CASUALTIES

Sun (Christchurch), Volume II, Issue 424, 19 June 1915, Page 10

CASUALTIES

KOLLED, WOUNDED, AND MISSING. LISTS RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. The following casualty lists were | received last night:— DIED OF WOUNDS. AUCKLAND BATTALION. 12/501 —Private Christopher Barney Billing (Mrs J. Billing, Darga-1 vile, Auckland, mother). AUCKLAND MOUNTED. 13/412—Trooper Charles John Victor Munn (Charles John Munn, Wellington South). WELLINGTON MOUNTED. 11/197—Tr&oper Alfred Edward Thomas (J. E. Thomas, Mount ( Eden, Auckland). OTAGO BATTALION. 8/1062—Corporal Michael M'Carthy (Mrs J. M'Carthy, County Kerry, Ireland, mother). MISSING. CANTERBURY BATTALION. . j 6/11 —Private Arthur Charles War- \ ner Bain (A. W. Bain, 50 Park, Terrace, Christchurch). WOUNDED. CANTERBURY BATTALION. 6/1452—Private Richard James Atkinson (Nathan Atkinson, Middleham, Yorkshire, England, father). 6/403—Private William Auld (W. Auld, North Street, Timaru). j 6/413 —Sergeant Alexander John Bennington (James Bennington, Geraldine, father). 6/1442—Private Edmund Bird (Reginald Bird, Barking, Essex, England, brother). 6/200 —Sergeant Ernest Hillin Burnett (Thomas Burnett, Nelson, father). 6/1093—Private Henry Byrch (Mrs C. Byrch, 891 Colombo Street, Christcliurch). 6/426—Private Robert Caskey (Mrs E. Caskey, Fairlie, ,mother). 6/999—Private Edmond Lawrence Cheesman (W. H. Cheesman, Avonside, Christchurch). 6/1484—Private Arthur Edmond Chrisp (Edmond James Chrisp, - Gisborne, father). 6/148*5—Private Frederick Arthur Clark (C. S. Clark, Barbadoes Street, Christchurch, father). 6/1490 —Private Thomas Coles (Harry Wooster, Blenheim, friend). 6/1523—Private Howard Ellis (Robert Ellis, Brightwater, Nelson, father). 6/1285 —Private Robert Louis Forbes (Mrs Jessie Forbes, Ka-r rori, Wellington, wife).. 6/1555 —Private Harry Handley (William Handley, Penkridge, Staffordshire, father). 6/1558 —Private Cyril Bertram Harsant (Mrs N. Elizabeth Roffey, Coromandel, mother). 6/71—Private „ Frank Hunt (Mrs F. Hunt, Kilmainham, Dublin, Ireland). 6/1582—Private Arthur Jewiss (Mrs C. Jewiss, Mount Eden, Auckland, mother). 6/1593—Private Walter Herbert Keith-Murray (Mrs M. E. I. Keith-Murray, Upper Norwood, London, mother). 6/275—Private Henry Kenney (Mrs Kura Kenney, Johnsonville, Wellington, mother). 6/1606—Private William Lewis (Mrs Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, River Road, Christchurch, mother). 6/88 —Private W. A. Lockwood (J. S. Lockwood, Manurewa, Auckland). 6/1647 —Corporal James M'Arthur (James M'Arthur, Papanui, Christchurch, father). 6/513—Private James M'Cohnell (Mrs Catherine M'Connel, Fairlie, mother). 6/294 —Private John Marr (Beaton Marr, Herbert, North Otago, father). 6/1617 —Private William Marshall (Mrs J. Marshall, Heaton-on-Tyne, England, mother). 6/521—Private George Patrick Niall .(Gerald H. Niall, Grafton Street, Auckland, brother). 6/1379 —Private Orlando Pointon (Elviss Pointon, Manchester St., Petone, father). 6/127—Private Robert Rennie (Robert Rennie, Hobart, Tasmania). 6/1715 —Private Arthur Burwood Sizer (Mrs M. T. Sizer, Coromandel Street, Wellington, mother). 6/1720—Private Thomas Percival Smith (Mrs G. Cosson, Awanui North, North Auckland, sister). 6/153 —Private Ernest Thorval Stout (W. A. Stout, solicitor, Invercargill). 6/156 —Private Alexander Tait (Gladys Tait, Durban, Natal). 6/1744 —Private Frank George Waghorn (F. G. Waghorn, Ngatimati, Nelson, father). 6/167 —Private Linus Evlyn Walker (Mrs J. A. Walker, Stoneyhurst Street, Christchurch). 6/177—Private Reginald Rait White (George Henry White, Turua, Hauraki Plains, Auckland).

