MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16283, 17 July 1916, Page 7

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

CAPTAIN T. R. BOND. i A cableoram was received yesterday by : Mr. Stephen Bond, caretaker of Govern- ' - ment House, stating that his son, Captain j Victor Roach Bond, of the New Zealand ; Expeditionary Force, had been slightly ] ■wounded in France.' Captain Bond, who ! ' i had been employed by the Railway Depart- j [ ment at Ellerslie and afterwards by the : . Lands Department in Wellington, accom- j ' panied the advance guard £o Samoa on the , outbreak of war. When the guard was '_ relieved, he proceeded to Egvpt with one of the reinforcement drafts. Captain Bond ' saw service at Gallipoli, and came through unscathed. He has two brothers on active service. Although only 25 year of age, » Captain Bond rapidly gained promotion, his enthusiasm for military work and his experience while in the territorials standing him in good stead. LIEUT. H. H. DOUGHTY. ; Mr. A. D. Doughty, of Auckland Savings Bank, has received a cablegram from his son, Lieut. H. H. Doughty, of the Field Artillery, who "was reported dangerously ill two or three days ago, stating that he was in Cambridge, England, and ' that everything was well with him. LIEUT. A. R. C. SMART. Lieutenant Albert R. C. Smart, who has [ been wounded in France, is the son of Mr. James Smart, of Invercargill, and grand- . son of the late Mr. James Smart, of Auck- , land. Lieutenant Smart was born at Winslow, Canterbury, in 1894, and was educated at the District High School, Lumsden. He left Invercargill wth the . main body, and was wounded at Gallipoli ! on August 9. 1915. After this campaign j he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. I LIEUTENANT J. L. PRESCOTT. j A report that Lieutenant John Laughton ! Prescott. eldest son of Mr. T. Prescott, of . Birkenhead, has been wounded in the j right forearm has been received. Lieutenant Prescott was a territorial' sergeant I at the outbreak of the war, and was a member of the Samoan advance guard. He was employed as a carpenter in Auckland prior to enlisting for active service. CORPORAL A. L. TRESIDDER. Corporal Allan Leslie Tresidder, who ; has been wounded in France, and admitted to hospital, is the son of Dr. H. Tresidder, ' of Onehunga. He is 27 years of age, and was educated at the King's College. Auckland. Corporal Tresidder was a clerk in ' the Masterton Magistrate's Court. He was an enthusiastic athlete, and was a : well-known amateur boxer and runner. ' Enlisting with the main body as a pri- \ vate. Corporal Tresidder went "to Gallipoli, where he was wounded at the landing. LANCE-CORPORAL G. L. KNIGHT. Advice has been received by Mr. W. Knight of The Vineries, Mangere, that his . son, Lance-Corporal George L. Knight, was . wounded in France and embarked for Eng- i . land on July 2. Lance-Corporal Knight . was born in Mangere and educated at the ! Mangere Bridge school. He was well ' known in athletic circles, having won manv trophies. PRIVATE G. E. RUSSELL. ' The death of Private George Edward j Russell is reported. Private Russell was ! the fourth son of Mrs. Rosina E. Russell i ' and the late Mr. James Wilson Russell, of j Fairfax Road, Epsom. He was educated ' at the Remuera school and at St. John's j College. After working for a time in Mr. I Rees George's office, he took employment in the Newmarket workshops, where he was engaged until the time of his enlistment. Private Russell was wounded at Gallipoli, and spent six weeks in hospital. He died in France on July 5 from wounds received in action. PRIVATE A. H. BOND. Private Alfred Herbert Bond, who has been wounded in France, was employed on the ' machine-room staff of the Herald | prior to enlisting. He is 30 vears of age. and was born in Bristol. He learnt the engineering trade, and was in the service of the TMtitish Navy as an engineer until his health suffered, and he was discharged. He came to. New Zeallnd. and was for some time in Hawke's Bay prior to coming to Auckland. ~ PRIVATE F. J. WHEELER. Private Frederick J. Wheeler, who is reported to have died of wounds on Julv i 5 in France. was t!:.-> eldest son of Mr i j r'n-den.k Wheel.r. of "ilenfieid. He was I 22 years of a.-e. :>-..■' was engaged in fruitI growing at Gleiia>!j _,:!.> r to the war.