MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16434, 10 January 1917, Page 8

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN

9 * p PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. ~ / THE HORSMAN BROTHERS, f u t Two sons of Mr.' Christopher Horsmaa, s of Otorohanga, fell in action in the Battle e of Flers—Sergeant-Major Arthur W. 0. • Horsnian on September 16, and Private Gordon C. Horsman on September 15. r Both were natives of Temuka, South Can-. .< [ terbury, and for the last 12 yuan the)-' 0 had worked with their father upon the n bush land which he took up at Utorunoiiga. >t ibergeaut-aiajor Horsman was an enthusiast" a in military matters beiore be enlisted for e> foreign service, and was a member of the 1 Legion of frontiersmen, he was also x noted for his skill as an axeman. Wta e lie left JNew Zealand he had already gained a his rank of sergeant-major. On arrival in '- France he was made a military scout and t brigade observer. Some of his escapes, b wficn engaged upon observation work, were *' 8 very close indeed. On one occasion,.a 9;a a aheu fell within a few feet of Mm; but " failed to explode. Private G.C. horsman,, * the younger son, sailed for the front some s months m advance of his brother, wttn 0 one of the very early reinforcement draft;. 8 He fought at Gallipoli, and there received e shrapnel wounds on the head. Soon afterwards he contracted enteric fever, and, bis ? n illness entailed temporary loss of speech ' * and of memory. After a long stay in hos- ; pital and convalescent camp, in .England, i he recovered his health and strength, and' was able to rejoin his comrades on the e fields of France, where both he and Ma j brother laid down their- lives. it • f . t. ' • lt _ SERGEANT S. H. CRAWFORD, i-: Included in the latest list of those pre*: 'viousiy reported wounded, now reported ; missing believed to have been killed, is' the ? name of Sergeant Stanley Hutson Craw- , ford. Sergeant Crawford was a popular '• member of the Auckland police force prior, to the outbreak of war. Some months ago he was wounded, and later reported [ m killed, and later still reported wounded - not killed. He was an exceptionally fine"•;'; young man, and after joining an early . reinforcement as a private in the Auck- '-~ land infantry, he quickly won promotion V to sergeant's rank. His wife, whom he.' married just prior to leaving for the front, , is Mrs. M. E. Crawford, 125, Ponsonby ■', s- Road. X d [* CORPORAL L. G. PARLANE. te Corporal Lindsay Gordon Parlane, who ,g was reported missing, and is now officially j. believed to have been killed, was the - n youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Parlane, at present of Pamerston North, sold in late of Hamilton. He was born at View Hill, Canterbury, in 18S9, and was edu- ; 1. Cat-ed at the primary and district high ■ » schools of Eltham, Taranaki. While at the ty s- high school he was a lieutenant in its; -V e cadets'corps. Afterwards he removed with... ; >t his parents to Hamilton, where for some g' y years he assisted on his father's farm, " Jf until in conjunction with a brother he took | up land at Te Mawhai, near Te Awamutu. ";;. 1- From there, as soon as arrangements could ..*-• is be made, he enlisted as a private in one - o of last year's reinforcements. He received I >• the stripes of corporal before leaving New •.."- f- Zealand, o y LANCE-CORPORAL C. WOOD. y Lance-Corporal Clem Wood, who was jj officially reported wounded on September : r 15, but who has since been reported killed ' in action, is the fourth son of Mrs. K. Wood, of Russell. Prior to enlisting in the Rifle Brigade he was encaged in farin--9 in? near Whakapara. Lance-Corporal . Wood was a splendid axeman and a, keen sportsman.