MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16824, 15 April 1918, Page 7

MEN WHO HAVE FALLEN.

,| * ! SERGEANT J. C. R. WATTS. 'I . j Sergeant J. C. R. Watts, who has been " killed in action, was tho third son of tho [' lato Mr. John R. Watts, sub-inspector of tho ! ; armed constabulary, Ho went to Morrins- ) villo in 1902, and was a foundation member : and past master of the Masonic lodge there. f Ho was also a prominent member of tho 11 Church of England, being a vestryman and 1 j churchwarden of the Morrinsville church. • ! Sergeant Watt:, who was 40 years of age, i I went into camp with the twentieth reinforce- , ! nionts. His only brother, Private Rosa ' Watts, is at the front. ) CORPORAL KEITH MOHR. > Corporal Keith Mohr, killed in action on ■ March 26, was the only son of Mr. Philip . H. Mohr. of Mount Roskill, who was formerly bandmaster of tho Invercargill and ' Timaru Garrison Bands, and of tho Aucki land First Battalion Band. Corporal Mohr, 3 i who was 25 years old at the time of his death, was educated at tho Mount Albert I school. Prior to volunteering he was farming ' in the Clovedon district. He left with tho I ■ eleventh reinforcements, in tho Mounted , Rifles. After two weeks in Egypt he was transferred to the infantry, and wont to 3 • France, where ho joined the machine-gun J j section, in which ho had served for over two I I years when he was killed. Be had fought in , I several actions, including the first battle of ' tho Sommo and Mcssincs. J J LANCE-CORPORAL G. H. KELBALL. 0 Lance-Corporal George H. Kelsall, killed in action on March 30. was tho fourth son of | Mrs. A. Kelsall, of Auckland Road, One- " hunga. He received his early education at 8 tho Onohunga school, and subsequently at--8 ! tended Giles' College. He joined tho staff . of the State Fire Insnranco Office in 1911, I and was associated withy that office until his ' I enlistment in tho thirtieth reinforcements. 1 ; Lance-Corporal Cyril Kelsall, reported II wounded, is a younger brother of the de- » I ceased.

PRIVATE L. J. BAGNALL. Private L. J. Bagnall. reported killed in action on March 26, was tho fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Bacnall, of 26, Mason's Avenue ( Heme Bay. He enlisted at tho outbreak of the war, and went to Samoa. Returning to New Zealand, ho roinlistsd with tho fourteenth reinforcements. Before joining the Expeditionary forcos ho was employed by tho Railway Department. Ho was an old boy of the Bayfield school. PRIVATE T. HILL. Private Tom Hill, killed in the recent heavy fighting, was 21 years of age. and came to Nov/ Zealand from Scotland about two years ago. He was working in Morrinsvillo from the time he arrived in the Dominion until ho enlisted, some 12 months ago. Mrs. Allison, of Morrinsville, and Mrs. Finnerty, of Matamata. are sisters of the deceased. PRIVATE THEO. H. MAXWELL. Private Theodoro Henry Maxwell, who died on March 26 of wounds received in action, was the third son of Mr. L. S. Maxwell, of Xorthcote, with whom he was associated in the export business of Messrs. L. S. Maxwell and Co. Ho left with the thirteenth reinforcement draft, but was in military hospitals in England for some time before being sent to France He was educated at tho Xorthcote School and King's College. His brother, Private Arthur Maxwell, is attached to the fortieth reinforcement draft. REPORTED WOUN'DED. Lieutenant Fred J. Cox, who was wounded on March 30, is the second son of Mr. James T. G. Cox, Balmoral Road, Mount Eden. Lieutenant Cox enlisted with the eighteenth 1 reinforcements, mid on going inlo active serI vice in France was attached to the 16th, I Waikato, Company. He was educated at ■ the Auckland Grammar School. At the : Auckland University College, in 1915, he was president of tho Students' Association. Prior to his enlistment Lieutenant Cox, who j is by profession a so'uitor, was on the staff of Messrs Reed, Bailey and Towle. Ilia eldest brother. Sergeant Herbert W. (V, loft j with the eighth reinforcements, and after two years' active service in France was re I commended for a commission. At present I he is competing a course of study in the Officers' Artillery School, London. i Private advic has been received in Mm- ', rinsviHe, l>v Mr. and Mrs. I'hilpott, to tho l effect that t'eeir son. Corporal Guy PhilpoH, ' has acain la-en wotinded. Cori».ral I'hilnoit. 1 who is 2'i wars of age. left Mnrrin«\ille »> ■ n private with the seventh reinforcement. , .'nice arriving in the front line he has been I wounded twice, and on the last occasion ! was nine l:i"n'hs out of the line. I ii