AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16415, 21 June 1915, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

SYDNEY, June 19. The forty-first casualty list is as follows :— Died of Wounds. Captains CAMPBELL and HILL. Wounded. Lieutenant-oolonels MIELL STOD DART, and COURTNEY. Captains MACARTNEY, CAMERON S2S& 00 "™- SIHPSON ' -* Lieutenants WARREN, DAGAE DAVEY, and BURKETT. Fourteen non-commissioned officers and men. Killed in Action. Thirty- five non-commissioned officers and men. Died Through Illness. Five non-commissioned officers and men. Wounded. One hundred and thirty-five non-com-missioned officers and men, including J. MAHON (a New Zealander). Dangerously 111. Ten non-commissioned officers and men. Missing. Lieutenant HANLEY and seventy-seven non-commissioned officers and men, including J. W. and T. R. MILES (New ZeaJanders).

PRIVATE GUDGEON. Robert Francis Gudgeon, Canterbury Infantry (missing), is aged 20 and the youn-- ?** grandson of the late Major Cooke H.Ki.C.fa., and nephew of Colonel Gudgeon, lata of the Cook Islands. He resigned His position in the Bank of Australasia to enlist. He was well known in the Canterbury Rowing Club, and was a member of the junior football team, and holder of the M'Cully Cup, of the Red and Black Association, in adidtion .being a gerat swimmer. He is the youngest of four trothers to see active service—the eldest Basil R. Gudgeon, is in German. SouthWest Africa, Waiter W. Gudgeon is now at the Dardanelles, in the Australian Third Brigade, and John E. Gudgeon, at present on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, returned from New Guinea with the Svdney forces after they had occupied the islands. PRIVATE HALKETT. Private W. F.. Halkett, Canterbury Infantry (wounded), ie 21 years of age, and is of a quiet disposition. He has spent most of his life on his father's farms and when he left school held the rank of lieutenant. On the inauguration of the Territorial scheme he quickly rose to the rank of sergeant, but enlieted for active service as a private. PRIVATE COUCH. Private T. S. Couch, Canterbury Infantry (wounded), is a son of Mr Peter Couch, of the Railway Department, Dunedin, and was born in 25 years ago. He was educated at the North School, and the Waitaki High School, and also at the Marlborough High School. He has passed the Civil Service examination, and prior to the war was sen-ing as a draughtsman in the Lands and Survey Department, Blenheim. GUNNER SUTHERLAND. Gunner T. Sutherland (wounded) was born in 1891, and 13 the youngest and only surviving son of the late Mr Alex. Sutherland. He was a pupil at the Port Chalmers High School until his mother removed to Wellington. After a short time they returned to Dunedin, where his mother died, leaving him to the oaro of his aunt and uccle in Port Chalmers, where he again resumed 6chool. Ho was in the employ of Messrs Stevenson and Cook, and was a member of the Queen's Drive Boating Club. He was popular with all hie fellow-workers, and was r-ispeoted bv everyone who knew him.

PRIVATE M'CI/EERY. Private A. M'Cleery (wounded) was born and educated at Outram. Ho u> 29 years of age, and started his career as a butcher with Mr Lawrence, of this city. When ho enlisted ho was with Messrs Kernohan and M'Cann, of Timaru, grocers, and was for some time a member of the Timaru Volunteers. Word has recently been received that Private M'Cleery is progressing favourably. PRIVATE SMITH. Private D. A. Smith (wounded) is 24 years of age, and was bom and educated at Orepuki. Some time later he went to Auckland, where he lived till afoout a yeaT ago when he went to Queensland, and was engaged in work among the sugar oancs While there he joined the first contingent from Australia PRIVATE JOHNSTON. Private F. Johnston left with the First Expeditionary Force. His mother resides in Pimlico, England, whence ho journeyed to New Zealand about two years a-ro He was engaged in the sawmilliDg industry" and joined the Southland infantrv. PRIVATE NANCEKIVELL. Private J. B. Nancekivnll (woundrd) was a keen sport, especially fond of swimming and football, and when volunteers were called he was among the first to enlist. PRIVATE MARRIS. Private J. (Arthur) S. Marris (wounded) is a son of Mr J. Marris. of Mokihinu sawmiller. He was a clerk in the office of ih« State coal mine at Runanga. He was 22 years of ase, and was among the first to enlist at Greymouth. PRIVATE DAVIDSON. Private W. P. Davidson (wounded) is the eldest eon of General J. Cole Davidson and was born "in New Zealand. Private Davidson went to the Boer war with the Bth Contingent. His grandfather was a soldier, Irvine on half pay in retirement in Chatham. England. His father was presont in Africa during the Kaffir wor and his writings. " Incidents in a Soldiers' Life. ' were published some years ago in a New Zealand daily paper.