ROLL OF HONOUR

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13328, 30 July 1915, Page 7

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Mibsmg 'I hi i l mm f f \ uiii., i Ni« A Hindu, it, in lio«sj>il il il Idit/uih Hill 0 \ Diailhwuti, iiiiulliu Ntu AMldiukr, ol Mduihibkr, NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY IQRG'ES LATENT CASUALTY LISTS IJll Del l 111 ( Dipilllllllll lldb lullid UIL Usl Wounded in Nctlcy IlQ&pital In Id Liigniui 1 — Mppu 1 \\ Louibsuu ( mil ibun Moiinfn lioo|ju \\ A Jlodgm Oi ipo Uounkd— I nulliiml L b Million lldll \lllbu!jllll - I'm ilc I I 1' llillcli Vh lilmd \i Uiliou(input il I U Hill (suimd lime) Wounded, Recovered and Sent to Front ' \u kl mil "Moutikl— IlOU) li II ( loncs Cmliilmn Moimliil— II uojii i-i \ J Norm and J B DIHMIII Wdliiigluu Mounted - lioupu d 1\ 11 ukc In Id \ilillir\Sv. b '«.ul J. (~ JLL.^.e. Sick, Recovered and Sent, to Front. Auckland Bat(aliou-~ Privates A, 'Depinc, (J. J, Cottiug-. liam, W. C. Cone. W. P. Taylor, A, C. Nowcomb, .1. L. Rawlings, F. J; JMor, G. E. Furbcr, CI. V. Crapp, . and G. .Iccsol. Canterbury Ual.hilion— Privates W. R, Kemp, T, Green, 1), ]'.. Lloyd; 11, A. Hamilton, A. .1. Will-cn.-iis, ,1. Reitl, A. V, Tilclicll, ami A. 11. Skinner. ,- Otagn BatlalionPiivatos 0. 1). Marshall ami G. It. Robertson.

A i'lirliier list was issued last eveniiiy. Wounded, in Netloy Hospital, England, Wellington Battaliou.—Private > J. Seed. . Auckland Battaliou. —Lieutenant W. T. if. Year, Private J. L, Browniec, Private H.'*CartvvrigHt, Driver C. Hopkins. Canterbury Battalion.—Private Jl. I'JHis, Private 0. Pointon. Otajjo Battalion.—Lance-Corporal M. Sim. Dangerously 111, Egyptian Army Hospital, Army Service Corps.—Corporal E. L, T. Perkins (dysentery). Auckland .Mounted licgimcut.— Trooper 0. W. IJielicno (enteric). Wellington Battalion.—-Corporal Ji!. A,Bate (enteric). . . •- Field Artillery .-Driver W. Fryer (jiiit'iiinoiii.'i). . •

Sick Recovered and Soiit to front. Olygo.JJal.lalion.-Priv;tlo T. 8. P, Pnl'orson, Private AY, Alexander,' PrivateA. .Poster. Wellington Uatlaliun.—Private W. H, 'rainier, Private \V. I!. iSimnioud, Pri-v.-ile ('. \V. Thompson, Private li. Ji. Connor. Auckland Jimmied Kegiineiil.—Trooper A. 11. Boric, Trooper, C, 11. Mack. Trooper. J l /. M, J lackey. Trooper L. M„ Lance-Corporal C. J l '. Markup, Trooper K. Ji L. McCluro. Canlorlniry .Mounted llogimciil.--Trooper J.'Watson, Trooper C. P. Merry, ■•■ Oiagu Moimled liegjineul'.—Lieutenant P. M. Tursllcon, Trod|ier M. Parringlou, Trooper 11. P, Welsh,' Trooper 'tl, (Ireen, THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED.

'I'EBBOiNAL NOTES,

Lteutfiuaiit-C'olonol A. I!, Loacii.

In a letter to his wife, LicutcuautColon'el Luacli, who in now in hospital in England, says lie received his wound when waking, a reconnaissance on the Saturday after the landing, A party of scouts 'rendered lirst aid, and' Major Hughe's accompanied him lo the beach amlsawJiim aboard a-Hospital ship. Major P. J. Overtoil.

