NEW ZEALAND'S ROLL OF HONOUR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15916, 13 May 1915, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND'S ROLL OF HONOUR.

; TWO OFFICERS KILLED AND TWO REPORTED MISSING.

1 SERGEANT AND PRIVATE DIE FROM INJURIES.

SIX OFFICERS AND ELEVEN MEN WOUNDED.

Wellington, May 12.

Two further casualty lists were issued by the Defence Department to-day. They contain the names of ten officers and thirteen men. Of the officers, two have been killed in action, two are reported missing, and six have been wounded. A sergeant and a private have succumbed to their injuries, and eleven men are reported wounded. The total casualties reported to date are :— Officers. Men. Killed or died of wounds ... :.. 12 28 Wounded and missing 2 — Wounded 34 , K>3 Totals • 48 681 A statement was made by the Minister for Defence to-day that some portion of the Mounted Rifles Brigade, possibly without horses, has pro; ably joined the infantry on the Gallipoli Peninsula, but none of the casualty lists have contained the names of any members of that section of the force. . OFFICERS KILLED IN ACTION. ' 2nd Lieutenant William Godfrey Skelton, 13th, North Canterbury and Westland, Company, Cn*rbwy Infantry Battalion. Next of kin: William Edward '. Skelton," 43, Radloy Road, Woolston, Christchurch. Lieutenant John Stuart Eeia, 4th, Otago, Regiment, assistant-adjutant of the Otago Infantry Battalion. Next of kin: W. E. C. Reid, public accountant, Princes Street, Dunedin (father).

Second Lieutenant W. G. Skelton was born at Chriskhurch on August 11, 1893. In August last he was a clerk in the employ of the Christclnireli Tramway Board. He was single, and, prior to joining the expeditionary force, was an officer in the senior cadets.

Lieutenant J. S. Reid is the only son of Mr. W. E. C. Reid, public accountant of Duncdin. He had studied for the legal profession, and qualified for the LL.B. degree shortly before the outbreak of war. His commission in the 4th, Otago, Regiment dates from April 24, 1912. Lieutenant Reid was only 21 years old. AUCKLAND OFFICES MISSING. Captain Alfred Bishop Morton, N.Z.S.C., Staff Captain, Infantry Brigade. Next of kin: W. E. Morton, Momona Road, Green Lane, Auckland (father). " Captain A. B. Morton is the second son of Mr. W. E. Morton, of Green Lane, Auckland, and is about S3 years old. Ke was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, and at the age of 16 years. entered the office of Messrs. H. B. Morton and Co. In that year he joined the Auckland College Rifles, and two years later joined the Sixth New Zealand Contingent for service in South Africa. As a/private he took part in the operations in the Transvaal, in the Orange River Colony, on the Zululand frontier of Natal, and in Cape Colony. At the close of the war he received the Queen's Medal with five clasps. Ou returning to Auckland Captain Morton joined the A Battery, Field, Artillery, and graduated from the ranks to the rank of lieutenant. On the inauguration of. the territorial training system ,Captain Morton was appointed to the New Zealand Staff Corps, his first appointment being as group officer at'Peeroa. . On June 11, 1913, Captain Morton was appointed to the command of No. 1 area group, which comprises the city and suburbs of Auckland. His duties included the organisation of the senior cadet force,, and he devoted to that work 1 the enthusiasm and zeal which has characterised his military career. When the main force was organised Captain Morton was appointed staff captain of the • infantry brigade, "and left Auckland on August 22 to superintend the arrangement of the mobilisation camp at Palmerston North. While the force was in Egypt, Captain Morton was offered,, the command of the Maori contingent, with the rank of major, but he declined the promotion, preferring to go into the firing- . line. Captain Morton has been actively associated with the defence forces for 17 years, and he holds a long-service medal. '■[■/■' / OFFICER WOUNDED AND KISSING. Lieutenant Hugh Liddon ; Richards, 14th,. South Otago, Company, Otago Infantry •3 ■ Battalion. Next of kin: Isaac Richards, College House, Christchureh (father). . ._?,>;- \ .. .■ :.-'" Lieutenant H. L. Richards has'a brother serving in No. 3 Battery, New . Zealand Field Artillery Brigade, now at, the front. He was born at Auckland on July 14, 1891. A commercial agent by occupation, he was last employed by the New Zealand Loan andlVlercantile Agency Company, Limited. In August, i 1914, he was a lieutenant in the 14th, .South Otago, Regiment. He is a single man. J v OFFICERS WOUNDED. ' Major George Mitchell, Bth, Southland, Regiment, commanding second reinforcements for Otago Infantry Battalion. Next of kin: Mrs. A. M. Mitchell, The Retreat, Waikawa (wife). y Captain William Fleming, second in command, 10th, North Otago, Company, ; Otago Infantry Battalion. Next of kin: Mrs. E. Fleming, 35, Hope Street, Dunedin (mother). Captain Donald Simson, Field Engineers (British section). Next of kin: H. N. Simson, Remuera Road, Auckland. v Captain Frederick Waite, New Zealand Engineers (slightly wounded). Next of kin: Mrs. Frederick Waite, Waiwera South, Otago (wife). ' Lieutenant Richard Ewen Eggleston, Otago Infantry Battalion. Next of kin: Joseph Eggleston, 135, Cargill Street, Dnnedin (father). 2nd Lieutenant David John Albert Lyttle, 14th, South Otago, Company. Next of kin: John Lyltle, Chatton Road, Gore (father).

