MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16039, 4 October 1915, Page 7

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

CAPTAIN J. HOULKER.

Captain James Hoalker, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, died of wounds, was reported killed in action and a few days later t.he base records office advised that he was wounded only. Captain Houlker m civilian life was a well-known Nelson solicitor. LIEUTENANT A. G. ALDRIDGE. Lieutenant Arthur George Aldridge, who is reported to have died on August 10 on the hospital ship Valdivia, as the result of wounds received at the Dardanelles on August 8, was born at Nelson, and was the eldest son of the late Mr. T. A.. Aldridge, formerly stationmaster at Frankton Junction. He received his education at the Southland High School and for many years was a member of the staff of the district traffic manager's office, Auckland. He was also an officer in the Railway Engineers. He left for tlje front with the Auckland Infantry Battalion, fourth reinforcement*, and was two months in the firing line before meeting his death. Lieutenant Aldridge was 30 years of ago, and shortly before leaving for the front was married to Miss Vernie Young, daughter of the late Mr. E. C Voung and Airs. Young, o'f Christchurch. Mrs. Aldridge is at present living at High\yic Avenue," Remuera, and his mother, sister and brother reside at Arcadia Road Epsom. LIEUTENANT W. H. WALKER. Lieutenant William H. Walker, Maori contingent, reported wounded, is a native of Rotoiti. He was educated at St. Stephen's School, Parnell, and won the senior Makanni scholarship in 1901. After a period at Te Aute College he entered the theological college at Te Rau, Gisborne, to tram for the ministry, but left there for t the Civil Service in 1906. He was one of the first to enlist in the Maori contingent and left Auckland as platoon sergeant, While in Malta he'received his commission as second lieutenant. According to letters lately received from other officers of the contingent, Lieutenant Walker rendered valuable scouting services shortly after landing at Gallipoli.

MAJOR W. W. ALDERMAN. A letter received by an Auckland resident, from Mrs. Alderman, wife of Major W. W. Alderman, states that instead of accepting leave after recovering from his wounds, Major Alderman decided, as so many men were required at the front, to return to Gallipoli. He has been in the bring line since August 12. SERGEANT R. G. MARTIN. Sergeant Robert Guy Martin, who is reported to have been wounded, is 25 vears LP* -i a ge, and is the youngest son of Air. H. Martin, assistant librarian at the Supreme Court. He was a member of A Battery, Auckland, in the volunteer days, and held the rank of sergeant when the territorial system came into force. When the war broke out he enlisted in the brigade ammunition column, and received the rank of sergeant.

CORPORAL GREVDLLE GARLAND. A cablegram has been received by Mr. W. o*Garland, of Remuera, from his son, Corporal Greville Garland, stating that he has been invalided to England. Corporal Garland was recently * wounded in the left shoulder while serving with the 4th, Waikato, Mounted Rifles. CORPORAL J. A. MELVILLE. Corporal James Alexander Melville, 6th, Hauraki, Company, who was reported wounded on August 8, is a son of Mrs. Melville, Rotoma. He is 23 years of age and was born at Eaterangi, Waikato. Corporal Melville was employed at the post and telegraph office at Rotorua and Gisborne as a telegraphist. He was a keen Kugby football player and had represented i Rotorua. He also took a great interest in i rowmg and was for many vears a member .of the Rotorua Rowing Club.

PRIVATE K. C. JOHNSTONE. Private Keith Carlisle Johnstone, who has been wounded at the Dardanelles, is the youngest son of Mr. A. Johnstone, of Ngaroto, formerly of Roto-o-Rangi, Cambridge. He took a keen interest in hockey and played for two years in succession with the Waipa representatives. He was born in Masterton, but moved to the Waikato with his parents some years ago. An elder brother, Driver R. N. Johnstone, has been serving with the Army Service Corps since the outbreak of war. Private Johnstone is 19 years of age, and left New Zealand with the fifth reinforcements.

