HOME FROM THE WAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16979, 12 October 1918, Page 11

HOME FROM THE WAR.

'-t "— ;... _<,—_.—_- 8' DRAFT ARRIVES AUCKLAND DRAFT ARRIVES '_ .: -. 11 OFFICERS AND 166 i MEN. k;.; ~ A draft of; 11" officers and{l66 men,, tan, ;.. the 'Auckland section of a .contingent o . sick and :wounded soldiers who'arrived a £- Wellington on 'Monday;' reached Aucklaiv ,•_ yesterday, afternoon.; The' names of j n included in'the draft were published i ii .the-'iHnuij}• of' October '':• The'/.tranapor 3 I anchored in-the stream at 4 p.mr.and'-th - disembarkation,'of the.men fat the King' Wharf ; by : moans .of the .Governmen v steamer ■ Lady 'Roberta was. completed.'. I few minutes after- 4.30 , p.m. CaptainJ >• M. Caughey was' military landing : officer J' All the; men were walking cases, arid th •■': voyage vto New' Zealand -.;had effected i '. marked improvement in their ■ health;: Tin 1( draft;included;(*.• numben pfrMaintJod; ?>. men -and- officers returning* oh' duty' 'am ■'. ;duty'.furlough!: Captain T.'Patterson, . the 3rd, Auckland,, Regiment,,. office ; ; :in charge?6f '■:. the draft-, 'with'.: LieutehaH' ■ W.F.'btihvell, M.Q., adjutant. '■' . . J .The, 'Mr".' 'J.',.H., Uunson,, witl Lieutenant 1 , "': J...;; Browning,'. A.A.G! » boarded the, transport, iii the stream, Uiic *. on .behalf ) of the i citizens extended ; tin !• officers and. men a -hearty welcome"; home ; On the arrival of, the tenaeV at the Kiiig : i ~ Wharf. the • band of thisl3rd,' Auckland; -. Regiment played ,an. : appropriate selection; ;' ;anaflo^,ste:o^ \Velcome ,ci\me. from: t large - crowd rof'"; relatives.-:wid;;,friehdi • ■ assembled' before; the' closed', gates, at tin entrance 'to the; wharf.- The: voluntary I motor .-corps.- under-Mr. A: A. '•Martiir • attended, m 'full force, and' the soldieil . and;their, nest of kin • were ■■ immodiatelj ; transferred Ito tho -waiting-, cars and .con veyed totheir. destinations, .'.'-:'\. ; ■'~<,. ,-' Many ; of { the returning officers"and mer . bore' decorations for gallantry. •;-''.'. ".= Lieutenant ■ Robert ;,-':- Tilsley, ;, M.0., ; D,O.M;'i'Jeft'as f a -private with ;theMain , Body. -Be served on Gallipolf from.' the landing- to the evacuation, ' and fit'was here ■■ he I was awarded VUieSD.CM.f>" Ho V ire- ; ceivod his commission in ' Egypt after' the ■ evacuation, and proceeded with the, New Zealand Forces to France, '.where'.' he I tool parkin' the Somme ' and Mesairies' battles. ; ?'nd:«ceiv"edHhe'']NlilitarylQ-bs's.".;Lieut'en- [ antf Xilsley. had . the distinction of leading • .tKe;il6tli^Waikafos'.'.First; Battalion intf cctiont'at pMesaiu'es/- [\yh'ere'. he.:hold ■• the rank,' of temporary: captain. :'.; He s wae Mounded three' timesf-oiice' -in Oallipoh .'twice; in France. ■ His' brother,; Lance ■ Corporal; W. 'A.','' Tilsley,; was killed jit : action in France in March, last. Priori the,war he was. engaged -in business; in 3totai:ua : \with : his ; brother in • electrical ■«m'gaieering.'-\■•< Tilaley;, is rW- ' taming oil dutv furlough.? " Lieutenant W.-> Stilwell, M.C., went away,-with the Main' Body <as a sergea'n* in ;?,the"D.<visional k Signal Company, '- and was {at the landing -on Gallipoli.' He gained his commission in 'the field. >Liouteiiant Stilwe|H; is an old Collegd Rifles boy, and before leaving for the front was . with Messrs. Jackson, Russell, ■ Tunks; and r Ostler, "solicitor* •--'-' ■.- .-Lientferi'antßees, M.M., of' Thames; whe is returning on duty, left with the tenth ; reinforcements, arid has. seen three-years service in Egypt and ,France; ' -He wai awardedJthe "Military Medal;. for gallantry at Warneloh.". He' also' took, part in the Somriie baftle.and the.raid at Fleurbair'. lieutenant : W,: S. Stitchbury,; D ; C.M., left as a private with " the- Main ' Body, and .was;on: Gatlipbli from the landing <,tc he'. evacuation. .' He;proceeded ; to ; France, and gained'• his*' decoration for work- al raschendalc.: '. >',' ,\ t. '■[ ■ " V;Captain C-B.\Eo'!sit«r, Medical -. : :M6imt o .Eden, has •; returned;; for duty, He left on service about" eighteen month! /igo, and. most of-that-period he has beer engaged in. hospital, work at No; 2 Nets Zealand General Hospital at Walton.' Print. 0. Quin, who 'with the i ionrtecnth-.;reiDforceraenls. , was. on ; active service for, 1$ months in France, and was Awarded the Military lledal and " tar for gallantry at Messines and Ba3s>«e. , : ~ I "