PERSONAL WAR NOTES.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14142, 19 July 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

PERSONAL WAR NOTES.

(From •i'The Colonist,." Jtnxe 22.) j IMvate'Roy BoltonHHooperr r who waa* admitted r to hospital suffering, from a, wound 'in the thigh, is a son of Mrs Frank Hooper, of Wakefield. „ . June, "23.. ~ Private Enoch Edgar Clough, who was reported slightly wounded in the hand, is a f son of Mrs. M. Clough, Murchison. ' Private 'Robert Brownlee, reported hi Wednesday's casualty list as having mcd of wounds, was a son of. Mr Robert Brownlee, of Havelock. _._ * June, 24. Rifleman W. T. Christian, son -of Mrs. Christian, of GJenhope, who was wounded severely in the face, is doing well m King George Hospital,' Lon-

Trooper W. Rowlands, who is in the of the Military Hospital, Wellington, is slowly progi-essing to-' wards recovery. -.-He-was invalided home suffe,"-ng from shell shock and frostbite Mr YValfaee Snodgrass visited <n\m last week, and found him employed in making^ baskets. Trooper Eon'land's recently received news- of the death of his father in Tasmania, and he hopes shortly to: l>e well'enough to ti^el there to see his bereaved mother.

tvt , , .''.'-■■' June-,. 27. _ &e\vs has been received by cable that Field, M.P ha S been wounded in I' ranee, ,and is now in- lo&pital in London. ; ■ ■•

, Secorid-Lieutenant A. T. White, who has been wounded, was formerly teacher ot the State schools at Collingwood and ?Pnng Grove. He received his training in the Nelson schools. Some time betore he joined the Expeditionary Force he removed1 to the-Wellington district.. .Mrs T. H. Lukin, of Nelson, was advised yesterday that her" son, Private trresley Lukin, was- returning to New Zealand invalided, having been wounded, llus was the first intimation that Mrs Lukin ha^ had' that her son had 1 been wounded.

», ' J«iie % 29. Mrs Best, of Upper Moutere, has received a cable from her sou, Rifleman A. Best, who is in the Southern General Hospital, Birmingham,, saying that ho is progressing satisfactorily. " , ■ , T . / , ' Juno, 30. iNows has been received that Private Walter Stewart, of Nelson, was killed m action in France on the 12ti". inst. The deceased was the fourth son of Mr D. Stewart,...of- Nile- street. He went to Samoa A\;ith the Advance Body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Returning to New Zealand, he endeavoured to join the. Sixth Reinforce-' ments, but "was.-too-late. He "then left for •Australia, and in Brisbane joined the Australian, forces. After feeing in Egypt for some months he proceeded to France with" hi& unit. Another -brother, Bombardier J. Stewart, is (in active service with the New Zealand Field Artillery. Word was received on June 22nd by! Mr J. A. Moo-re, of Havelack Suburban,! that his son Fred had been killed in action- in France on May 30th. The '"Guardian"-says he joined tho litrBattalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, and got away' with the' eighth reinfo'roemeints. He fought in- the trenches on Gallipoli till the evacuation, then had an attack of enteric and was to go on a transport for Australia for three months 3 leave, but this was cancelled, and after another week in hospital he rejoined his battalion near, the Sue?; Canal. In April he arrived with^ his battalion in France. In 1906 he . went to Sooth Africa and joined the Mounted Constabulary, aftenvards returning to West Australia, where he had lately'taken up land, but when the war broke out he left for the '-•.•front. His youngest brother Alex is still with the Cantorbury Mounted Regiment, main 'body. July, 4.' Gunner E; Fl Allan,' son■ ef Mr. and Mrs. G; H. Allan, Takaka, after his arrival in France contracted a severe cold, arid »was confined to hospital for some weeks. It was the first sickness he had experienced since leaving New Zealand nineteen ■< nvonths ago On Thursday last Mr-Allan was advised that his son had resumed duty. Mr W. H. Robertson, of' Robertson Bros.'-wool works; Halifax street, was adyisea. yesterday that his only son ™^ c Albert' William Robertson, who left New Zealand with the Sixth, Reinforcements, had been killed in action oi; June 22nd. ■> The deceased, who was ft years of age, was at Nelson College from JSRto to 1908. and after passing the Jxinior Cvvil Service examination he joined the Old Age Pensions Department at Wellington, whero he was employed when he answered'the call to arms \ery general" sympathy will be telt for the parents in their loss. Among the many expressions of sympathy received by Mr and Mrs W "H Robertson on the death of their, only son, who was killed in action in Flanders on June 22nd, was one from the late soldier's immediate chief, Mr G. Fache, Commissioner of Pensions. Mr Fache wrofe tlmt the deceased was a niosfc "promising 'office.r_jn his Department, and that had he been"sfcaTecTto' return to take ; up his official duties he y/c*V" ,have xeceived. promotion which he had well earned.