. Mr Charles Overton has received a telegram from Iho Hon. .lames Allen (Minister of Defence) advising that his soiij 'Major P. J. Overton, second in command of the Canterbury Mounted Bilkvhad been-slightly sick, but had now rejoined hi/> regiment.

Major.T. Copclaud Savage. Advice has Ijceii received 111 Auck-: laud that Major T., Copelaud Savage has been seriously ili, but cablegrams •'received the oilier evening (says a Press Association message), indicate that lie is now out of danger. Major Savage, who is'one of Auckland's lead-' ■ing surgeons, is second in command of. the Hecoud New/Zealand Stationary. Hospital*, which went to/Egypt with the alh .Reinforcement's! His illness has evidently been a sudden one,-'for 011 Sunday ]ic sent a cablegram to Mrs lavage, who is in AiiVklaud, anuouncjug'.liis arrival in- Cairo, and stating thiii'lio _\vas well, On t Tuesday advice was received from Liteiitenant-Colunel \V. 11. Parkes, Ollicer 'Comitoudiug the Hospital, that Major Savage.-was'ser-iously ill. with' septicemia.'. A report received"On Wednesday stated that the fever had subsided, and that Major Savage's strength, was maintained. Late on "Wednesday afternoon another cable, message' reported: "Major Savage improving." Major Savage is in hospital in Cairo,' ••■■■ '" .•' ; . ■. ■ '/ ■ ' .■ • ' Sergeant W. Rutherford. . Sergeant W. Rutherford (Canterbury Moiint'ed Eillcs, died of wounds) left for ;the/front with the Main Expeditionary '.Force, as <r. liiomber of (lie. South Canterbury.Squadron.'-' .■'.' PrivateA. d. w. Baitt.;, : lU'eclhly it "was reported, that, d'riviitc A. C. W. Bain, of the Canterbury, infantry. Battalion., had.' been posted lis,missing, On Wednesday ;\\h s mother (Mrs; Ai'.'- : W;VB«iti'>" ieeeeivcti: ii better; from n chum of liis, Lioutehant'Hm'sloii,. o:f. the Williiigtoiil :, *liifantrj;-Sat- ; tal : ioii;--s^n'g^ irerb at tlj^;iiews^>Pi-iSvitev Baiii- be»ig flflsewedlv-.^ '.bceit- ealied^|pr; ; vfl ;da.iigew.us' serv^cejan dx "ftiviileo --i ßa'i ii J. % .rid'!; Pit y ate :■ ■" if,.;

. c.iiiio batbbul Pmate Bam, was ' nig iiid no out knm what luul hap i poind to linn \ Private IL J. T. William's., I'iiutc lluljul I 1 Willi mib, agul . 21, Uhq sutiwubtd to an <ilt.uk ol 11 icbio *>piiiaJ incnini;iti** lollowing on musks it 'lunlhun Milituy Camp b llnspiltl, i\db tin louiigisl mil twin mi)i ol Mi mil Mi 1 ) John I'luigiou ) A\illiuiib, ol Moniil I'lubinl, Pnlon Up Id to Hit lime ol goingiiiln i.tuip m\ ludn litfoii, I'm lit Willi tins [ \\ is i ininiliti ol lln I'lilnn idihun dliff mill whom, mil Hit gum il ptili lie In nis tuudiiigb pujiulii 11 is twin brolhd, Pi into UiuksJ 1 T Williams, uiiil out to bmioi willi (lit rust Upulilioiiin lom, mil ib nun , IU IttlOll It UkvUiklillillis Troopoi K Bishop lioopei KinuiUi Pishup (Vutklmd Mount'il) nouiidtd wlb boju it . tioitluoli, Am Kl unl, in Ib'H Hi ut ib 'llUllllll it till ] pMJIII ( !xllOlll, WlllK lu won Ins iip |)li\ni h ' Joi Hit siliool ifJOtblll tl till Hid HIS l ol tilt biliool ( llltl'i lit lllllHlllls |olll | til Hit lm fcnoiils nut v h pitiol I lcudu ill I'llD whin In won [lit h r ol [ I lllultl il)! Ijlllllllsl ill ll Ml UJJlll lom pt titm(i in (In Vu 11 mil Dun nu 111 (itmil Ins ippJinlnNiip Willi \li W 11 Uiittlihou luuldti Ik ,is i niLiu bci ot [ju Mount Idui Mitliodibt (lion, mil v h btuttin ot tin 11 mil ot Jlopi lui lano uus bdoii In kll loi Hit liout Jk iNo w ib i ktui loot hllu

