ROLL OF HONOUR

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13324, 26 July 1915, Page 7

ROLL OF HONOUR

NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY forces, I, >'< ; J. '■{{J l :- - /"• T'; -%iv'^ ; '--^* : -;^!S; : ;.iv^V , TIIE L ITE.ST CASUALTY LIST. \ t (?tf Preii Association) i .■ .■"!■ ■ ■•■ "." ■.. /T;' Till] HTM 1 0 \Hl r \ 1 ,TY LIHT9 ' I v ■ ' .•■■:• : v'" : >,' •' " ~-.'' ■ ,; ' : \-iv • A oiuill enmity Iwl mis ieeeu " I ■ twin the. Clnel:-Post Olluitv vestenbij I 01't'OVIlOOii ~ '■//• -: :/ ~/•':.•' /.','• ; . : Embailced tor England, 1 field Engineers—Driver ft. ,Ur;ih;lnt, i Army Service . Ooipa—DjiVOi- 11, N. 1 llousham. : ■ ■ ■ Oingo Mounted Regiment.-—TrnopO) ■ 0; Masters.. .- ■ Aucklandßattalion—Private M. Me* , Gregoi'.';- . •. ~nd Mo'imlod llPj'iniMit Tiony PI 1\ W filial, > 1 . 'Canterbury' Battalion—Sergoant ■ Jl. . Itilson, Private 13. T. Stout. . . Wellington- Hallabon—Private. " T?osd 7 Pnyato-A, 0. Povbes,. ' .WELLINGTON,; July. 25. •.' f . Casualtys List -f'-No. rISS *.jrti9"; issued ' last.'evening. . 1 ; Olago. Battalion— \ '. v ",/' - Reported Womuletl—Doing Duty, Mitchelson/ Douglas V. A., 1 8/n59, Private. '(Charles■ A. Mitehelsph, , Bellekiiowes, .Dunedin), Caiiterbhrv Battalion — . *• Previously Reported Missing—Fiu'ther Reported Dead l)y. Court, of Enriiiiry. Gudgeon. Roberl Francis, .• 6/1302,- -" Privntft. (Mrs A. JI. A. ,M,i Gud-. . goon, Madras StiPPt,:Chiistehureli, mother)'. • '■ < Auckland Mounted Regiment-- : Killed in Action.', Coflin'gliam, Kiciiaivl John, Trooper. (Mrs .Olaribel M. Cot'tingham, C/o ,W. . Ktreet, Xloekbnrn Street, Grey Lyiin, Anekland, wifp) . TIIE BOUNDED AND. P ALLEN. . PI?RS6NAL NOTEB. \ Private R, S. Mitchell. . Private R. S. Mitchell, of Olekaike, who left, with the. Australian Contingent, ami who' was,reported wounded on the third day following the' landing, at | Sari Bahr, lias, written to his parents ! stating that he is now progressing 1 favourably in ITeliopolis Hospital. "His [ left forearm was shattered by a bullet i and-had to be amputated anl he has. 1 been very i 11.,: Private Mit'choll.states r that he is.now able to walk the length of the ward with assistance. He. hopes | soon to be home "for a spell." 1 I' Private T. G. Paulin'. [ Private T, G. Paulin, who foi' a number of years, resided at Tokarahi, and who was wounded in Flanders," writing 'to frieiuls in this district from the First Northern General Hospital, Newcastle.- ' on-Tyne, says:—"l got a bullet am] a, shrapnel wound in the left arm, the forI mer going throngh the elbow, and the i' latter shattering the two bones of the | torearm, half of the shrapnel being ) left in Hie arm. It is 20 days since it i happened, and they have not set the j arm vet, as they had to keep the wopds I open to extract the poisonous' matter, j Now, however,'it is clean, and. in a day I or two they are going to dig, in.-for l -Uifi -shrapnel and thtju sofi..abojit setting, | tho hones. They are now satisfied that I except for the arm Tam all right. We I made a charge al Hill fill; and that.is ! .where I was hit when about fJ) yards I from'the German trenches, I'settled- | a few first,'however." [ • Private T.'S. West-, ■ ' I; Mrs F. 'Brinies, • Cridland' sl.reat; S Kaiapoi, has received a telegram from | the Prime' Minister Informing her that 1 Private T. S. Wesl, who was wounded, [ is now convalescent, In a letter, | Private West, says;—A ,bomb landed [ alongside me, and burst, hitting me in | two places on the left thigh, They are 1 not. serious wounds, but enough, to put i me out of action for some time, . I | hope to be all right soon and able to [ go back and have another slap at my [ frieiids the .Turks,.- | Lieutonanl; Priest. | Lieutenant Priest, (wounded)- has | written under date June 10 that iie J was "wounded-in the jaw on June, li at. j Qui nil's Post, and was al, the lime of | wilting in the Ist Australian General ) Hospital, Ileliopolis (formerly Grand I Palace.Hotel)., lie was very comfort.-. | able except for the excessive heat, | wliioh often registered 127 degrees. He | also speaks highly of the attention ho received from the mmo?, A cable-, gram received on Monday last slates ■ that he is well, but gave no further particulars, Private 0, Strang. Mrs WUliam Strang, of AslibttWon, received word on Thursday that, her Ims- - band, Private. Crawford Stratig,. who was previously ywounded at, the,.Dardanelles/ but had rejoined' his regiment at'the front, has now disembarked at' Malta suffering' horn pneumonia., Troopor T. Bradley. ■ Trooper Thomas Bradley, who was killed in Action on May 18, was the , eldest, soil of . Mr "Ben Bradley, Fendalton, Christchnrcli, He was 33years of age, and was living;for some time in the King Country before enlisting-. He left, with the Alain Expeditionary 'Force-from-Auckland. Private David Arthur Bradley, reported sick on July 32,. is the second son of Mr Bradley.. He. joined the Fourth Eeiiiforcments in Wellington. Both sons I were educated at the Fendalton School, [ IN THE FIRING LINE. INCIDENTS IN. THE CAMPAIGN, I \ . 1 In,the Thick of It. - | A Peninsula trooper in a lettel'.hoine | gives some interesting personal dotails, I He \yrites:—"The Auckland M.K, men | have, been in the 'thickest of it. ; Wo | have hil lost a, few men' as well." No I. doubt you will know all about ■tlicm' | from: the daily papers. I was oiit'on I outpost with Morrie Aloore when 'lie was wounded." A bullet, struck-' .'his pouch and broke his rib, but luckily || did not penetrate... Poor old Mornc had a sore time, for a bit, but he'will I be. having a better tune now in the | hospital. .Sergeants Tom Basset;,and [ 'Mick' Seed 1 have both been wounded, [ ami Trooper Plul Hunter, whom I y I knew well in North Canterbury, was | killed last night, Tliese men are all | in the C.Y.C., and were most popular I with all lieie. We see a lot ot the | infantry now, as" they are camped quite | cfose" to us. When they came, back | liore a few davs ago t.liey.lookcd niore | or; less done, up, but the rest, thev are | getting is doing wonders. ■ I met Percy- Arnold ,-W; Aloya" from, the | Peninsula, and thev weic telling me all | 'abput it. Tliev* inrleeil have hitfl'n hot 1 time, and all' .cOnsidei tlieniselves I lucky to .get -through Orino I was killed. I met a man who wns m | Ins section, and he told me that 'WalI lie'-was one of the very best of mate!), i

