ROLL OF HONOR.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14447, 6 November 1917, Page 3

ROLL OF HONOR.

Mr E. S. Goldsmith, of Whitaker * street, received 1 Tthe sad "advice to?.day that his son. Private F. Goldsmith, Was killed in action on October 22nd. |Private Goldsmith left Gisborne withfithe • v l2th Reinforcements, and was : attaf?hed /to the Hawke's Bay Company Of* the First Wellington Battalion He originally to Egypt and subsequently to France, . yrhere he had been, for ovfr /• year. He had got saffcly through* th* Somme, Messines, and other battles, ijanq had 1 also safely emerged from recent fighting in Flanders. , A week prior to being killed he had cabled that he*;was "well and going strong." He wasriMr Goldsmith's youngest son, and prior to enlisting had been engaged on station contract work at Te Araroa. JPhe second son, Private Albert W. Goldsmith, left for.service -with ihe sameljreinf orcements ; JiO'Vas, severely- wounded, ;and according; to. latest., advices wa# at Hornehurch,- awaiting a chance to* be invalided home., . . , ,j Mrs W. Cooper, of Wainui, has received cable advice that her second son, Priyate Leonard Gordon, has. been admitted to hospital, suffering from gunshot wounds in the back. Private Cfebper was born in Gisborne. He enlisted with .the, 23rd Reinforcements, and was attached t&ihe machine gun section. He was wounded on the 9th of October, and was.a^nrpjted to the Waltoh-on -Thames hosbiiiiaL bsing remojfed- .from there „on -the - iSth^.o?"*' Ctetober, and taken to a hospita£| at . Epsom.* His many friends .will? ;hop^f for his speedy recovery. fi "fit - Word has.been received of.thede^th of Lieutenant-Coionel G. A. Kingpin France., Colonel King was a son efi^Mr George King, formerly of Glen-iti, jNelson. He Jeaves * .a • widow ; and) two 'P(iildren. This soldier had a distinguished career. He left New Zealand with^he Alain Body as ' a staff captain. He jwas in charge of the Pioneer Battalioro^for some time. He received the B-.^jO., and by* the ' Fi-ench .Government $ra? awarded the Croix de Guerre. No d<sßtbf Colonel King, rouey of *#**?*. three pr? tinguished senior officers mentioned- ip. fit recent cable message as haying: laid. d^k their liyes. ih the great" figbtjng byithe New Zealanders and Australians. . y „.■s& N. -Hyslpp, ; of Hastings, r^ec^ed! cable advice ofi Saturday from the Gflih-mander-in-Ohief, India, deeply reletting that, his son, Lieut. N. S. Hy«|o!j>, Royal jF-lyine- Corps, :' had been # killed? in action, in an aeroplane accident", October 30th. Lieut. N. Hyslop; or^as* he was affectionately- known amongst his friends, Ben Hyslop, was one of : the first, im Hastings : to ; ']6ih theVcoloM,' leaving with the main body. He acted as chauffeur .to Major-General Russell : in Egypt, after whicli he joined : the *yß^all Flying i Corps; a, year, or 18 -months ,agt>, and,-*- Avithin-- tlie last*three 'Jwn&mfi+jMi was ordered- to A lesopotamia, whert> ■ Jhe gavp..his-|ife for-ihis country. . -fi/';; WiklcrrhtfC to Lieutenant fi. S. ,Kpjnsjtlioriie, a son of Archdeacon Kemptiicfl-rie jßrightwgjjeyjf..- Nelson), who. ■waayjeiiled ip actioi^jreceuitly, his commandingofficer, a lieutenant-colonel in the RiFUL, says, in* a letter received by, the- ;last| mail : "Kempthorne liad struck ni© y*ry ; riiuch d^r|hg the last? '$w<f : ; w«e ks| ? opera-* tions' as showing y^'eat>elifori^rise'* J »iad , deter.mii&J>k>nSunder w-hat were yeafiyfififey--. ing ciraimstahbes. ; Ije , was f kUlepLtt tor gether with five bther J xyffic^fiiVpSfitefc acting $s my,, group forward officer 'diu-ing oiir" operations yyeSfiewlay, August. JWth, ... Up., to the time .*<# hia ; 'death *he ripe well informed .of the .situatioii, 'aud-snovved'cdolness andi capability 'throughout.' I eannot say how sorry I am to lose Mm, but he died a gallant d-ga-ffli, and, "it ins^taiifeftiis." ■-* '% %'*;■ *« ■ .'% .Leßijard P. Cafe- Wi§ ti well ; Ipiown WahganuiViqricketer, h-js bee^ ki((ed in action in lenders,? fi^ fifilfi* i.** . • . Fii* the slitb. time Major RHBJvKriyyett, D.S.O.^ R.Y.A? (Au^kla.^,; has 'be&n^oUjm^ *.:*i : ,V .-■ fi" ■'.-■- <£uniier Glair. Sutherland / (kyled), / •;2*py eajrs' -pf • 'ag4; ' and. 'jt)ie s,econd, son ; of the Rey.^B;.^-R.yMySuthfeyla-ndypf.Dune-diiir, to lpsj^ his lif e at the f i'ont. '■■■ Confirmation of the; death -of .Dr .Hugh Barr, R.A.M.C., through the bombing of thfe ';:39tlfrQ<*heval' ;Hbspital t at S^lbiiika, has' just *been received :at - Alexuaidi'Uj Otago, where be' formerlv practised.'-; *: : --L^V Robjerfc'spe^ce/f (lulled) Tfas/*rceU known in Tavahaki. -He • qualified ■'■, for thet.law. He started practice on his! P^vn account several .years agq^ at .Stratfoyd. Sbhie eighteen months ';^go/h^*voluiit^fred'for a^tiye. ; servjce,ya'ij^ ,^arting^a^, a non-coui.y he -qualified* for ;r ahd recei\fed a^cdmmission. - ' ; " ■$-.->•■ •2iid, -Lieut. Joseph Ward Rutledge, B[iF* A. -i (ChristchUroh)sy^h^ v/falle^^iii action. -V 'Prior.to- being commissioned, ;^in Junte^ i9IS. Lieut.-sßutledge servedj "as ai gunner. He hadl -been wounded twice in, January*-, and August last year. Lately ' he has ,-been attached to tne 103rdtCRrig»d^. in,JFyan(^.:T^An oldv.lwy'.jo^phrist's Cojjege,: *,hp Va? fi&i&AkJw. .^-rPolicefi §%r---geaiit Rutledge," and. jb^thej* o^'EiigiH^rId^tfsCemmander George ; R_ Rutledge, who was lost in theLaurentic. fififi