ROLL OF HONOR.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14288, 3 May 1917, Page 6

ROLL OF HONOR.

Mr F. Harris has been advised that his nephew, Corporal Harris Symons, who was reported wounded about a month ago, has succumbed to his injuries. Corporal Symons, who was fairly well known in Gisborne, was the* only son of Mr A. M. Symons, and was a grandson of the late Mr 15; F. Harris. Mrs Symons is at present on a visit to her sister at Gisborne. The deceased Was. 24 years' :of age. Prior to enlisting with one of the early reinforcement from Gisborne, Corporal Symons wp.-v cmp'.oysd on .Government -survey, work in the country, .where he was very well known. He was through the Gallipoli campaign, and was wounded in fourteen places by shrapnel during one of the big engage- 1 ments on the peninsula. On recovering, Corporal Symons was sent to France.

Mr W. F. Kennedy, the Waihi postmaster, has received cabled advice that his nephew, Lieut. J. Ferguson, of the Dublin Fusiliers, was killed in action on f.he 21st. nit. Deceased was for some time a resident of New Zealand, residing with lu's uncle. . at Nelson. Eventually he returned to England, and on the first call to arms joined the forces. Mr W. Grant, of the Waihi Plains, received word that his eldest- son, . Private A. P. Grant, died from phthisis on board a hospital ship due to arrive in '■ Auckland. Deceased, who was 23 years of age, was one of tlie Waihi members of f be First Expeditionary Force to leavie New Zealand. He was in action in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France. At Q'alli- ! noli he was wounded in the leg. After recovering, ho rejoined the Haurakis and fought in France. In one of the ejigagements there a bullet whioh struck him glanced off his helmet, and iiifc a comrade beside him. The saine day a bullet struck him in the chest, but a pouch which he carried in his breast pocket prevented any injury further than an impact, which knocked him down. ' Four months ago h& was seized with pneumonia, and was admitted to the Stockport Hospital, and from there to Walton-on-Thame<3 Hospital. Later he was invalided to New Zealand, and was on the way homo when the end -came. -, Mr H. Barnes, of 27 Grafton road, -\ Auckland, has received cable advice that his son, Second-Lieutenant D. J. Barnes of the Royal Flying Corps,.- had been accidentally killed whilst flying on duty. It is just twelve mbnths since SecondLieutenant Barnes left Auckland. Ho paid his own passage to London in order to enlist in the Royal Flying Corps, and only received Jus commission eight weeks ago. after undergoing a strenuous course of preparation and gaining experience in flying. He/passed all -his examinations with great credit to himself, and his last letters gave a vivid, description of the experiences, of sham air fighting in England, through which all aspirants for commissions in the Royal Flying Corps have to pass. Before leaving Auckland, Lieutenant Barnes was employed at, the Grand Hotel as chauffer for four years, and was very popular with the guests at the hotel. At the time of his deatli he was only 22 years of age. Private A. H. C. Lys, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Albert Lys, of Newton road, Auckland, wasi killed in action on April 18. He was 21 years of age, and before leaving the Dominion wag employed a3 a saloon steward on the Northern Steamship Company's, steamers. He had been twice wounded previously.