v 1 1 / . l 9 htid t)iei f nil felt likJrtW veiy iliilOi' Mill closes noW(sn will have, tl) f )jt<lp nn'd wute'tlioie l.itei Wo icccucd one inltil 1110 otliei dnj. All Peninsula til ainl well " i - i ' Writing Undci Dtlllcultlcn Mti|oi JlaviPi "f Kiiilmiiin, who lelb, Willi the Inst .New Zealand l!\pedilion .in Voice loi tin !ionl,i wnliW is the s r cene PI action m Gal li|ioli:—"This is willing iliulei di4ll cullies. I am Hilling m a liimuli watching Itoiaco Vnvlej, and flimv, lfaiiis -ind olhe)s woik / 1 supposo von know lint llonce Ynvli'v was sllghlh wounded lliiongli Die the arm, and caused no .iuconvenienijo In hjie.ils of, .Tadc Huilpud had a slight; rap iHi.tliodiead Willi a, shiapnel Intllet. 1.. have been -well except: for i nanow flom ]dnmaine poison mg I met a bid lin ol beef find have lirnii a bil si ell on ll loi a few days, but air feeling bel ter now, I cannot, give vou any definite, mformation as this will be stncth censnied f sup pose vou will have-', known for. some lirne we have been in Tnikev in Iho Uino ot" baffle at. lafetv The Australians aie'lleice fellows, lull of fne and'fuiv, 'wliile • the New Zealandera- are -calmer, steadier," and belter, disciplined," Among the Mlsiing • The Auckland .correspondent .of : the. Lyt teltoii . : Tim05...... states . Ilint.vi'r.ivtUf Harry ; wlio- has/tieeji/■ ' .missing :sinoe r Apfil',2i»,f is, the 'soji 'of Air' and-Airs/GeoTge Proctor,-of Orini.; ITe iPniisted in his own'district with "the • Auckland Infantry ; Ba 11a)i.o ii /.. li nyi undergone. Territorial Training for . three years. Ho,i^'twenty-threfijyeai ; s,' of age. ! and /is young fellow. : ForVsonie/'two/;y(?!ii:k past he has been- cmgaged farminji..and Working, in 'ilio bush. \ Al.thongh ; ,he. .is. now reportwl' missing. . since the day of. the &;st aetitin at/Gal-; lipoli,' his vice of .it only Ih.e other,'day.,. , • , The .Colonial Spirit. : ' : , An'Oamaru boy,'.in his efforts tp.reassure'';the parental 'aspect.,as ' t.'_' ohis' 'condition, shows' the cheerful, ivr'espon* sibility, peculiar.io all colonials.ill tho. •lace,-of.-danger, that lias''provoked-the astonished admiration of .tlie world, of mitifa'ryi crit.ics. -,'iic writes:—"Dear Moih'eri—"l,'vp been woiwdod'.aiid.mn. in the Jhospital." AVe had n great scrap. Two doctors to oiie decided .my leg, which stopped' a bit of shell, should not, lie cut." off, so I'm still looking .forward to; iigxt,- football-.season /.when T ' " think this 'blflssed war will be-over. Acliaji in'the next bed and I .have, been-' playing.itwo'up.all.the.-morning. ,1 won. 4s fid.. The nurse.says I'm not to write any-more, so good-.bye."' ■; . . .