OBITUARY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22434, 2 June 1936, Page 9

OBITUARY

COLONEL SIR P. MARLING

VICTORIA CROSS WINNER

British Wireless RUGBY, May 31 The death occurred at his home in Gloucestershire on Friday of Colonel Sir Percival Marling, aged 75. He was the oldest holder of the Victoria Cross, which he won as a lieutenant for rescuing a private soldier under heavy fire at Tamanib, Sudan, 52 years ago.

Sir Percival won the Victoria Cross in 1884 when he was serving with ,mounted infantrv in the Suakim campaign. While uncter heavy fire he saved the life of a wounded private, whom he lifted up beside him on his horse. The

man fell off and Sir Percival—then Lieutenant Marling—dismounted, put the man in the saddle and held him there while they rode back out of danger. He revisited the spot in the course of a tour of Egypt and the Sudan in 1933.

MR. WILLIAM CARROLL

MEMBER OF FEDERAL SENATE

(Received June 1, 7.15 p.m.) SYDNEY. June 1

Tho death ha 9 occurred of Mr. William Carroll, membor of the Federal Senate for Western Australia.

Mr. Carroll was born in 1872 at Garvoc, Victoria, and after finishing his education took up farming. He was for many years a member of the council of the Primary Producers' Association of Western Australia, and had occupied tho position of secretary. Ho was previously a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia, and since 1925 had represented that State in the, Federal Senate as a member of tho Country Party.