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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17845, 28 July 1921, Page 4

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MR. MOUSLEY'S ADVENTURES. FORMER MASTER AT KING'S. [from our OWK COKRESPONDENT.] LONDON. June 3. Mr. E. 0. Mousley, of Auckland, is at | present in London from Bagdad, where he has been chief legislative draftsman . in the Judicial Department of Mesopotamia. It will be remembered that during the war he was out in the East with General lownshena, and for many months ■ no news came tmougn o.i him until at • length it was announced that he had been J -tasen.prisoner. The wound which Captarn Mousley sustained has made it necessary tor him to come to England, and he Still at times has a return of malaria. - He is very much .hoping to have the op- « portumty of visiting .New Zealand aUut - the end of this Meanwhile, he is" very keen regarding the coming Imperial Conference, u subject on winch L worked ' | lor years before the war, and with which he wants to make himself weil acquainted but his future movements depend "il orders that he may receive trom lue India Office. Captain Mousley has written a,, book on Ant and hu adventures in Turkev lnj eluding the attempt to escape over the | Marmora Sea. He is also dealing with hu J political mission on behalf of the Turkish j Government at the time of the Armisj tice It will be remembered that he came J to England at the end of 1918 as an envoy ! from Turkey. Mr. John Lane, a( the ;, BodJey Head has the book in hand, and ; it should be ready in the course of a fe* i weeks It is called "The Secrets of a I *"? ttlte \, An additional interest and lvalue will attach to it when it is known i that a great part of the manuscript was i buried in Turkey, and was recoveied after the Armistice. Mr. Mousley, who ,s the son of Mr. W. T. Mousley, of Palmerston North, was formerlv a"master at Kings College, Auckland. He was in : England studying law before the war. and . immediately on its outbreak be w a .s com- ■ missioned to the R.F.A., and was posted to the Divisional Artillerv 23rd Division •Hm unit was despatched to Mesoiwv j tanua, and formed part of Genera] Townsj nend's force. ; While in England from Turkey at the beginning of 1919, he took his V V. degree at Cambridge, and about the same time he was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn. At the beginning of last year his name was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for "gallant | conduct and determination displayed in | escaping, or attempting to escape" fron» captivity."