NEW ZEALANDERS' PART

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15886, 6 April 1915, Page 9

NEW ZEALANDERS' PART

LIVES GIVEN FOR EMPIRE.

REWARDS FOR GALLANTRY.

[FROM OfR OWN (ORRKSPOXDEXT.]

London*, March 2. The promotion of the late Lord Northland, of tin- Coldstream Guards, to 1)-.' captain hits boon gazetted. It is antedated to January '■_. three weeks before lii! was killed at La Bassco. The death lias occurred at Ha/.ebrouck, Frame, of Second-Lieutenant Kric H. Taylor, of the York and Lancaster Iteginieiit. Lieutenant Tayler. who was the eldest sou of Mr. and Mrs. Arclidalo Tayler, of Auckland, only got his com--1111881011 iii the Ist Battalion of his regiment last June. He. tame home with his battalion from India, and went to the front only a. lew weeks ago. Death was due to double pneumonia. The second-in-command of 11.M.5. Clan McNaughton, the armed merchant cruiser which has been given up for lost, was Lieutenant-Commander Arthur L. Popham, K.N., who was sun of the late rector of Hemyock and son-in-law of the late Sir Arthur Douglas. He married, in 1907, .Miss Annie .Margaret Douglas. The French Journal Olliciel announces that the French Government, under a deuce of February 15, has awarded " the second i lass lite-saving medal, in gold, to Surgeon- Lieutenant George Chapman, R.A.M.C, in recognition of the courage and devotion which he displayed by diving into a rough sea. ami, notwithstanding the wound which paralysed his right hand, carried help to a shipwrecked man of the sloop Antoine Germaine, in imminent danger of drowning, off Boulogne Sands, on December 7, 1914." The only Lieutenant George Chapman in the R.A.M.C. seems to be Mr. G. M. Chapman, a son of Mr. Justice Chapman, of New Zealand, who studied medicine, at Cambridge and London Hospital. Mr. Sinclair Thomson (Geraldine), a recent arrival in Kngland, has a commission in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Mr. A. ('. Clayton and Mr. W. J. Hainan arrived from New Zealand not long ayn. The former hits a commission in the Ist Battalion, Royal Sussex fiegiment, the hitler a commission in the Ist Battalion. .Middlesex Regiment. Mr. Roofer B. Johnson (Mount Torlesse) is at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, with tlic prospect of a commission in the army at an early date. Before war started Mr. Johnson had desired to go through the course of British military training at Sandhurst, preparatory to entering the Dominion Defence Force. Ho came home on one of the transports. Gunner W. J. Russell (Wellington), of the N.Z.F.A., who came Home with tho transports from Egypt, is now a member of the 21st Reserve'Battery,R.F.A. .Woolwich. Mr. J. T. St. Clan* Tisdall is gazetted to the 3rd, Liverpool, Regiment (infantry). Lieutenant I'utlvbert T. Maclean, 4th I Battalion Royal Fusiliers, who was mentioned in Sir John French's recent despatch, and who has been awarded the military cross, has been at Falmouth for the past month recuperating. He was rather severely wounded, and was at Osborne military hospital for some time. i During his stay at Falmouth, Lieutenant Maclean has been training recruits, delivering courses of lectures, etc. He is duo now to appear before the Medical Board, and if he passes -as he expects to do—he will probably return to the front at an early date. Lieutenant H. A. Da vies, who has been at the front with the 31th Brigade. R.F.A.. is now proceeding to Egypt to join the I New Zealand expeditionary force. I Mr. 0. F. R. Sheldon, of Balcairrt, Cani terbury, is a sergeant in the 2nd King ' Edward's Horse, now stationed at WoodI bridge. .Suffolk. I 2nd Lieutenant L. H. Beauchamp (Wel- , lington) has obtained his commission with the Bth. South Lancashire. Regiment. ! Mr, V.. A. Belcher i- gazetted captain. '9th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light I Infantry. ' Captain W. C. Oat sin (Hampshire Regi- ] mentl is gazetted General Stall Officer. 