H.M.S. PHILOMEL IN ACTION.
THREE MEMBERS OF CREW LOST. WELLINGTON, this day. The Defence Minister had a communication from Captain Hall Thompson, of the Philomel, which, as is gener-» ally known, is operating "somewhere east of Suez." The captain reports that •the following three members of the crew had lost their lives in action against the Turks, on September 25th: George Phillips, chief petty officer; George Richard Talmy, leading seaman ; Bruce Sydney Beagley, able seaman. All were men of the Royal Navy, lent for service with the Philomel. The men died of -heat stroke. They were on the strength of two Maxim gun brews which were landed from the ship to co-operate with the foroe ashore. -.-.•,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13802, 30 September 1915, Page 3
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