:. . Trooper M, F. Boyle'; -;" •■ Jlis.'M. Auckland, has not- been able,to; gain any.further information regarding her husband, Trooper. M. V, Boyle, ivhoSvas ■'fejjprietj''.ivoiiiiiloil.:. /The ustial. calile ■ l'aeiiitk'S; provided by the Defence DiV partineni; have -been tried, • lint, without" success. The iiaines;of other Auckland-' I'i's reported to have been ivoumk'il about the same time, as Iheiiniiouiiceinciit, i'egardii,<i' ,Trooper lloyle 'have since •appeared in various hospital lists. The continued absence of news, cone.ei'ii.iiijr her liusbaud'.s ivliCreiibouts is therefore an.lncreasing soiinje. of 'anxiety, to Mrs Boyle'. • .«. Sergeant J; Rodger, D.CM. Miss J. jtodger, of Chnstcliiirch, received the following'.telegram, on Wednesday morning from flic J'foit, .1. Allen, Minister of Defence, conveying' the news that her brother had received the D.0.M.:forming you Hint J have received a ••cablegram from 1 lie_General Ollicer t'oiniiiaiuling tlio New-.Zealand Force on Gallipoli Peninsula that his Majesty the King had graciousl yconI'erred the distinguished conduct

iiMHlal upon, Sergeant .1, Rodger," Sergeant Rodger, who is about thirty years of ago, is a native' 1 of Clii'istcliureh, where he has taken part in many, outdoor sports. He was for twelve years in the Highland Rilles, captain of the" Christcliurch Swimming Club for a number of years, and played for the Morivnlo Football Club. Ills parents are dead. ' ■ Sergeant' Ross,

Mr Harry Ross, of Aran street,'yesterday received the following telegraphic message from the Records Otlice, Wellington:—"Cable advice received reports 8/811 Sergeant Alexander Ross now wounded,"' Sompi time ago IIY Ross was notified that his son had been reported missing, and no news was forthcoming' until yesterday, when the advice mentioned, above -was* received. At various times Mr Ross lias received confusing messages from the Defence authorities, but the many friends of Sergeant Ross will be glad if the latest news is authentic and his whereabouts located, IN THE FIRING LINE. SURPRISE.NICtHT: ATTACK. LOST TRENCH.RETAKEN. EjNGIiN'EEITS HUAI'MC BTOBV. Ai graphic account of an "alfair' at Quinii's Post is given by Lieutenant Henry M. Clark, No. It section New Zealand Engineers, in a diary lei lor written lo his father in Auckland. Several minor wounds were received by Lieutenant' Clark, and lie was finally ordered bach lo Lcimios, and llicu lo Alexandria, where he concluded his letter on Juno (i. Lieutenant Clark stales I hat the engineers left Alexandria at II) a.m. on May .10, (lie'men 'full of life and fun, and looking forward to the'work for which I bey had come so far, They I landed ai'ler some sixty hours on board the troopship at the identical spot where the h'rst force won a foothold. .After describing, in detail the work of his section, which included (he. creclion of barbed wire ciitanglciiicnls.nl Pope's Point, Lieutenant Clark writes that ho received orders to proceed to Quinii's Post, and take charge of the,milling and demolition operations there. Exciting Work.

''l called for over one hundred voluu-' ,ecr miners, and the. call was heartily ■espunded to,'" he proceeds, "Since Jieii we have had most exciting times. I'herc is something about underground

varfare that is at once interesting and '.veiling, one never knowing from one iiiuule to another when iie may be

blown up on buried alive. I have repeatedly discovered the enemy mining very close to (is, and oil tlirce occasions, have blown' in their galleries, By blowing in a Turkish mine and gallery last Thursday (May 20) we buried alive three of the enemy. \ Poor beggars, I. was sorry i'or thi'tir, but out cannot give •them, notice to quit /when playing S i|,.|]. a. game, as this, and it was either liieiii or ourselves.'' ' ■ An Inform) in the Dark.

