MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15998, 17 August 1915, Page 9

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

1 MAJOR W. C. SIN" EL. Major Wilfred Courtnaj Sinel, 6th. .ilanrak;. Company, who -was reported yesterday, to have been wounded, is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Sinel, m of Peel Street, Grey Lynn. By the addi- §§ on of his Ea me, the list of casualties g iios - cantons the names of all the company officers of the Auckland Battalion fl ft several of the headquarters staff, who i 1! * ith L , the ma force - Ma Jor Sinel Kit Auckland as captain in the 6th Mnrakis, and evidently took the place , ■ -lajpr F. Stuekey, who has been miss|!f Auckland as stages of the fighting. toakis and evidently took the plaea ' iUjor F. Stuckey, who has been miss--5 f.race the early stages of the fighting. Captain Sinel's promo- | «a had been received previous to his 1 ' 2. appearing. in the casualty listI f.-, Is 34 years of age, and was ■1 S'Lnl,/ D ksa l " ti anfl educated at the •I pCi i oad school. Since leaving 1 h , as . be '- n engaged in the 1 ilairtr V b ? busl!1 «-' 1 with hi s father. '■J :' "i mifit taken a keen interest I Sefiv-f 7 atters '^ or about 20 years. J So 9 v S 5- a volunteer in the old J .it Company, changing later -§ iffl™ Battery, New Zealand Field IViait of n afterwards became lieu--1 & ... 'P® Eden Cadets, subsequently i I rfK Captain of the Devon--1 -'felt to 5 ' ? as one of the contingent 1 •^t;l Pred t,le dominion at the 1 Edward. Major Sinel Jr sift »i) " l k■ u r lr' att> Sinel, serv- § ; »j=. iSf, h - Haurakis - Private Sinel I : %®t ..j r °L. t!,e fi rst Samoa conI r S tin j °" hls "turn to New Zca--1 Ss J°? t t!IQ fourth reinforcements i (,4jaßy, transferred to the Hauraki - iL C S IAIN RALp WYMAX. 1 StfaSPS w recei 7 ed yest<?rda b y ft :-ftaio lipinl; ;;7 Illa " from tue brother, IISiS Wyman, 3rd, Auckland! & vfeded in J' "*uug that lie had been ; Bl>ttedto^ le r,f arm and had been m f s^s messaip* 3 p lezieh Hospital, Cairo. a lie is « JL' P t,aj!l Wyman mentions 1 favourably." Cap-Bf-Wvtnan '1 a* ™ d mfeofelKW m-1*- Aiy ai Ton u al ® ' mil on "tii • - Ai orw; to * ma 1 * 2ealand tj ari % " aa ®-^St an i resi §? ie,] m to so^^^^sfea. "S s?.'■'* r opi2 • a ? p° Auckland lie iffiggged l*!yil*Jr T T ack - r ° k eno and * [wl? o Perty there f roJlana ' leaving -I Jor" 6 to 01n . tile main Exit: a.-** Men a V Captain Wyman has J.s.' >t • "i dm>;n Cei iu ll,ter€ * i 111 military I I $ • of A £ volunteer regime ' 1 8* ° . Pukkol '« Mounted f\ ; ISr to M ttm ß the visit of Lord i .fete' Captain \v ea spe:lal comrnenda- } i i; J«jou n tho J r J lan lias a " unusual •i ° f a mti6 — ' m gun-laymg. i bSWIf- MiI ° E » 8 H Xf< ? rd \ deported I -1' GJ- Xped ition a , v Tr? land , Wlth the iIS2Vr/ nd has been $ IS I y v ,-as 1-,!. , landl "? »» April. V.jl feg B t' !\ ln Wellington, M a a ', th ? 8011001 of tho & a£^ d 0 a / teiwa at the I - th fe W^ 100 '" Tn 1875 - I fs a nr^ e ?- eyan Methodist iaffifei- the £b r r and was ® fce is n no ,! n Dunedin in 1 . & ®d clero-vrr. 0 6 bes t known I I s?l^S^ en ' having held 10 P and ''l:S 10(K ptain ofth& 4? n? Ut h Africa as fi ib? ®°", ern battel ion si Cdttltaan/T received the B *4 (ft the 5 S g officer iw i»8 r:\ W b-n d Wound ed. For j. J 1 y Kfe--. y « the ruiJi a ? enthusiastic ||| ld\ 0i 2nd S w years he has I M % atten d ! an 8 a ™i, Injjj - • ? d tha territorial

camps regularly. On various occasions, his public utterances on military matters have • attracted the notice of the public of New Zealand. Chaplain-Major Luxford's son, Trooper F. M. Luxford, of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, was wounded at the Dardanelles a few weeks ago. [ LIEUTENANT ' P. MACKAY. > Lieut. Peter Mackay, Otago Mounted , Rifles, reported killed, was a son of Mr. ■ and Mrs. John Mackay, of Braemore. i Otago. He left with the Otago Mounted Rifles section of the main Expeditionary : Force. He was born and educated at i Otama, and was well known throughout . the district. Lieut. Mackay took a very . enthusiastic interest in the territorials, of i which he was a sergeant. A month before enlisting he sat for his lieutenant's examination, and while in camp at Trentham was notified of his success, and was given a lieutenant's commission. He was 23 years of age. LANCE-CORPORAL C. SAVORY. Lance-Corporal Chas. Savory, who has died from wounds, was res ported wounded in a casualty list published on June 16. On June 25 a message was received stating that he was progressing favourably, and later a similar message was received, but no particulars were given of the nature of his wounds. On July 7 a message from Alexandria stated that no further reports had been received since Savory was reported wounded. Private letters from men at the front who knew him indicated that he was dead. 'The Records Department at Wellington was communicated with, but could give no definite information. La -Corporal Savory's relatives have now received a telegram from the Minister for Defence stating that he died of wounds on May 8. Lanco-Corporal Savory was well-known in athletic circles iu the Dominion. -He played the Rugby Union game for some years and then, transferring to tho Rugby League,_ accepted a position in the combined New Zealand and New South Wales team which toured England. Ho played for Auckland and New Zealand on many .subsequent occasions, his last appearance hero being as a member of the New Zealand team which put up such a fight against the English team at the Domain last August. Ho gained the highest Dominion honours as an amateur boxer, and |jvhen he left Auckland held the title of Heavy-weight champion of New Zealand. lie P'as a man of fine physique. Lance-Cor-poral Savory enlisted in the Auckland section of the Army Service Corps, and left New Zealand with the main Expeditionary Force. CORPORAL E. C. HOULT. Letters have been received by his parents from Corporal E. C. Hoult, Wellington Infantry. The latent was dated June 1, and ho had then been a patient in Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, for six weeks. Ho was very severely wounded two days after landing but had made a good recover}', and expected to be able to leave | his bod for the first time on the dav following the date of his letter. Corporal Hoult mentions that there were 18,000 wounded soldiers in Manchester, and all of them were frequently visited by people of the city, and received tobacco," fruit., and other gifts from them. PRIVATE W. J. GRIFFITHS. Mr. J. Griffiths, of Pollen Street, Grey Lynn. has received advice that his son, Private William James Griffiths has received a gunshot wound, and has sustained rf fracture of the skull. Private Griffiths left Auckland in the band of the 3rd, Auckland, Regiment, but since the landing at Gallipoli has been serving as a | stretcher-bearer. He is 29 years of age, and a native of Timaru, where he received his education. Private Griffiths is a ■ painter by trade, and for a number of | years has been in the employ of Air. F. ! Brinsdon, Grey Lynn. He was for many ; 5 years a bandsman' in the city corps of the i . Salvation Armj>