HOSPITAL REPORT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14329, 20 June 1917, Page 3

HOSPITAL REPORT.

(All -privates unless otherwise stated.) Reported dangerously ill: Captain J. Thompson, D. D. Brown, C. A. Ca-radUS, G. M. Day, J. Dean, W. H. Dennison, G. S. Donald, H. Everett, W. J. Farrow, W. Halligan, F. M. Hampton, J. S. Hannah, G. Herring, J. Hotere, L. J. Hntton, C. A. King, J. Mcßride, Rifleman P. R. Conville, C. 0. Mathias, A. R.. Mayo, Corporal J. B. Menzie, G. Millar, H. Moody, W. Morrison, Rifleman D. Muirhead, Lance-Corporal W. A. Oldham, L. C. Parfitt, L. A. Potts, W. W. Shelton, T. W. Sim, L. H. Simiison, W. T. Speer, \V>. Storey, J. Sullivan, W. Tamihana, J. C. Turnbull, Rifleman J. J. Walker, K. Warena, H. Whakatuka, Lance-Corporal P. White, G. F. Wilson, Rifleman W. Amondsoh, W. P. Clark, Sapper S. Davies, L. J. Hntton, D. Langley, Corporal J. H. Menzies, Tern.-Corporal H. Rosanowski, Rifleman J. G. T. Shanks, Rifloman E. I Wood row. Seriously ill : 2nd-Lieut. J. W. Fraser 2nd-Lieut. S. King, 2nd-Lieut. H. A'. Twining, W. McK. Bourke, Rifleman J. .Christie. Rifleman D. McC. Clark, Bombardier R. J. Clark, N. B. Craddock, D. J. Cunningham, D. A. Dinneen, Rifleman S. Duff, W. A. Graham, L. H. Hay don, W. Henderson, Rifleman Smith F. Hiles, Trooper A. Hinton, H. Hollings, L. S. Hopkins. Rifleman T. E. Jellings, W. Lander, A. C. McCaw, M. McTnerney, J. McNeece, F. McVey, Rifleman D. J. Manney, Tern.-Corporal F. Martyn, Corporal W. M. Millar. Corporal H. P. Olney, Rifleman E. J. Park, M. E. Ramm. C. J. Randell, Rifleman A. T. Reid, A. J. Sheath, Rifleman S. Smith, Sapper W. S. Watson. Still seriously ill : J. L. Aislabie, S.Q.M.S. C. S. Burnand, Corporal W. E. Dallell, Rifleman E. Florence, J. A. G. Flower, J. H. Grigg, T. Hampton, P. Mete, Corporal E. B. A. O'Donnell, •Rifleman »W. Steele, Corporal A. Thain, Rifleman G. Vincent. Rifleman D. I Walker, E. J. Williams. Removed from dangerously ill list : G. J. Byrne, H. Grace/ R. MaYo, Rifleman J. Tyson. Removed 1 from seriously ill list: Captain A. KidtJ, 2nd-Lieut. H. B. Patterick, F. W. Oorrigan, Lance-Corporal D. H. Crooks, Rifleman J. T. Foster, Rifleman W. Gaskell, W. t Lander, R. Mete, Rifleman R.. C. Richardson, B. Rounthwaite, Gunner J. Sinclair, J. A. Webb, Rifleman W. J. West. Severe coses : Captain G. E. Bridge, Captain J. A. Marshall. Captain W. R. Wilson, Lieut. K. S. Ewing, Lieut. F. •W. French. Lieut. C. W. Jones, Lieut. C. R. McKenzie, Lieut. J. B. Mawson. WELLINGTON, last night. The Minister for Defence has received advice that Major-General Sir Andrew H. Russel, commanding the New Zealand Division m the field, has been slightly wounded. Fortunately the injury is so light that Major-General Russell is able to remain with his unit. The casualty report shows: Dangerously ill. Hi Whakataki, Tokomaru Bay; Rifleman E. Woodrow, Gisborne. Still seriously ill : J. L. Aislabie, Gisborne. Severe cases, J. G. Newsham, Gisborne. Not severe cases, Lieut: G. B. Carter, Gisboi'ne* J. Mac Donald, Tokomaru ;. H. Osborne, Gisborne. Amongst those reported m yesterday's list -as being wounded and admitte,d to hospital was Gunner. J. G. Newsham, one of the four brothers who left Ormond to do their "bit." Gunner Newsham and two of his brothers, F. and J. H. Newsham, were three of thirteen men who left Gisborne with the Howitzer Battery of the 2nd Reinforcements. One brother, Driver J. H. Newsliam, was amongst the drivers who took the N r ew Zealand and Australian guns into action m the early stages of the Gallipoli campaign. He was invalided home at the beginning of last year. • Tlie fourth brother, Herbert, left with the First. Rifle Brigade. Cable advice has been received' from Lieut. Bernard Jeffreys, stating that hiabrother, Sergeant Hugh Jeffreys, has been .seriously ! wounded m the foot, and that amputation is probable. Sergeant Jeffreys, who is well-known locally^ en'isted from Waioeka. • Mr. and Mrs. W. Hay, 220 Clifford street, Whataupoko, have received the •ad advice that their son, Private Frank V. Hay was killed m aotion on the 7th inst. Private Hay was well known m Gisborne, and was. a popular young man. He was a member of the local territor--'■•ls. He serve his time as a wheelwright with Messrs Davys, Third-, -and Mitchell. ."