'. Describing a, battleat -Cjiiimi *s ]'osl on May 2D, Lieutenant Clark sa.ys: — "1 bait thrown myself down somewhere about. IS.itfl a,m. i'o);';i-.eoii|)k'-.ul"'-liours'

deep. Three hours later, suddenly I reaid a lerrilie/nmr n Haw.a great.Hash, mil then a liail of earth niid\sloncs descended onjny head. The enemy had .'.vploded tlieir<miiic." 1 lurrying up to the trenches,' t'found the supports rush:ug ami shouted at them through the din to fix- their bayonets and rc-

irn, Seeing ;iii officer whom they

.kiiuw,, the nam at on.eu did so, and T .felt very proud oHheni for having collected their wits 'so' quickly after simli ;i severe shock. By this "time):; the din was iTigiitfiil,' The ■ enemy had charged om> -trench' ; and taken it, over the parapets aiid embankments, and 'w'ci'C, simply sliOwcj'ing bombs at ; us; J;• Then'.shrapnel started, together with 7 -rifle fire,' and of all the

infernos that.'ever 1 -'dreamed or read .of tin's was.%-far the worst.' .Bombs exploding/ artillery' rpai'iiig.'ahd rifles

napping, (lashes in the dark, and sudleu .curse's or criesrof the wounded-rem lered' speaking;-or even _.shouting," l uuhinkabie.' ■ : ' • ' ■'''-. ■'■■;' '«■■' '■ ,' Enemy's Heavy fosse's,,; ;'

"Seeing a niimbci of Tuiks standing in the skyline of on galleries Hinging bombs, J called on. a do/eu fellows, and milling them, nc denied out the lot and stopped the bombs toi a tinic. The ouh hc.ijioii 1 had'w.is n pick handle, but it makes a most loinmlable weapon at close qilaiteis" \

Lieutenant Clnik was again slightly mounded, but he letmned to the position m the afternoon, (i f found that the ( tienehes had been ictaken liy 0111 fel'tows; Jfuifcj \vw Jymg six deep, and ■ '. ■ «;-■■• .

j s in 201t ol liujtji y\. imjleclloufjiio tnwoi thin loitj dead bodltb Wo'also took bo^entoun piiboifojt, yl}u luul got into om qoulilt not Hud then wu> out wi & miu,.«nd I thiiih nughh ploubod \v |jo taken " WONpBPFUL INFANTRY an aiucßß'b nupmn An mtercbting ( ;übilul of* the man noi in ijluth' Iho 'eolouiil troops a\c lighlmg at tin DJulmollis is b '\icn in i liUu ittuMil m'AiKklliiid'fibm in olllm ol tin Nnv,Zial unl huilipiailtib staff >">*»|s?

