MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15946, 17 June 1915, Page 9

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

MAJOR EDWIN HARROWELL.

The following cablegram has been received by his relatives in Remnern, from Major Edwin Harrowell, second in command of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, who was reported wounded on May 14 last:—"Hit in both arms. Doing well, but am told recovery will take months."

SERGEANT K. W. COMMONS. Sergeant Kenneth Wrigley Commons, aged 20, who is reported missing, is the second son' of Mr. W. M. Commons, of Mountain Road, Mount Eden. He was educated at the public school, Tauranga, the Normal School, Auckland, the Auckland Grammar School and Nelson College. In each of the two latter institutions he spent two years. As a representative footballer ho was well known. Ho was cadet-captain of the shooting team which represented the secondary schools of the Dominion in Canada. The team won seven out of eight championships. Sergeant Commons was following the profession of a civil engineer and was studying at the Auckland University when he enlisted. Sergeant Commons has a sister, who is a nurse in'thc first nurses' contingent which left for the front.

SERGEANT 0. E. . DROWER. Sergeant George Edward Drover, reported to have been killed in action, was a member of the Gisbome draft of mounted rifles who left with the main Expeditionary Force. He was a corporal in the A squadron, and' was promoted to the rank of troop sergeant, He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Drower, of Sunnyside Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, and was a brother of Mr. N. Drowor, of the Gis« borne Hardware Company's staff. Sergeant Drower was employed by Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co., having joined that firm in Auckland. He was transferred to the Gisborne branch, where he remained for five or six years up to the time ho enrolled. He was 32 years of age, and had served three years in No. 1 Native Rifles, Auckland, also with the Bth and 10th South African contingents, for which ho received the King's medal and two bars

PRIVATE W. F. C. ANDREWS.

Private William F. C. Andrews, whose name appears to-day amongst the list of wounded, is the only son of Mr. Albert C. Andrews, of 79, Ardmore Road. Ponsonby. Ho is 24 years of age, and before the war was employed as an accountant by Mr. D. R. Re veil, Fort "Street. Educated at the Auckland Grammar School, Private Andrews took a great interest in sports and was a member of the Wost End Rowing Club and All Saints' cricket and football teams. When hostilities commenced lie enlisted in the 3rd, Auckland, Regiment, and left New Zealand with the main body of tlio Expeditionary Force.

PRIVATE W. N. PHILSON. Private Wilmot Napier Philson, of the 16th, Waikato, Regiment, who is to-day reported amongst the missing, is a son of Mr Matthew T. Philson, of Stanley Point, Devonport, and formerly manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Russell. Private Philson is 29 years of age. He was farming at To Kuiti when the war broke out, and immediately enlisted in the 16th, Waikato, Regiment Ho was educated at Herctaunga College, Hawke's Bay, and at the Auckland Grammar School. He is very well known in Auckland, having been a prominent figure in football, cricket, and lacrosse circles.

PRIVATE S. T. A. LOWRY. Private Samuel Thomas Alexander Lowrv, of the 6th, Huiiraki, Regiment, reported yesterday to have been killed ip action on May 8, was the second son of James I/)wry, farmer, Hikutaiu. He was 35 years of age, and was born new Londonderry, Ireland, coming to New Zealand in 1901. He was a member °' the old Victoria Rifles, Auckland. His only single brother, Corporal Andrew John Lowry, reported dangerously ill, received his wound at about the same time. Private Lowry was tiro firet to enrol in the Hikutaia district.

PRIVATE A. C. H. TICKLEPENNY.

Among the members of the Auckland Infantry Battalion who aro reported missing is Private A. C. H. Ticklepenny. Ho is a member of a well-known family at Tauwharc and was engaged in faming when he volunteered for active service.

PRIVATE 0. H. DREWET. Private Oliver Hawkes Drewet, who was reported yesterday as having been killed in action on April 25, was a son of Mr. T. Drewet, M.1.M.E., of Hokianga, one time instructor for engineering at tie Auckland Technical School, Private

Drcwet, who was 24 years of age, came to Auckland from Bombay with his parents some 20 years ago. He was {or some time employed in the Huntly mines, driving a coal-cutting machine. Ho joined the 3rd, Auckland, Infantry with a number of other Huntly men when war was declared.

GUNNER J. D. ROSS. A recent casualty list reported tliat Gunner James Donald Ross, Howitzer Battery, was killed in action on May 20. He was born in Roslyn, Dnnedin, where his father still resides, and was 34 years old. Gunner Ross was for some time engaged ill the teaching profession, and then entered the service of the Union Steam Ship Company, being engaged for a time as a steward in the intercolonial service. He was managing a hotel in tho Auckland Province when ho enlisted. A brother. Mr. A. R. Ross, is engaged in the railway service in Auckland.

PRIVATE E. W. COX. Private E. W. Cox, who has been wounded, is a son of Mr. E. B. Cox, Boto-o-rangi, Cambridge. He was engaged in fanning with his father when he joined the Expeditionary Force.

