PERSONAL NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3336, 20 February 1918, Page 17

PERSONAL NOTES.

Gunner Claier.ce Osborn, who is reported missing, believed by court of inquiry to be killed, left in the New Zealand Field Artillery, Twenty-seventh Reinforcements, and prior to his departure for the front was for two years and a-half with the New Zealand Garrison Artillery. . Private James Leonard Gallagher (died of sickness) wes? 21 years of age. He was borr at Makotoku, H. 8., and educated at Hamilton Burn School. Prior to enlisting he was engaged in farming pursuits with his father at Mafcotuku. Private Gallagher was a coorl rifle shot, and was of a quiet and. retiring disposition. Second-lieutenant A. R. Macdonald, killed in action in Prance, left as a sergeant with the Fifth Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion. He saw service on Gallipoli, and was there at the time of evacuation. Ho then went to France, where he gained his commission. He was the sixth son of the lata Mr T. M. Macdonald, Crown solicitor, Invoroargill. _ A brother, Sergeant Hugh R. Macdonald, is still in France, having left with the Thirteenth Engineers. Quite a gloom was cast over Clinton and the surrounding distriots when word was received that Lieutenant A. H. Charlton, son

of Mr "William Charlton (blacksmith), had been killed in action in Franco on February 3. The deceased was born at Clinton, and was educated in the local school, afterwards learning the blncksmuhing trade with his father, and eventuajly becoming a partner in the business. He was very highly respected by all wbc knew him, and tcok a keen interest in many local institutions. He was a member of the local Oddfellows' and Mr.sonic Lodges, and passed through all tho chairs in each. He was a well-known footballer, tennis player, rifle shot, and life volunteer. He left New Zealand with the 28th Reinforcements, but was afterwards transferred to the A T .ow Zealand Riflo Brigade. Private C. G. Sparrow, who died from wounds on the sth inst., was the eldest son of Mr John Sparrow, of Mosgiel. He was 21 years of age, and of an athletic turn. At the Mosgiel District High School he proved himself a first-class marksman, winning the Challenge Cup among other prizes. The deceased soldier volunteered for service when under age, and was, much to his disgust, "turned down." Immediately h 9 reached military age he enlisted, being first attached to the infantry and later to a machine gun section. In the Mosgiel Methodist Church on Sunday evening reference was made by Dr Pinfold to the death this soldier, whose name occupied a pla the church's roll of honour, and words of sympathy were extended to the bereaved relatives.