"Wo ha\o |iad liCiH) 'iiisualUts," s[itts llic qlHci, who lUott on lunt 0, "but not i-. htiU\ is I lie eiu.nn vlmli is i »o;nloil Wi hue btttk 1 down 10 I suit Ol SlOtfl Adrian, liki whit has bun b r oh m liana, but m doii 'l e\])ttl it ii ill 1 ftl i en 1\ c lu\u „'ol tin iiiimj 'b aitilltn putt) will hi liainf now tied ot eouisi guu Joi h 'iin, wt m iniiniiisih '-iipoiioi to tin hi fin ho wt/u battel > htb douo will buuiM Hit tounli} is iiiiiih bit lu Miihd to it tli iii to iiulmu} liild h iins But tin llrjd billuiib h|\o dont hi ijjiuln tilth, too h\ If OS, nun i fiom (Ik I tit 11)11 In t'oieis i jniln'u lull inlii il pilil'ol Hit line, his ban uu ioihpimous, mil (uis puibibh SIM I till MtlllllOll 1)10)1 t|iui unu "Tin uiitslliiilnnj latino ol the whok thing lli> birti llii' wilgniliii nt showirtg nf till bi lllei tit in ml iViw Ail /ml mt mtri I einiKit iiuiguii tint u\) uilHiiln mil do biltn lliiii'llui it this land ol wail ue Hit Wdl tllll lOllgjll OH tilt lllbt lll}j. sut itiiiig ovti IGOO id§U ilhcb,'' and with out tin snppoil ol tlrai jilillin, lln Wl\ till \ IK Still llglll)ll h ', I li*.■ 1 (I isll Hid lot I limit, unl ulloiisiitss to IwoiiihN, liim iikhul us al) to adinii,a tion Wt know that howiui iyui\ nun tin nium inn bung agunsl us lliu iiiiiinl dim us buk One bit i'uli tin lih \iisti ibui, bhitid 1000 stiong, mil it dllliicnt {inns luined 1111)0 Kiuloiituitnls Attn Ino nitits' li h r htin h r it now iiiimbirs 'J lit iNiw Ziilmd 'InJ mill Btiguk, hi hit til tin ml mtii, line silluod siiniluh Jn om ol oiu ballilions then ut onh two ot tin onginil olhiois Jolt This is nut told yoiiiii order to ci'ciito alarlii and despoinleiie.v, but' ratliev the reveise, ■ We all feel that'ti'tiops'which eiin go (lirouj>li : .ivliat ,t|iese;',iueii' have experieiieed. eau do any thing.,' "We all s:iW!tlip Triumph'toupeilocd. 1 ; should say she. was only a inile and a ■half fi'Oiuiis.lt lvastlic. inost dreadful sight 1 have ever witnessed.'•'Twelve' minutes after she'was"struck' she: cap-' sized. " Fortunately, tho'.grcat;majority' of the men were saved.' '

"Jt was : a' wonderful siglit Jo see destroyers from all parts of■ the horizon and all the picket-ljoats from the beach going to flic rescue.' The submarine showed itself for. an instant, and one, destroyer opened (ire, but I think it got away," '.■•:..;■- . WITH THE ENGINEERS. ' HOW A DX'iTwAS'WON.

Writing from Gaba Tcpc ou June C to his parents in ..Wellington,. LanceCorporal 'Bert. JXaiy.Ncw Zealand, Field Eugincceis, who- was ,: recently, awarded the D.C.M., says::- 1 -" At present we are down at tlio.beftcli.'foii a rest, the first spell we !iavc;h.ad'since weJandcd liere, over five weeks ago. It was just about time they gave ns a few days off, as wc were-beginning'to get stalq. We are leaving'here iii-three or four.days for another position, which is. a lot easier and safer than 'Quinii's Post (tlic death trap), wheic.you "get bombs for breakfast, dinner, arid ! tea.' - I have been to Mi' Parker's dug-out for some of. my meals, and, say, they, are meals!; -Roast' beef, roast, potatoes, onions, and puddin»;. . . , We arei working on ut pier, putting .cement' on the bearers. It is :i ruse of strip oil' unci get into it. Luckily, the water is not very cold. Sometimes there'is a great scatter amongst the bathers when a shell bursts in the water or just-over us. They tell inc. that 1 have been mentioned in dispatches. A chap named .11 edge and I crawled out" oVer'.Bur trench to the Turks' block-house,,aud blew it to bits. I pil-yHic poor devils who-were inside. 1 could hear Ihoni talking, and they were sniping from, one- corner of it. Being the n.c.0., 1.-'. had 'jth'o choice, so look-the lead.. ■ Our luck'was in, as we came through without a ''scratch, although 1 do not kiiuw how we managed il, as the-bullets were- llyihg pretty close all the time,', in fad, wo had to lie still for live or ten minutes. We were out. Tor-just' over thirty-Jive mill-. utcs " ■ '

Sergeant Reg. Fear, uf the Medical Corps. Headquarters) aud a ■ brother-uf LaiU'e-Corporal Fear, DX'.JI, in the course.uf.a letter mentions that- Iris brother lia| ben doing.great, tilings. '.'Ho blew ii|i.a bomb-proof outlook or some-thing-like'that the- other night, and I iimli'islaml lie is going to be recommended for' something—ll.C'.M,, or the like. ' I had a very narrow escape three days ago, A''shrapnel burst and hit jiiv haversack,..smashing a tin medicine box. It'saved iny'skiu. Quito a number olj my chums, were, hit, and while, fixing them up~l had sonic dose goes," ' ■ ;■ ■'