TROOPER H. B. BROWN. Trooper H. B. Brown, of the 4th. Waikato, Squadron, Auckland Mounted Rifles, who was reported on June 12 to have been killed in action, was a son of Mr. F. Barnard Brown, Westport. He was 27 years old. Educated at the Wanganui College, Trooper Brown was engaged in farming in the Whakatane district, Bay of Plenty, until the outbreak of the war. His grandfather, Captain Hewctt, was killed in the Maori War, and his greatgrandfather, Colonel Hewett, was tho last surviving Waterloo officer.

PRIVATE N. H. MUNRO. Private Norman Hector Munro, of tho 16th, Waikato, Regiment, yrstorday reported as having been killed in action at the Dardanelles on May 8, was the fifth son of Mr. Donald Munro, fanner, of Paterangi, Waikato. He was a pupil of tho To Bore school, and, after leaving school, worked on his father's farm for tome years. At the time of enlisting he was, employed in a hardware establishment in Hamilton.

PRIVATE GERALD GLEDHILL. Advice has been received by Mrs. Gledbill, 29, Franklin, Road, Ponsonby, that her youngest son, Private Gerald Gledhill, has been discharged fiom hospital and is now at tho base in Alexandria. Private Gledhill was reported on May 4 to have been wounded in the foot. He is 25 years of age and was working in a country' timber mill when the war broke out, and enlisted in tho 16th. Waikato, Company.

PRIVATE T. W. HAYWARD. Private Thomas Western Hay ward, who is in to-day's list of missing Aucklandcrs. is a native of Devonshire, England, and is a son of Mrs. M. Bennett, oi Woodside Road, Mount Eden. He is 25 years of age, and when he enlisted he had been four years in New Zealand, the wholo of which time was spent in the Auckland district. In Juno of last year ho bought a farm at Ngarua, in the Thames Valley, and had just started work on it when he oboyed the call of King and country. He went away with tho main body of the Expeditionary Force as a member of the 16th. Waikato, Regiment.

TROOPER C. C. DUNLOP. Trooper Cyril Charles Dunlop, killed in action, according to to-day's list, was a son of Mr. J. C. Dunlop. and has a number of relatives in the Gisborno district, including his brother, Mr. F. G. Dunlop, solicitor. Trooper Dunlop, who was 22 years of age, left Gisborne some years ago, and resided in Auckland up to twelve- months ago, when ho went to Hastings, and was a solicitor's clerk in the firm of Messrs. Logan, Williams and White. He enlisted at Hastings, and left with the main force. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dunlop recently visited their son in Egypt, and are now on tlioir way back to New Zealand. Trooper Dunlop received part of bis education at King's College, Auckland.

PRIVATE F. N. GILLANDER. Private Frederick Norman GiUjtnder, who has been killed in action, was a son of Mr. Charles Gillander, engineer, of Ngaruawahia. He was 23 years of age, and when ho enlisted he was following the profession of- an architect at Hamilton. Ho was a member of the 16th, Waikato, Regiment. Two of deceased's brothers are now serving at the front.

PRIVATE J. C. EMERSON. Privato John Christian Emerson, reported to-day as missing, was a son of Mr. Mark Emerson, Hamilton East, superintendent of the Fire Brigade. He is 19 years cf age, was bora in Auckland, and educated at the Hamilton East public school. He was a member of the senior

cadets, being drafted therefrom into the machine-gun section of the 16th, Waikato, Regiment. He left with the second reinforcements. He was for some time employed by the Waikato Times, and, . just prior to leaving, by the Hamilton Furbishing Company.

PRIVATE J. M. JOHNSON. Private John Mervyn Johnson, of Auckland, who is to-day reported missing, is tho younger son of Mrs. Johnson, of 43, Alexandra Street. He is 25 years of age and | was employed as a packer in -the grocery trade. He was a -member of the J North Shore Football Club. Misfortune has fallen heavily on the family since the missing soldier went away with the third reinforcement draft, his father having died in March last whilst the death of a sister | occurred last month. PRIVATE W. S. PRIMROSE. Private William Stanley Primrose, reported to-day to be missing, is the fourth son of Mr. John Primrose, Claudelands, Hamilton. He left with the Auckland infantry, main body. Ho was born at Kirikinroa, and educated in Hamilton. After leaving school he joined Messrs. Hallenstein Brothers, and was with them. in Hamilton, Cambridge, Auckland ana Whangarei, leaving the latter place to join the Expeditionary Fore?. Private Primrose was married only about a fortnight before he loft. He has a brother with the main body in the Nelson'squadron, Canterbury Mounted Regiment.

