MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16011, 1 September 1915, Page 9

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

CAPTAIN W. HARDHAM, V.C.

Captain W. Hardham, V.C., of Petone, ■who -was recently wounded in the Dardanelles, is making excellent .progress towards recovery, and expects soon to be back at the front. Writing from Alexandria Hospital on June 17, he states: — "I pot a pretty hard knock, but • it is healing -up wonderfully fast. I expect to be up and out any day now. I got a bullet through the back of mv left band and then one through my chest on the left side, just below the collarbone. It was a strlight, clean wound, and a few more weeks should see me as fit as ever again. The hand has already healed up and, except for a thumb and forefinger being hard to bend, is as good as ever. The wound through the chest is healing rapidly and the doctors and nurses are very pleased with the rapid progress. ' MAJOR W. C. SINEL. Mr. T. E. Sinel, Queen's Wharf, has received the following cablegram from his son, Major W. C. Sinel, who was reported on August 14 to have beer wounded:—"Shot through the knee on August 6. Doing well." Major Sinel '-6 in a hospital j,t Alexandria. LIEUTENANT G. T. THOMPSON. Lieutenant G. T. Thompson, Auckland Mounted Rifles, whose death is announced, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Thompson, of Port Albert, and grandson of the late Mr. John Shepherd, one of the pioneer settlers of Albertland. As a volunteer, Lieutenant Thompson was an enthusiastic member of the Rodney Mounted Rifles and rose to the rank of sergeant. Shortly after reaching the front commissioned rank was conferred upon tlio young "man SERGEANT V. J. HAY. Sergeant Vernon J. Hay, who has been killed in action, was a son of Mr. J. Hay, postmaster at Devonport, and was 21 years of age. He served his time on the well-known Craig sailing vessels, and gained the second officer's foreign-going certificate at the age of 17 years, and at that time was the youngest man to gain that qualification in the mercantile marine. He was offered a position by the Union Steam Ship Company, and remained in its service until the beginning of this year, when he obtained leave of absence, and joined the fifth reinforcements for the Auckland Infantry as a private. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant before the contingent left New Zealand. CAPTAIN REGINALD MILES. An official message stated that Captain Reginald Miles, of the Howitzer Battery, was at Malta suffering from a severe gunshot wound in the right shoulder. A cablegram received later from Captain Miles read, " Wound slight, doing splendidly." SERGEANT R. A. FLEMING. Sergeant Robert Anthony Fleming, of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fleming, of Rangiora. It was his proud boast that his ancestors had saved the flag bearing the legend, " For Christ and the Covenant," from the bloody field of Bothwell Bridge in 1688. The flag is still in the possession of the family. In his last letter from Gallipoli Sergeant Fleming stated that Sergeant A. R. Greenwood and himself were the only sergeants of the C.Y.C. then standing their ground out of 12, and these two young soldiers gave up their lives in the same engagement. PRIVATE TALBOT. Private Talbot, whose death was announced on Saturday, was a brother of Mr. C. J. Talbot, M.P. for Temuka, Dr. Talbot, Timaru, and Mr. A. E. Talbot, one of those who discovered the overland track between Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound. SERGEANT L. G. MUNRO. Regimental Sergeant-Trumpeter Lewis George Munro, who is reported to have been killed in action, left with the main body as staff trumpeter to Colonel Mackeey. He was a sou of Mr. and Mrs.

G. Munro, of Win, Pap at oe toe, and was 28 years of age. He was educated at- the Pa.rnell School and afterwards at Cambridge High School. Sergeant Munro took a prominent part in the cadet movement and was later in the territorials. Having lived at Parneil, at Cambridge, Henderson, and' Mauku, and latterly travelled throughout the North for Messrs. H. M. Smeeton, Ltd., he had an exceptionally largo circle of friends. Sergeant Munro took a keen interest in physical culture and the art of self-defence, and was well known as an amateur wrestler.

TROOPER P. BREWIN. Advice has been received that Trooper Percy Brewin, son of Mr. J. Brewin, of the Lion Brewery, is among the wounded soldiers returning by the steamer Tahiti. Trooper Brewin left with the main body of the 4th, Waikato, Mounted Rifles. Before enlisting he was for many years at Rotorua, where he was very popular. Trooper Brewin saw active service in the Boer war, serving with the Sixth Contingent. He has a brother in the Ambulance Corps at Gallipoli. PRIVATE T. EDWARDS. Private Thos. Edwards, Auckland Infantry Battalion, who is reported to have been wounded, is a son of Mrs. J. Edwards, 35, Bond Street, Archhill. He is 23 years of age, and was educated at the Newton West school. Private Edwards was employed by Mr. A. J. Dawson, Great North Road, when he enlisted and left with the fourth reinforcements. TROOPER A. J. FARR. Trooper Arthur Jno. Farr, Auckland Mounted Rifles, who was killed in action on August 8, was a brother of Mr. W. D. Farr. Auckland Police Station. Born at Crickhowell, Breoonshire. Wales, in 1892, he arrived in New Zealand about four years ago, and took up farming at V\ annate North, Bay of Islands. He enlisted with the main body of the Expeditionary Force. PRIVATE F. W. WROBLESKE. Private F. W. Wrobleske, whose name appears :n the recent list of Auckland Battalion men who ara missing, was about 26 years of age, and was employed as a tailor at Morrinsville for above 12 months prior to enlisting early in the present year. He has relations living at Morrinsville, and his mother resides at Kameri, Westlaad. TWO BROTHERS. Two brothers—Trooper George Alexander Douglas and Trooper Thomas Lewis Douglas— of Mrs. Anrye Douglas, of Rocklands Avenue, Dominion Road, and of the late Mr. William John Douglas, of Tauranga, were killed in action during the recent heavy fighting on Gallipoli. Both young men were born and educated at Tauranga, where the family is well known and widely respected. Trooper G. A. Douglas wis 28 years of age. He was a farmer by occupation, and for about five years prior to the outbreak of war resided near Gisborne. He enlisted with the main body of the North Auckland Mounted Rifles, and was killed in action on August 8. His brother, Trooper T. L. Douglas, was 26 years of age at the time of his death in action, on August 9. For about six years prior to enlisting he resided at Ohakune, where he carried on a successful business as a builder and contractor, and had a promising future before him. Ho left in the main body with the 6th, Manawatu, Mounted Rifles. Both brothers took a keen interest in military matters, and served in the old volunteers at Tauranga and Gisborne. The younger brother was a particularly good rifle shot and won a number of medals and other trophies at various shooting competitions. " Both were fine young fellows," said their mother. They have done good work tor their country, but—l expected to get one back."