-Ic had 1 been so anxious to do what he believed to be his duty that he had volunteered more than once before reach'ug the requisite age. He enlisted when c had reached the age of 20 years, and "-as 21 years of age when he', wan. killed. His letters from the front had been of a beery nature. A portion of. the" time '*c had been, engaged as a despatch rider. He left Gisborne with the llth reinforcements, but was subsequently drafted into the 12th. His death ..wii] be deeply regretted by a large number of friends. Private W., H. Winstone, whose name appeared m last evening's casualty list as having been killed m action, is believed to be. a young man who waß formerly employed on Mr. W, D. Lysnar's Arawhana station. He was 23 years of age, and Jiis parents resided at Auckland. ; Advice has' been received that Trooper N. B. Branson, son of Mr and Mrs W. Branson, has been wounded m the face. Trooper Branson left with the 12th Reinforcements. Another Gisbornite has mado the supreme sacrifice-^-Private Claude Stevenson, of whose death m action his narents, Mr. . amd Mrs. H. Stevenson, Valley road, Mangapapa, received oftic'al advioe this morning. Private Stevenson, who was 20 years of age, left with the Sdxthi Reinforcements, when only 18 years of age. At the time of enlisting he was employed m the ] Thorough Council's fitting shop. Private Stevenson was accidentally wounded on Gallipoli m June last year. Lieut, Muir ; Private Ovenden, and he were erecting a snipers post when the Turks ooened on to them with a machine-gun. I'hey jumped into a trench for shelter. Private Stevenson landed on ai bayonet, which entered his leg above the knee and came out at the thigh. He was sent f o hospital m England, where he spent five months,*- eventually recovering* and rejoining his company. An elder brother, -who left with the ,19th Reinforcements, is also m France. •Private Harold Grant, who died of sickness on May 28 last, was tbe eldest eon- of Mr Angus Grant, of Warkworth. He was 27 years of age. At the age of 16 lie joined the barque Aldebaran, Captain Matheson. m the inter-colonial trade, aterwards joining the Northern Steamship Company... At the time of his* enlistment Private Grant was mate of the Waipn. Lieut. Randolph E. O. Ooates. whose deatb from wounds is reported, was the elder son of Mv OswaJd Ooates, of Remuera. Lieut. Cbate.s was bom m Adelaide m 1867, and came to New Zealand m 1893. He was educated at the Mount Eden public school and Wanganui Boys' High School. Upon leaving the latter, he assisted his father' for a few years, finally leaving for Coromahdel and North Auckland m oharge of a survey party. ; At the outbreak of war,.accompanied by his only brother, he enlisted as a private m the machine gun section of the 3rd, Auckland, Infantry. Quickly gaining hi« stripes, he left with the Miain Body, and served throughout the Gallipoli campaign. Owing to illness,

