MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15975, 21 July 1915, Page 9

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. LIEUTENANT SIMPSON. The death of Lieutenant W. S. Simpson, m the 15th, North Auckland, Company, was referred to in a letter received in Auckland yesterday from Captain C. S. Algie, officer commanding the company. On May 50 Lieutenant Simpson, the writer states, was superintending the construction of a road in wihat v. as regarded ar. a safe area when he was struck in the back by a spent bullet. Death was instantaneous. PRIVATE G. BOND. Some anxiety has been felt by Mr. J. S. Bond, of Hamilton, as to the whereabouts of 'his son, Private. Ous Bond, who was reported wounded at the Dardanelles. Letters received from his comrades stated that after he was wounded they bound him up and left him in the trenches, but on their return he was missing. It was surmised that he might have been picked up by the. ambulance men or had himself made his way back to the dressing-station on the beach, but for some time nothing could be learned as to his whereabouts. Yesterday, however, Mr. Bond received a cable message from his other son, Sergeant A. J. Bond, at Alexandria, stating that Gus is in the hospital at Malta. PRIVATE F. McCONNELL. Cable advice was received yesterday frcm Private Frederick McConnell, 16th, Waikato, Company, that he is '" returning home shortly " and is " doing well." He was wounded on April 25, and in letters from Alexandria nas stated tfiiat he received three bullet wounds in his left hand. A recent official report stated that he had been discharged from hospital. Private McConnell, who is a brother of Mr. T. McConnell, Queen Street, was in the employ of J. J. Craig, Ltd., when he enlisted in che main force.

LANCE-CORPORAL A. E. ADAMS. Letters received from Lance-Corporal A. E. Adams, 15th, North Auckland, Infantry Company, sho / that he took part in j the first two weeks of the campaign, and was then wounded in both arms. He wrote from Malta saying that he was making a good recovery. Lance-Corporal Adams is a son of Mr. G. Adams, Green Street, Ponsonby, and was working at Kaitaia when he enlisted in the main force He served nine years in the Garrison Artillery at Auckland. PRIVATE DAVID THOMAS. Private David James Thomas, of Mewburn Avenue, Mount Eden, who was killed on May 8, in the battle of Achi Baba. was amongst the foremost of the Aucklanders in the attack on the Turkish position. He fell shot through the heart. The deceased was a member of the 3rd, Auckland, Regiment, and was only 18 years of age. PRIVATE P. J. STEVENS. Private Percy James Stevens. Auckland Infantry Battalion, who was reported last week to have been wounded, is a son of Mr. J. H. Stevens, of Palmerston North. He is 24 years of age, and a well-known swimmer. Private Stevens was farming in the Auckland district when the war broke out, and joined the Hauraki Company. — j PRIVATE W. BAUER. A letter received from a wounded com- j rade of Private W. Bauer, 6th, Hauraki, j Company, states that after being shot in the thigh Private Bauer developed enteric fever, and was seriously ill. Writing | from Alexandria on May 2 Private Bauer stated that he had received a flesJh wound in the thigh, and had the third finger of his right hand shattered the previous day. He expected to return to the front within three weeks. Private Bauer was subsequently reported to be dangerously ill, though his relatives were unable to ascertain the nature of the illness. WITH THE CANADIANS. A former school teacher at Waihi, Mr. J. B. O'Connor, has been wounded while serving with the first Canadian contingent "somewhere in Flinders." Mr. O'Connor left Waihi on a trip round the world, and when war broke out joined the (.Canadian forces. He is a son of Mr. J. B. O'Connor, of Fairlie, South Canterbury. TROOPS IN SAMOA. HEALTH OF THE GARRISON. [BT TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] Wellington*. Tuesday. In his week-end report to the Defence Department, Colonel Logan, Administrator of Samoa, states that the general health of the garrison troops is good. The following are suffering from the maladies named, but are all doing well:—Wire-lese-Sergt. R. Croucher. enteric fever; Pte. W. Martin, nasal sinus trouble; Pte. A. H. Gannaway. tonsilitis; Pte. W. Alexander, pharyngitis; Pte. C. C. John bod, cellulitis..