ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15950, 22 June 1915, Page 4

ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

NEW ZEALAND OFFICERS.

MANY NEW COMMISSIONS.

DARDANELLES CASUALTIES. [from ou« OWN" correspoxdkxt.] London-, May 12.

The first list of New Zealand casualties at i the Dardanelles appeared in the papers this week, and a day or two later the first full list of wounded was posted by the record officer, Mr. T. E. Donne, in the corridor at the Higli Commissioner's Office, where it. was inspected by a continuous stream of inquirers and relatives. The casualties from the front in France are now coming in at a much faster rate than during the winter months, and as often as not there is at least one New Zealander in the list. It is expected that the first batch of wounded will arrive from the Dardanelles in the courso of tho next few days. They will be sent to different military hospitals in this country. Lieutenant-Commander B. G. Frcyberg, of the Royal Navy Division, has been wounded in the earliest.lighting at the Dardanelles. This is Ins second injury. In the Antwerp expedition his hand came in contact with a live wire, and was put out of action for some time- but he had quite recovered. Another New Zealander wounded in tho Dardanelles on May 5 was Sub-Lieutenant H.M. Chrystall, of j Christchurch. His injury is slight, and he j hopes to be able within a month to Return | to duty. At present he is in hospital at Alexandria.

Dr. P. P. Stewart, who came to the Old Country a year ago, has joined the i Royal Array Medical Corps, and was under i orders to 1 proceed to Dunkirk when the news came of the shelling of that town by the German naval guns mounted in the German lines. The hospital having been severely damaged, Lieutenant Stewart was posted to a large new military hospital at Bankend, irear Edinburgh, an institution of 1300 beds. Dr. Stewart's brother, Mr. H, D. Stewart, of Atiamuri, lias come to England to get a commission in the army. Both, are originally from Milton, Otago. Mr. A. M. Finlayson, M.Sc, formerly of Otago University, has returned to England from Burma, where he has been for the past four and a-half- years with the Burma Oil Company. When war broke out Mr. Finlayson entered the Rangoon Volunteers, with whom he did some months' training, and he is now applying for a commission here. He was an Exhibition scholar at the South Kensington Science College. r Mr. Peter Clarke, the well-known New Zealand geologist, has come across from Canada to offer his services. Mr. Clarke was. associated with Dr. Macintosh Bell in mining matters in Canada, and he did his recruit training with the Mcdill University Officers' Training Corps. He has two brothers already serving. At present be is in Ireland on a visit. Lieutenant L. Bruce Stringer, of Christchurch, who was with the West Kent ! Yeomanry at Maidstone in January, has I resigned his commission in the R.A.M.C.. and has entered the navy with rank of .temporary surgeon, with seniority May 3. I Mr. R. A. Wilson, of Wellington, who 'recently arrived in London, has joined .the London Scottish.

Mr. Ralph Black, of Auckland, has just I reached London from California, with the | intention of joining King Edward's Horse. I He saw service in South Africa with the ; Second Queensland Contingent, and a j brother of his is a member of the 6th, ! Hauraki, Regiment, now at tho Dardan- ! elles. Captain R. F. Nation, 3rd Royal Fusiliers, son of Mr. George Nation, late of New Zealand, is reported among the wounded under date April 25. Mr. Keith H. Izard, of Wellington, has a commission as second lieutenant in the 3rd Royal Sussex. He was among the New Zealanders here who joined Captain Lampen at Salisbury Plain last year. 'j Lieutenant C. A. B. P., Hawkins, Now 1 Zealand Military Forces, is gazetted staff ; captain, Royal Artillery. Dr. W. C. Gavin is a lieutenant in the R.A.M.C. I Mr. Harold Salmon, of Gisborne. ap- : plied for a commission in the new army. He has been appointed second lieutenant 1 to the 16th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. Beforo joining his regiment ho ' will attend an instruction class at Oxford. Mr. Salmon lias been staying with his parents at Brighton. I Trooper R. G. Warren, from the 9th, 1 Wellington-East Coast Mounted Rifles, I New Zealand, is gazetted second lieu- ! tenant A.S.C., attached to Highland Divisional Train. Dr. L. W. Rolleston, R.A.M.U., is to have tho rank of major while serving with a war hospital. He is now attached to the hospital at Napsbury. Miss S. M. Lee, of Tokomara Bay, will be here until the autumn. She has i volunteered to help New Zealand convalescents. Dr. A. B. Danby, of Wellington, is gazetted temporary surgeon in the navy, with seniority May 4. Second Lieutenant O. R. F. Johnston, of Wellington, 6th Middlesex Regiment, has been promoted lieutenant. Mr. S. Howard Ellis, of Auckland, is attached to the 15th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, as second lieuI tenant. Just now he is posted for serjvico with the 4th Battalian at Newsham 'Park, Northumberland. I Lieutenant G. S, Bogle has finished his 'eight weeks' course at Chatham, and has 1 been posted to the Scottish Division, 9th i Kitchener's First Army, now at Boro'on. j Lieutenant J. E. Anderson was sent 'from Chatham to the Royal Engineers' ! training depot at Aldershot. Ho was up in town recuperating from an attack of measles when ho was recalled by wire i under orders for embarkation on May 7. , Miss Higrinson, Waikalo, and Miff Maryon Collins, West Coast, left London on Saturday for Malta with tho nursing unit organised by Mrs. Moncrieff. The Misses Dorothy and Gertrude Francis are at Dr. Hayden Guest's Red Cross Hospital at Lismoges, France. Major A. E. Glasgow, of the Bth Royal Sussex (Pioneers) is today gazetted to command battalion and to bo temporary lieutenant-colonel. Lieutenants M. L. G. Hallwright, M.D., R.A.M.C, and C. C. Choyce, M.D., F.R.C.S., R.A.M.C, are to have the ternporary rank of captain. Both aro New Zealanders. Mr. Keith Murray, stepson of Dr. McDowell, of Auckland, has arrived in Loudon, and is trying to join tho flying corps. LATE CAPTAIN WALKER. AX ENGLISH APPRECIATION. [from ottk OW.V CORRESPONDENT.] London', May 12. Sincere regret was expressed at the appearance in tho list of killed of the name of Captain Henry John Innes Walker, Ist Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, of Auckland. Captain Walker was regarded an one of tho finest all-round athletes in the army. Subsequently he made a prominent namo for himself lis a threequarter back when playine: for Blackheath. In the season of 1913-14 he was one of tho fastest man engaged in Rugby football in England, and footballers are of one mind that he will be greatly missed at the rectory field. The Morning Post remarks that Captain Walker had fine pace and had very safe hands for fielding; he was strongly built, and could "hand-off" as well as G. O. ' Hubbard used to do for the club. Walker joined the Warwickshires from the New Zealand Defence Force, and Gallagher's New Zealand team thought a creat deal of him. Of that famous army fifteen that nlayed at' Queen's Club. J. L. Hugean, H. J. I. Walker, R. F. Simson (threequarters), Lewis Robertson, and E. F. Boyd, have been killed; G. C. Gowland, A. L. W. Neave, and R. M. Scobie have been wounded, and. Charlie Usher and ' G. W. Oliphant are prisoners of war. The two lant-named were captured in the ' grand retreat from Mons. . . , i