L — i— — _ he was ordered to Egypt, but iiftlie act of embarking was wounded by shrapnel. Subsequently his name wa# mentioned m despatches for '"devotion to & ' ,. He ?** off ered a commission m an English regiment, but refused.^ leave his comrades. Shortly afterwards heaccepted a commission m the New Zealand Infantry. He passed the examinations for the Royal Flying .-Corps, but o?dJtlT< ?«* Wa ? . re£u^ d > •«*.**> was h£ St£ *> . finng line ' where he n «* TLf °n \ J 1 "" 8 " the recenfc %htin^. Lieut. Coates's younger brother islt p?ein"hlS™ 6 " " Jnachin6 *»*™«« ■ooS e Ml2 l!rin ?'^^ith, of Northcote, killed m action m France was the Northcote, and only brother of Obtain W vS, Sn y th * Lie ] lt * Smith > who was 35 years of age, and a builder by' trade, 55? mi nt .V am P at Trentham with the «!nn A 4 * for cement s as a. non-commis-sioned officer for the llths, hut was kept Z S / S 4 ,2 s a . n instr «c*or »t..i Trentham and Ueatherston camps, passing his examination for a commission m the in**™™>a?d ultimately departed with the 17th Reinforcements on December 21 v last, being m the 6th Hauraki , Company No. i Auckland Battalion.' Prior tq enlisting he had 12 years' '.njilitary training having been a- member of tho New Zealand Natives. No.. I. Company. Sergt. W. Edward Sinnott: rff Auckland, reported killed m "France- on the Ist mst, left m the Otago Infantry Company with the 9th Reinforcements. He was well and popularly known m shlppmg circles, having been, 6'n the staffs of the Devonport Ferry Cbmpanv and Northern Steamship .Company. He leaves a wjdow a-nd family m Auckland. Private R. T. Morrison, who died of pneumonia on May 24, at Belton Park hospitnl, Grantham. England, was the eldest son of Mr Edward -.Morrison, of Red ; Bluff, Warkworth. He left New Zealand as a machine-gunner., 'He was a recognised authority on fruit culture. Lieut.^ Ewen j. McGregor,, reported wounded, left with the Main Bodv^s a sergeant m the machine- stun "Section of the Auckland Meunted Rifles. He received His commission m Egypt and served with distinction on Gallipoli He was invalided to England, . and on his recovery went to France* ... -Ag a machine Sun officer he had few equals on Gallipoli. „,,,...„. ....... Second-Lieut. Robert Tilsev, reported to have been wounded;" is •* : sbfi of Mra J. Tilsey, of Hobson street; > Auckland. While serving at Gallipoli with the rank of sergeant, he was awarded ' the 'D. CM. for conspicuous gallantrv.W 'the night of June 4, 1915. He was wounded en October 11. 1916, and was invalided to England, where, during his convalescence, he served m the Base- Records Office. On recovering he was* given com- ' missioned rank, and weht.to-f^rioe. Second-Lieutenant Edward Edwards. 4th Worcester Regiment, repgrted killed m action on May 31st. was- a, younger son of Mr. Herbert Edwards, of Oamaru. He was educated at the Waitafki Bdys' High School, Canterbury College, and Selwyn College, where lie took his B.A. degree. He was curate- at Holy Tri^jty Church. Ayonside. Chi-stchurch^ and later of Phillipstown. He -went to England via Canada and the United States, taking curacies on his wa£ for short periods. It was not very long after his arrival m England when, war Jirpko out, amd after being unsuccessfuT* ht obtaining a chaplaincy he enlisted as£a private m the R. A.M. C, m which capacity he saw service m Mudros and Egypt. 'The late Lieutenant Edwards was bom jand brought up m Oamaru. • . • R-ifleinan C. Cunningham (killed m action m France) was a son" ""of .MiCharles Cunningham, of Kumara. He was a keen footballer, and was a wellknown competitor m athletic sports onthe Coast. He was an active member of the Anglican Church, being A member of tbe choir and vestry of Holy. Trinity Church. Kumara. He was fhe.first manager of the Kumara dairy factory; which position he relinquished m order to answer the call. He saw hluclt 'fighting, hia. .firsvt .experience being -m -assisting to suppress the Senussi revolt ; then m France, where he was wounded; and having recovered from hf^JrWound, lie returned aiid made 'the "supreme sacrifice. He was 24r years of age -and a native of Arahura. 