m ■ July, 5. -lrooper Horace Polglaze, who enlisted vwith the' Third. Reinforcements and landed at Gra-llipcli. was posted as missing, but is now believed to, be dead... He was 27 years of age, the seventh son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Polglaze, now of Hamilton, Waikato. The deceased was born at Nelson, and removed to the North Island with his parents when quite young. He was for several years.-with Rouse and Hurrell, ooachbuilders, etc., of Wellington, and for some years had a business at Paiagaroa. He was a Forester, a member of the Pangaroa Brass Band, and was successful in cycle road-.racing. He was the only single member of a family of 10, and at the time^of enlisting, he held a section at Hamilton, milking upwards July, 6. A recent letter conveyed the pleasing news tliat Private Victor Sherwood, son of -Mr" E. A. Sherwood, of this city, had recovered from the effects of shell shock received ,at GnalUpoh The letter also stated that Private Sherwood had gone to* France. July., 7. ■Lance-Corporal A. H. Rose, who was reported as having been wounded in tile neck, is a son of Mr. J. F. Rose Takaka.' ',-■■Mr A. H. Barltrop has been notified by tlie Minister of Defence that his son Frank, who is serving with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force,; was wounded on June 38tlv"and is suffering : froni?f : stock.: •■■■-' '- ■'■■'i:' . ~ V;-; :'-„:-■ ■■.' . r;t\ ■.■ . V ■ -July, 13. Mr ,R. Neal,. ofoTasman street, ha? received ;.c4blo; advice that his son, Corporal. George I^ea^^^ dangerously ill with; bronchia! T^neiiincTiia, and is now in hospital m England.. ••'• ■.■:■'. :■ . r- ■■:■:■■■. -,:^-,- :..Juiy,isf-. ; ..; Second' .Lieutenant "William Benzies, Yson. of;-Mr.; Henry Benzies, Benachie Orchard,' Appro, Nelson) was wounded on-the; 4th :inst.. ;^ ;; ■ -~,r,;:....; ; : ''•■'•.vAniong ioldiers recently admitted to hospital -are 'Private Charles; 1^ Grropby (son of [Mr. E, ]Gropby,; Motiit-i-eka)'-y.;and.v:ASefgeant-Ma]or'^La'w'feii^ George (son' of."'.'"Mf.^!C'.'r';€.:-'----•M'Muri^vJ^Tempiemore, Richmbnd, • :Nelsori) ;i ;; :^:w -^. ■■^^'^■' ; v-:V; ■<^^■■■^ 7^;?,Capia3U^ammipnd iha?;; b^eh v pri-i, ;paWe JKa|^his ■jßrother^S^ergSaniii. •B.>^B;CHam-^ i^iid^^si^eM^woiiridedJ i;SA^^fevi<>us; ;^blfe^epwii6d|lijinr^issing> :Sutyh'©;^a^ ■;&fj;^\y^^p^ick^|upJi:wouriSe^ ■ i^atTC^!||%i^|wOTndp^

though it ha3<'sihce been, leamt^nat he ,Us doing well. , Sergeant Hammond is i-well known inr Nelson' and tvaa-for some .time in the Magistrate's Court office. *He» enlisted-with the "Eleventh' Reinforcements "from. Wellington.'