PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 23 October 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

iMr W. 'P. Fawcet ot Tadmor, has just received word that his son, Captain E. T. Fawcet has been wounded. This is the fourth occasion on which the Captain (Fawcet has been wounded,.

A London cable announces the death of Revd. Thomas Spurgeon. He had been in failing health for some time and had a seizure some weeks ago.

Major W. H. Meddings, N.Z. Staff Corps, who has been killed in action, was at one time the Defence Department's representative in Nelson.

Mrs McLaren, of Port Nelson, has received word that her brother, Private Roy Hadfield was reported wounded on the 14th October. Private Hadfield is well known in Nelson.

| Privates J. Sangster, R. Eban, and [ Moore returned to Nelson this morning, j froc active service.

Mr F. Ford, of Waimea West, has I been advised that his son, Major L. i Ford, has been killed in action. The J late Major Ford left New Zealand with i the Fifth Reinforcements, and was in j the ■ attacks. He has also seen considerable i service in France.

iMr W. Spencer Hampson has received direct cable "from his sen, Sergeant George Hampson,that he was wounded in the thigh during the recent fighting but not seriously. Sergeant Hampson also conveyed the news that his brother Theo. was quite well. The sergeant left New Zealand with the Main Body, and was seriously wounded at Gallipoli.

The late Private A. Hitchcock, who was killed in action on the Western front on the 7th inst., was 23 years old, and the fourth son of Mr and Mrs G. Hitchcock states the 'Golden Bay Times. He was a farmer, and joined the Twelfth (Reinforcements. He took part in the Egyptian campaign, ■ before proceeding to Franc*

Word has been received of the death of Lieutenant-Colonel G. A. King, in France. Colonel King was a son of Mr 'George King, formerly of Glen-iti, Nelson, and was well-known here. He married Miss N'. Coster, and leaves a -widow and two children. This soldier had a distinguished xareer. He left New Zealand with the Main Body as a staff officer. Lately he has been commanding the Pioneer Battalion in France. He received the Distinguished Service Order, and by the French Government was awarded the Croix de Guerre. No doubt Colonel King was one of the three distinguished senior officers mentioned in a recent cable message as having laid down their lives in the great fighting by the New Zealanders and Australians-