7 , Lieutenant T. H. Dawson, son of TMr T. C. Dawson, of Messrs Dawson and Maudsey, Wellington, was wounded m action on May 27th. A later --cablegram states that he was adraittexCtb^a-.- French hospital on May 29th severely gassed, and' suffering frOni a, gunshot wound m the right arm. Lieutenant Dawson, who was ,'a law "student in"* the «employ of Messo-fJ Young and Tripe, 'recently wrote to his parents that he had practically been continuously iri action with his battery.from September Sr&J^M^rch 28tb, r anld''wS« still a£'i£. On one^oceasion the battery which he commands had the luck to "get" a German aeroplane just as it was about ... to : vise, from., the ground behind- the enemy 'trenches.* ' Captain J. ,B. Bennett (wounded) is the eldest son of 'Mr and Mrs A. E. Bennett,- of . Palmerste«-«North. Private advice -received' indicates* thhlß 'the wound ■ is not serious. " This is Captain Bennett's second appearance' m the casualty lists. He was wounded at the opening of the big Somme offensive last year. Mr Janies Kerr, of Taiiranga, has re-, ceived word that .his 'brother John, second, son . of : the .late, Captain, Kerr,. of Gate Pa, who enlisted at Sydney with the Australian Liglit'Horse, was killed about April 19 last. .' ..The^aJ^-Mr Kerr took part in' several" 'elhgagemerttSi m; Egypt, and was .reported" hosing some time ago. . Second-Lieutenant 1 .1 ." W; "C6bb, son of Mrs. H. S. Cobb, formerly of Napier and now of Pahnerston jJorth. is rc•x>rted missing m- the -totest-* casualty list. Lieutenant Cobb \v'ag t&JJallipoli. Lieutenant G. W. Bollinger; who died of wounds received on the Western front, left with . the ■ Main Body. He came back to New Zealand^ at the! conclueion of the Gaillipoli. campaign to obtain his commission, returning to tho war immediately afterwards-. - Before the war he was employed at the Hastings branch of the Bank of New South Wales. Lieutenant W. P. Thompson, killed on the Western fi*ont on June 7, joined tlio Tenth and left ..with 'tbtSi^lfteenth Reinforcements with ai* commission. ■ After leaving ihe Napier High School, he joined the staff of Messrs-^Roehfort and Son, Napier, civil engineers 7 and qualified as a /surveyor. Ho was the third . son of Mr. and Mrs. F-. J. Thompson. There is another brother, Lieutenant Harry. J. Thompson, M.A., at the front, and still anotiher, Hugh Af; Thompson, m training with the Twon^ r -ninths. Private George Smith (killed m France) enlisted from , Blackball .iKitji, 12th Reinforcements. 'He was<-5* «on of Mr William Smith, now of Kumara. Deceased was well-known on the Coast, and especially at Brunner, Avhere the. family lived for years. He was a prominent footballer, and was 37 yoars of age. Lieutenant E. G. Pilling, killed, left as a sergeant of the Otago -Infantry m one of the , early bodies ~6f " reinforcements. He took part m the •Janding at Anzac Bay, and' went through" the heaviest of the fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula. He was sent back to .New Zealand last year to receive a commission, and left for the' front for tho second t'mc as lieutenant of the7,Se«venteenth Reinforcements. He;. was a student of the Otago ■ University 'when he enlisted. Private A. (Qua) Cliristie, reported died 1 of wouiids,. is the fourth *6n of Mr and Mrs John Christie, late t pf "Karansratvike anc] Tharpes. . He enlisted with tho Main Body and wont l'igh;t through the Gallipoli campaign, where be was twice wounde # d r: and invalided., 7to JEh'gland. O.i» reoov-isring, he was sent, to France, and received 7th>. wounds that- ended m. his eath. Pi'ivate Olnnstie was entering upon his twenty-fourth --year at the time of- his death,, cindT prior" 'to...-. enlising was m the employ of the Railway Department, being stationed at Tau'marunui.