MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16098, 11 December 1915, Page 9

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. TROOPER C. J. WALSH. Trooper Clifford James Walsh, l§th, North Auckland, Regiment, main body, who was wounded on November 16, is a son of Mrs. Margaret and the late William Walsh, of 12, Ryle Street, Ponsonby. He was latterly attached to the Signalling Corps of the headquarters staff at Gallipoli. Trooper Walsh had been through the whole campaign up to the time he was wounded. Bis brother, Private Norman Hackett Walsh, aged 19, who went awa- with the fourth reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, died of dysentery in September at Malta. Trooper Walsh is an electrical engineer, and was employed by the Telegraph Department at Whangarei" before he went to the war. He is a member of the West End Rowing Club, and a footballer and swimmer, SAPPER R. W. BARRY. Private advice was receeived in Auckland yesterday that Sapper R_. W. Barry, second son' of Mrs. E. Barry, of Dilworth Terrace, Parnell, had died of wounds on the hospital ship Dongola on December 3. Sapper Barry went to the front as a member of the Divisional Signalling Corps with the main body of the Expeditionary Force. He took part in the landing at the Dardanelles and early in June was erroneously reported as tilled in action. A later cable stated he was wounded. He recovered from the wounds received at the landing and returned to the firing line. He was well known in Auckland and Canterbury athletic circles as " Bob" Barry. Ho was born at Akaroa and educated at the Akarca Boys' High School. He went to the South African war as a member of one of the New Zealand contingents and on his return joined the clerical staff of the New Zealand Express Company. He was with '.he company for about 13 years, and left its employ to enlist. He represented the Canterbury Province in both hockey and cricket, and on coming tt Auckland helped to inaugurate the game of hotkey here. He was a member of the United and College Rifles Hockey Clubs and represented Auckland for many years. He played for the Parnell senior cricket team, and was considered one of the best fieldsmen in Auckland.