PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 23 June 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr.- A. E. Coleman, iof Kohatu, has been advised that his son, Private G. C. Coleman, who was wounded at the • Dardanelles, is progressing favourably. Private A. G. W. Bain, reported missing at the Dardanelles, is a son of Mr A. ,W? Bain,.of Christchurch, and formerly x>£ .Nelson. 1 * \ - Private Cyril Knight, who was killed' I at the Dardanelles, was .a photographer .at Motueka,. where ho enlisted. His I parents reside in England. | A London' Press Association cable states that the Hon. B. R. Wise has , arrived, and was to commence his duties' ! as Agent-General for New South Wales yesterday. A Melbourne Press cable states that sd.J private cable announces that J. J. Addison, tho tennis player, was killed in action in France. ' Private Frank George Waghorn, of I the Canterbury Battalion, who is re- ' ported to have died of wounds received 1 at the Dardanelles, is a son'of Mr. F. Waghorn, of Ngatimoti. ' ! '. ,Aimorig the Dardanelles wounded is .Private C. B. Spencer, of .the Canterbury Battalion. Ho is a brother of Mr F.. Spencer, of Richmond, and Mr. L. Spencer of Takaka. -Lieutenant T. Harold Pettit, of Nelson, is in tho R:A.M'.C. attached to, the 3rcl Yorks and Lanes' Regiment, and. is now medical officer at the 19th General Hospital of the British Expeditionary Force. " Mr. Wm. Rout has received a cable from his son, Lieutenant Alan Rout,, -who was wounded at the Dardanelles on the 6th inst.,. stating that the wounds He? received were 'flesh ones, and .that he is' now convalescent at the hospital, Malta. '' ; ! Recent progress reports of wounded soldiers have contained the names of the following :—Private Patrick McGuire (next of kin, Mr J. McGuire, care P. S. Hay, Motueka), Rrivate Stanley L. Andrews (next-of-kin, Mr ,F. Andrews, Richmond), and Sergeant Albert Hector Guy (son of Mr J. A. G.uy, Ngatimoti). All t-lvree soldiers have arrived at Malta

Messrs C. A. Hamilton., J. Dudley (of the Audit Department) and C. S. Spear leave for Trentham by to-morrow morning's steamer 'to join- the artillery sec- • t\on of the Reinfarcements. Messrs (.Hamilton and D'udley were entertained at a farewell gathering at the Nelson> <Glub last evening, and were the recipients of presentations. The Mayor made ithe presentations, and a number of patriotic speeches were made, the proceedings closing with the National Anthem, and' cheers for the enlisting members. Mention was made of the fact that the Hamilton family was well represented in: the present war. Captain Hamilton) is fighting the' Germans in South Africa, Dr. Allan Hamilton is in the north, of FSrance, Mv Hugh Hamilton is at the Dardanelles, and now Mr Oharles Hamilton is going with the Reinforcements.