounded, is the” youngest son of Mrs R. Moore, Roebuck Road, Gisborne. He loft Gisborne with the Thirteenth Reinforcements as a private, but with his experience in the Territorials he was soon made a non-commissioned officer after getting to camp. ‘ He was a member of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s clerical staff, and he is a brother of Lieutenant Stanley Moore, who was killed in action in France a few weeks ago.

Lance-Corporal T. A. Jones, 4th Battalion Rifle Brigade, wounded, is the eldest son of Judge Jones, Gisborne. A brother was killed earlier in tho war in France, mid the only other brother is in camp. Lance-Corporal Jones was educated at Nelson College, and was a member of the staff of the Public Trust Office, Millington, when he joined the New Zealand forces.