ROLL OF HONOUR.
LIEUT. KARL STRACK. This young officer, whoso death was reported in, yesterday’s issue of this pap ll , was well-known in Palmerston North. H l ' was tho son of the headmaster of the 1 lawera District High School, and was 2o years of ago. At the outbreak of the war lie was in the Civil Service, and immediately offered, Ids services, and, being given an appointment on the stall of (lie Defence Department, was stationed for some months in this town, lie left for the front with the Seventh Reinforcements, and received his commission in Franco. During Ids stay hero lie was an active member of St, Raul s (, liurcb, a ineinbei of tho choir, and also of the Young Men’s Bible* Class. Possessed of a most attractive personality, be won many friends, who os toe in oil 1 1 it ii highly for his sterling character. Fooling wiu made at. M. I an I s on Sunday last by Row F. W. Boys to the loss, the church lias sustained by tho death of this gallant young officer. KILLED IN ACTION, CAPTAIN DOUGLAS RFID, OF BLENHEIM. (By EiiKOTnic Tei.eorai’h— CoryuutHT.) (Pm Press Association.) Zealand Cable Association Received October 17. 11.40 a.in. LONDON, Oct. 16. Captain W. Douglas Reid, of the Army Medical Corps, formerly of Blenheim, New Zealand, lias been killed in action.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10109, 17 October 1917, Page 5
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