6/1436—Private Ivor Jack Woods (Miss Woods, care of Mrs Findley, Huxley Street, Sydenham). WELLINGTON BATTALION. 10/1238—Sergeant Athol Cqurtenay Forbes (Mrs A. M. Forbes, Hamilton). 10/338 —Corporal Samuel James - Beart Foss (Mrs Mary Poole Foss, Hukanui, Wairarapa, mother). 10/982—Private Albert Francis Hodson (James Hodson, Parkvale, Wanganui). 10/648—Private William Jesse Smith (Daniel Smith, Hastings, England). SICK AND WOUNDED. THE HOSPITAL REPORT. The following is a continuation of the sick and wounded report:— (In General Hospital, Cairo) CANTERBURY BATTALION. 6/35—Private Keith De Maus. 6/402—Private John Allan' Anderson. - 6/901—Private Charles Herbert. 6/538—Private Hector Robson Saunderson. G/145—Private Frank Boundy Smith. 6/681—Private Stephen M'Donald. CANTERBURY MOUNTED. 7/2—Trooper Benjamin Aldridge (Arthur E. Aldridge, Tinwald, Ashburton). AUCKLAND BATTALION. Privates Peter Broome Giles, Norman Crozicr Cairns, Frank Lipscombe Gibson. AUCKLAND MOUNTED. Troopers Gordon Hovey, Ralph Edwin Logan M'Clpre. , WELLINGTON BATTALION. Lieutenant Eric Morgan, Privates Samuel Northey, Charles Bradley, William Wadman Ross. WELLINGTON MOUNTED. Trooper Richard Edward Ainsworth. OTAGO BATTALION. Privates John Stockton, Dunlop Carnahan, Thomas Martin, Sidney Walters, George Reid Robertson, Sergeant Robert Gordon, Privates James* Joseph Nolan, James Frederick Milner. FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE. Sergeant Vernon Edward Challis, Gunner Edward Crawford. FIELD AMBULANCE BRIGADE. Privates Frank Victor Blandford, Thomas Irwin. ARMY SERVICE CORPS. 5/31—Sergeant Herbert Francis Whitley. , THE LATE LIEUT. ALLEN. The Hon. James Allen, Minister of Defence, has received a cablegram from the Keeper of the. Privy Purse, expressing the regret of their Majesties the King and Queen at the loss the Minister and the Army have sustained by the death of his son, the late lieutenant J. H. Allen. Their Majesties also expressed their sympathy with Mr Allen in his sorrow. Sympathy with the Minister has been very widely and genuinely expressed, and a large number of letters and telegrams of Condolences have been sent to him. The condolences of the Commander of the New Zealand Forces at the front, and his command have been sent, and similar expressions have come from Australia and from the Old Country- The late Lieutenant Allen was serving under General Hunter Weston. SERGEANT I. P. D. STOCKER. The Registrar of the Supreme Court, Christchurch, has received news that Sergeant Ingelow P. D. Stocker (Canterbury, Battalion) has died of wounds. He was 21 years of age and was the youngest son of Mr Basil Stocker, of the Legislative Council staff, Wellington. Sergeant Stocker was educated at the Waitaki Boys' High School and at the Victoria College, where he studied for the law. He was a member of the staff of the Wellington Magistrate's Court, and, subsequently, of the Supreme Court, Christchurch, where he had been about 12 months when the war broke out. He was a keen Territorial and was a.sergeant in the A Company of the Ist (Canterbury) Regiment. He joined the Main Expeditionary Force as lance-sergeant, and received promotion in Egypt. PRIVATE HAROLD TREWERN, Private Harold Trewcrn (Otago Battalion, killed in action), was the eighth son of Mrs 11. J. Trewern, of 100 Bamford Street, Woolston. He was 25 years of age, and was educated at the Lyttelton District High School, and at the Christchurch Technical College. As a clerk he joined the Railway Locomotive Department, and was subsequently transferred to Westport and to Wellington. He was a keen Territorial, and held a commission as lieutenant |in the Senior Cadets. He made several attempts to get away with the main force, and finally he went with the Otago Battalion by giving up his j commission and joining as a private ' six hours before the force sailed. He and the late Lieut. Skelton were close friends.