PRIVATE J. W. EADES. Private Joseph William Endes, who ie amongst- the Aucklanders reported missing today, is the fourth son of Mr. John Hades, of Kdendale .Road, Mount Eden. He is a native of the Wellington district, and had been about four years in Auckland, where he was in the employ of the Premier Joinery Company as a machinist. Ho is a member of the 16th, MVaikato, Company. He attained his twenty-first birthday on April 13, a few days before going into action at Gallipoli. LANCE-CORPORAL DAMS. Lance-Corporal Thomas Francis Adams, of the Auckland Battalion, who is missing, has a sister, Mrs. H. H. Smith, who resides at 27, Clifton Road. Heme Bay. Ho was born in Ashburton 31 years ago i and educated at the Catholic school in that town. He was employed as a manager of boot shops in Christchurch and Auckland, and enlisted from this city. Lance-Corporal Adams was It senior hockey player and referee in Christchurcn. GUNNER C. J. CANTON. Gunner C. J. Canton, whose name recently appeared in the list of those killed in action, was a brother of Mrs. H. Knowles, Anglesey. Street, Hamilton. Deceased was well known in the Huntervillo district, and, although a young man, he had held many responsible positions. He was a member of the Wellington Land Board, and was 37 years of age.

PRIVATE D. J. LOWRY. Privato D. J. Lowry. ie)>orted as missing sinco May 1, joined the main Expeditionary Force, and was attached to the South Otago section. , He was born at Auckland, and was (or some time a. member of the " A" Battery, being in the Bun detachment that established a New Zealand record for quick-firing. He is a bookbinder by trade, and served his apprenticeship at the New Zealand Hhkald Office, after which ho was for some time employed in the Government Printing Office at Wellington. His next of kin is his brother, Mr. C. A. Lowry. of Cumberland Street, Christchurch, and another brother is Mr. J. Lowry, of Auckland, printer.

PRIVATE C. J. TALBOT! Privato Charles John Talbot, wlio was recently reported to have been killed in action "on April 25, left Auckland with the Waikato Infantry Company of the main Expeditionary Force. Ho was a son of Mr. R. Talbot, of Grafton Road, and brother of Mr. D. Talbot, of the Takapuna Tram Company, and was about 35 years at age, having been born at Nottingham. He frequently toured through New Zealand as stage mechanician with companies playing under the J. C. Williamson, Ltd., management.

LANCE-CORPL. NOEL ROSS. The name of Lanec-Corpl. Noel Boss was included in ono of tho first lists cf wounded. Writing from Zeitoun on May 6, Corporal Rex Hesketh, of Auckland, describes this soldier's injuries. • " Noel Boss is in hospital here," he wrote. "The poor fellow is paralysed from tho body downwards A ehell burst beside him. Luckily he was not hit, but shock, which must have been terrific, knocked him out. I think he will be all right later on— say so at tho hospital." A letter was received by Mr. Georgo Grant, of Gisborne, yesterday, from LanceRose, who is his nephew. The letter is dated from the hospital at Kasrelaini, and dated May 4. Ho speaks very highly of the nursing arrangements and tho kindness of the hospital staff. Lance-Corpl. Ross is tho only son of Mr. Malcolm Ross, official correspondent with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He also is a journalist, and was on tho staff of the Christchurch Sun when he joined the Canterbury Infantry Battalion.

PRIVATE W. A. GRIERSON, Private Walter Alexander Grierson, who is reported wounded, is the third son of Mr. H. C. Grierson, secretary of the Auckland Co-operative Terminating Building Society. Mr. Grierson received a telegram from the Minister for Defence informing him that his son had been wounded, and ho at once telegraphed through the proper channel an inquiry as to the nature of the injury, and as to what hospital his son hud been sent. Private Grierson was only 21 years of age, and was educated at Epsom and tho Auckland Grammar School. Ho matriculated, and had passed the first section of his LL.D. examination, and wa6 employed in the office of Messrs. Parr and Blomfield. Being anxious to get away at the earliest date, lie joined the Army 'Servico Corps, and in Egypt he managed to get transferred to tho 3rd, Auckland. Infantry. A letter was received from him, written the day before leaving Zeitoun Camp, but his relatives have not heard from him since.

PRIVATE MAUGHAN HARNETT. Private Lewcn Mauglian Barnott, who has been wounded, is a son of the city organist, Mr. J. Mauglian Burnett, and is only 21 years of age. He was educated at Wellington College, and went farming in Nelson and subsequently in the Waikato. He enlisted in a Waikato detachment.

LANCE-CORPORAL C. SAVORY. Lance-Corporal Chas. Savory, who is reported in the latest casualty list from the Dardanelles as wounded, was well known in athletic circles of the Dominion. He played the Rugby Union game for some years and then, transferring to the Rugby League,'accepted a position in the combined New Zealand and New South Wales team which toured England.. s He played for* Auckland and New Zealand on many subsequent occasions, his last ap> pearance hero as a member of the New Zealand team which put up such a great fight against the English team at the Domain last August. He gained the highest Dominion honours as an amateur boxer, and at the present time holds tho title of heavy-weight champion of New Zealand. He was a man of fine physique. LanceCorporal Savory enlisted in the Auckland section of tho Army Service Corps, and left New Zealand with the main Expe ditionary Force.

SERGEANT J. L. COTTON. A recent list of men in the Pout, de Koubbch Hospital, Cairo, included tho name of Sergt. Jesso L. Cotton. Ho left villi the second reinforcements, being attached to-the headquarters staff of the Auckland Infantry. Sergt. Cotton came to New Zealand from Birmingham about five years ago and was in tho employ of F. E. Jackson and Co., Elliott Street, as a traveller when he volunteered for service,