PESONAL NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3306, 25 July 1917, Page 20

PESONAL NOTES.

Lieutenant B. H. de Beer (killed in action) was the son of Mr *J. S. de Beer, a director of the firm of Hallenstein Bros., and a grandson of the late Mr Bcndix Hallenstein. . After leaving the Otago Boys’ High School, he completed his cducaton at the Mill Hill School, London, and was a member of the Officers’ Training Corps. Shortly after the outbreak, of war he returned to England, and, passing the necessary examination, was appointed second in the Eoyal Garrison Artillery. He has Wrved almost continually since.

Lieutenant E. V. Freed, ■who has been awarded the Military Cross, is the son of Mr E. H. Freed, of the Railway Department. Ho was engaged for some time in fruit-farming in Otago Central, and held a captain’s commission in the Alexandra Territorials. He later took np farming in the Waimate district. He enlisted with the Seventeenth Reinforcements, and held a commission as lieutenant in the Otago Regiment. In France he was placed in charge of a machine-gun section. He was wounded at Messincs, and is at present in England in hospital. He was preceded by two brothers, one of whom returned wounded, while the other is still in Prance.

Corporal Janies Kane (killed in action) was the second son of Mr Janies Kane, formerly of Milton and Alexandra, but now in Dunedin. He wont into camp with his brother with the Nineteenth Eeinforcements. Before leaving he was secretary of the Alexandra Lawn Tennis Club and of the Caledonian Society.

Private Alfred Cecil Street (killed in action) ■was the son of Mr W. Parker Street, at one. time Mayor of Dunedin, and a member of the firm of Gillies, Street, and Hislop. Private Street graduated at the Otago School nf Mines and went to Borneo, where his brother Sidney died of typhoid. Cecil left with a Western Australia contingent about 10 mouths ago. Corporal Donald Macdonald (killed in action) was the second son of Mr Donald Macdonald, Edendale. After completing his education at Christ’s College, he assisted his father in farming the Edendale properties. He had just celebrated his twentv-first birthday when he enlisted about 12 mouths', ago. Kind-hearted, open and frank, he was liked and respected by all who knew him. Ins winning personality making him many warm

friends. Sergeant George Hulme (killed) left with the Fourth Heinforccments antU took pert in the Gallipoli. Flanders. Somme, and Messincs campaigns. He was an all-round athlete, and in France won

the New Zealand championship and also the 440 yards championship of the Auckland Battalion. ■ Private Hichard ("Dick”) 'Preston (killed in action) was a well-known member of the ZinganRiohmond Football Club. He left Dunedin some years ago for Melbourne, where ho enlisted with the Australian Expeditionary Force. Ho was the second son of the late Mr P. Treston, Dunedin. Sergeant Thomas Strickland Field (died of wounds) was the only son of Mr J. S. Field and the late Mrs Field, of Invercargill. He was 28 years of age. He enlisted in the Otago Infantiy With the Nineteenth Reinforcements. Rifleman William James Butler (reported killed In action on June 14) was the fourth son of Mr and Mrs W. H Butler, Merriva.ie, Otnutau. Rifleman Butlor was born at Waimea 25 years ago, and left with the Fifteenth Corporal Dionel W. B. Hall, Divisional Signalling Company (died of wounds in France, June 12, 1017), was the second son of Mr T. Hall, District Land Registrar at Auckland, and brother of Corporal "Vincent J. B. Hull, who fell at Gallipoli. Lieutenant J. F. Mills (of the King’s Royal Rifles), only son of Sir James Mills, la reported 6s missing' since July 10. He was at Cambridge University when war broke out. He went to Sandhurst, and received a commission in the ?;.R.P. At Salonika he was buried in a dug-out y a shell explosion, and was invalided home for eight months. Lieutenant J. 0. Griffith (of the Royal Flying Corps), a son of the Rev. S. Griffith, of Dundas Street Methodist Church, is reported as missing. He left with the Sixth Reinforcements. Bombardier W". D. Forrest Miliar (wounded) is a son of Mr Jas. Millar, of Maungatua;. He left with the Fourth Reinforcements, was wounded in Gallipoli, and took part in most of the battles the New Zealand troops have been' engaged in In France.

Private L. 0. Munro ('wounded) is the second son of Mr Walter G. Munro, of Kurow. He was educated at the Kurow School, and joined the railway service. He left with the Thirteenth Reinforcements.

Private James Eobert Tye, previously reported wounded, ia now reported wounded and missing. The, son of Mr Tye, of Kaikorni, be was born and educated at Lawrence, and left with tbe Sixth Eeinforcements. !

PICTORIAL ROLL OF HONOUR. Rifleman Alexander Murdoch Mitchell, who was reported wounded (and whose photo appeals among the wounded in the pictorial roll of honour in* this issue) is now reported to have died of wounds. The son of Mr John Mitchell, of St. Kilda, he went into camp with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, and went unscathed through the Somme battle.