3rd i grade. | Captain the Hon. J. D. Boyle, Rifle | Brigade. Royal Flying Corps, has been appointed adjutant (graded as flight comj mander). Lieutenant R. Klsdale, of the Royal I Engineers, is reported wounded. Ho is the younger son of the late Colonel I Klsdale, and of Mrs. Elsdale, who was I formerly Miss K. Moorhoiise, of CanterI burr, and who has lately been out on a I visit to New Zealand. Lieutenant H. S. , Klsdale is with the 9th, Sen-ice, Battalion. | Gloucestershire Regiment. I Mr. X. A. McLean (Napier) lias left i London lor Egypt, in order to join the J New Zealand expeditionary force. I Dr. W. S. Baird, formerly of Nelson 'and Southland, is a lieutenant i> the I R.A.M.C. attached to the Southern 'omnia nd. I Mr. C. E. Anketell, of Napier, is j gazetted assistant-engineer R.N.ItMr. H. Moutray Read, of Auckland, has joined the 2nd," King Edward's, Horse, | in camp in Suffolk. Adjutant Greene, the Salvation Army j chiplain with the New Zealand forces, ! writes from Egypt:-" I have been well received by the military authorities, and from General God ley down, every kindness has been shown and every assistance given me in my work." I Nurse B. S. Greig. of Auckland, left for France this week. _ Mr Alexander McNab has joined as a private' the 24th Battalion City of London Royal Fusiliers, which is better known as the' 2nd Sportsmen's Battalion. MrMcNab is a brother of Mr. Robert McNab. Another brother, Dr. Angus McNab, was reported killed in action during the famous charge of the London Scottish at M.'^sines. \ New ZeMander on board H.M.S. Naiad'is Fleet-Surgeon T. Paterson. Last September Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. lim-lav. 2nd, South Canterbury, Regiment . left Petrognid for the seat of war— ho bi'-ppened to bo ill Russia on the deI claration of war. and offered his services I with the Russian Red Cross. He has ' just got to London, having travelled by i way of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, I after having visited Lemberg. and traversed the "scenes of important Russian ! engagements. | NURSES FOR THE FRONT. NEW ZEALAND LADIES LEAVE. [from OCR own correspondent.] London, March 2. Nine New Zealand nurses, whoso services have been accepted by the War Office, have left for Fiance. They are :— Nurses Mary Coneys (Dutiedin General Hospital), Agnes' McMillan (Dmiedin General Hospital), Ruth Lindsay (South Hospital), Jessie E. McLeod (Southland ■ Hospital), B. S. Greig (Wellington HosI pital), Kffie L. Craig (who received her li -lining at a hospital in Vancouver), M. lA. Sheridan (Napier Hospital), F- H. Billington, and Eva C. Jordan (Auckland Hospital). Although their departure was quite unofficial and private, the High Commissioner and Mr. Wray Palliser were present to bid them farewell. One interesting fact may be noted : As a rule all nurses serving under the War Office wear a similar uniform, end no badges are allowed. In the case of the New Zealand nurses this nile was partially waived, and they had the letters "N.Z." worked in scarlet silk on their dresses. This departine in their favour was much appreciated by the New Zealand ladies. Nurse McLeod. it will be recollect <l, was ill Brussels in the very curly days of the war, with the Red Cp.-s.

Mrs. Holgite (Wellington) lias uone to Fiance to join the French Flag Nursing Corps at Bordeaux. This corps is coinposed of English nurses for work in the French military hospitals.

Miss Berry, who was matron of the Napier Hospital until she resigned to come for a t:ip to England, is at Blackpool, where she is matron of one of the temporary hospitals for wounded Belgians.

Miss M. Puree!! (Wellington) has been appointed by the St. John Ambulance for service under the British Red Cross Society in France. She experts to leave shortly for her new duty.