PRIVATE THEODORE C. W. MARSHALL. Private Theodore Chas. W. Marshall, reported in a recent casualty list as having died of typhoid, was 22 years of age. He was the eldest son of Gunner Chas. Marshall, R.N.Z.A., who was stationed at Devonport for nearly 30 years, but was recently transferred to Wellington. Private Marshall was educated at the Devonport Public School and Giles's College, and was employed at wholesale warehouses in Auckland prior to leaving for Te Kuiti to take up fanning, an occupation which he left to join the third reinforcements. He was in the firing line at Gallipoli almost four months before he contracted the disease which caused his death. Private Marshall was an amateur boxer and also played junior football. He was a descendant of a fighting family, his paternal grandfather came to New Zealand as a member of an English Regular regiment which took part in the Maori war in Taranaki and Auckland in the sixties. PRIVATE A. JEWISS. The latest advice received by Mrs. C. Jewiss, 27, Sherbourne Road, Mount Eden, regarding her only son, Private A. Jewiss, is that two months ago he was lying dangerously ill in the Floriana Hospital, Malta. Private Jewiss was wounded, but had quite recovered. On July 27, Mrs. Jewiss received an official cablegram stat ing that her son had been disembarked, slightly sick, at Malta. Writing to her on August 8, one of the chaplains stated that Private Jewiss was dangerously ill. He left with the third reinforcements for the Canterbury Infantry Battalion. TROOPER MACDONALD. Advice has been received in Auckland that Trooper A.„G. Macdonald, Auckland Mounted Rifles, has been admitted to the First Southern Birmingham Hospital, having .lost his right eye. Trooper Macdonald is a son of Mrs. J. Macdonald, Kingussie, Pencarrow 'Avenue, Mount Eden, and the late Mr. John Macdonald.

TROOPER A. BROKENSHIRE. .trooper Albert Brokenshire, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, who has been wounded, was born at West *Te Aroha, where he was educated. He is 27 years of age, and is the second son of Mr. E. Brokenshire, formerly" of Te Arolia, but now of Te Atatu, Henderson Point. Trooper Brokenshire was employed by the Waihi Gold Mining Company prior to the commencement of hostilities. PRIVATE R. H. COURT. After surviving many dangers, Private R. H. Court, son of Mr. Robert Court, Epsom., has been discharged from his regiment as unfit for further service. He was a member of the first contingent sent from Fiji, and fought with the 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifles, in which the contingent was incorporated during the fierce battles at Tpres in April and May. He was stunned and blinded by the explosion of a shell, but recovered. Then, while on leave, his sight again failed. Writing to his father on August 10, Private Court stated that he had been dia-

charged from the City of London military hospital on that date, with his sight fully restored. The: doctors had, however, decided that he would not again be fit to return »to the front, eo he has enlisted for home defence until the end of the war.

TROOPER R. H. PAGE.

Trooper Roy .H. Page, Auckland Mounted Rifles, recently wounded in action at the ' Dardanelles, is the second son of Air. Charles H. Page, Kingsland. He attended the Mount Albert district'school and the Auckland Technical College, and was engaged in the building trade. He left Egypt early in May for the Dardanelles, and was there until wounded on August 28. Trooper Page is now progress uig favourably in a Birmingham Hospital. SAPPER W. C. WASHER. . Sapper .William Charles Washer, who was wounded on August 20, is the eldest son of Mr. William Washer, Horotiu, Waikato. His early years were occupied in farming, and he also spent a few years dairy farming in the Taranaki district. Later he resided in Dunedin, taking over the management of the Calcutta and Foochow Tea Company, in which business he was well known. He went to the front with the fourth reinforcements.

TROOPER J. W. DAWSON. Trooper James William Dawson, Auckland Mounted Rifles, who is reported to have been wounded at the Dardanelles on August 28, is a son of Mr. James Dawson, of Victoria Valley, Mangonui. He is not yet 21 years of age. He was well Known in cricketing circles in the North. PRIVATE E. R. v JACK. Private E. R. Jack, who has been killed in action, was 20 years of age, and was the son of Mr. N. P. Jack, of Henderson, the late Private Jack was born at Whangarei, and prior to the outbreak of the war was engaged in the draperv business. He left New Zealand with the mam body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.. and was in the machine-gun! section of -the Auckland Battalion.