Major George Mitchell left New Zealand in command of the second reinforcement draft for the Otago Battalion. He is a member of an oldestablished Balclutha family, and for some years was well known in Otago and Canterbury as traveller for a large Dunedin firm of paint and oil merchants.

Later he entered into business on his own account. He hag always been keenly

interested in military matters, and, by hard study and devotion to duty, he rose from a subordinate position in a Balclutha infantry company to the rank of major. He is about 36 years of age. He saw service during the Boer war.

Captain William Fleming was born at Dunedin on September 20, 1885. He was captain in the Bth, Southland, Regiment. He is a single man.

Captain Donald Simson is a son of Mr. H. N. Simson, Remuera Road, Auckland. He served in the South African war, and afterwards was in business in Johannesburg, where he became a member of the Town Council. He was making a business visit to London when the war started, and he immediately joined King Edward's Horse. Subsequently he transferred to the New Zealand section. A private cablegram received in Wellington yesterday stated that Captain Sirnson expects to leave for New Zealand next month.

Captain Frederick Waitc is a native of Dunedin, and is 30 years of age. He is a farmer by occupation, and a married roan with one child. He was major of No. 2 Field Company,, New Zealand Engineers, Dunedin, and went away with the expeditionary force as a captain.

Lieutenant R. E. Egglestone is a native of Lawrence, Otago, and is'2s years of. age. A telegraphist by becupation, he is a single man. A prominent athleto, he beat Opie in the 100 yds championship of New Zealand at Invercargill in 1912.

Lieutenant D. J. A. Lyttle was born at Waikaia on January 28, 1888. He is a -teacher by profession, and last served under the Southland Education Board. He is a single man.

Among the men reported in the casualty list published yesterday as dangerously ill is Private Edward Oliver Ruddock (Field Engineers), who is stated to be suffering from acute appendicitis. He is the second son of Archdeacon David Ruddock, of Napier. He was educated at St. John's College, Auckland, and was studying medicine at Edinburgh University when the war began. Ho enlisted in the British contingent of New Zealanders. His elder brother, Lieutenant W. D. Ruddock, is an officer of the 3rd, Auckland, Squadron, Mounted Rifles. 1 . % The death from .-wounds of Private J. C. Warren, Otago Infantry Battalion, was'announced yesterday. The address of his mother, Mrs. J. M. Warren, ' ' 'was given as 14, Buccleugh Street, North-east Valley, Dunlin. Mrs.; Warren . ~ removed to' Auckland 'some time ago, and ib now resident at .15, York Street, ' - Parncll. ' ( , ~'■■ "'- .-i '■■ _■*• ;'-./ . ■■'. "• >>.£. j. uf :'...-J