PERSONAL WAR' NOTES.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14165, 16 August 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

PERSONAL WAR' NOTES.

, (From "The Colonist," July 20.) 3 Lance-Corporal C. W. Thorn, wound- \ on July 4th, is a son of Mr \Valt©rl" Thorn, of Stoke. " ' Private D. Wallace, whose name ap~ - pearod in Tuesday's casualty list, is a ) fcon of Mrs E. Wallace, YV akefield. .- July, 21. } The names of. the following soldiers ) '.vho enlisted in this district, appeared " iii Wednesday's casualty list as having been" wounded:—Lance-Oorporal N. - Benseniann, son of Mr T. 0. Bense- \ mann, Takaka; Private D.- Wratten, : son ot" Mr H. WVatton. Lower Moutere; - Private A. T. Fawcet, brother of Mr W. j J. Fawcet, Tadmor; Sergeant S. G. Thompson, son of Mr W. D. Thompson, ■ Nelson j Private N. C. Gill, son of Mrs \ W. Gill, Wakapuaka; Private W. S. , Ricketts, son-of Mr H. A. Uicketts, \ Nelson; Lance-Corporal A. H. Hose,, i son of Ma* J. F Rose, Takaka.; Sergeant G. R. Scott, son of Mr J. Scott, r Takaka; Corporal L\ B. Strongman, ; (son of Mr T. T. Strongman, Fraddon, . Cornwall). \ The Rev. W. S. Lucas has" been advised by cable that his son, SurgeonCaptain Reginald H. Luea*, of the , R.A.M.C, wlio«was on duty on the Western front, is in a London hospital with a bullet wound in the left foot, and . is progressing favourably. ( Word was receh ed yesterday by the relatives of the death (killed in action ' f in France) of Roy, the third and youngest son of Dr. Greenwood, formerly^ of ( Christ-church, mid now of Australia, and grandson of Mrs John Greenwood, ' { oi- Bridge street. A few months ago . we. had occasion to mention'that this , young soldier, writing to his people,, ; stated regaining the death of his eldest ' brother, who died of 4 'wounds at Gallipoli: "Keep a stiff upper lip; both he : and I arc glad to lay down our- lives : in your defence and for our country." The. deceased soldier, who was in his : nineteenth year only when he enlisted ; in -Australia, always'wrote-to his people in a particularly cheerful and gallant •strain;, making light of hardships and expressing bis pride in being one or the defenders of ins country. July, 22. News has boon received from London that Lance-Oorporal-A. N. Field, son ot Mr.T. A. H. Field, M.P., who wad wounded in the thigh a month ago, is now able'to get about oa sticks. Lieutenant E. J. Fawcett, of Tadmor, is among those reported Avounded in a recent casualty list. A student" of-great-promise has. laid dowu his life for his country and the cause of freedom in the person of. Lieutenant Athol Hudson. His mother, Mrs Hudson, of Tapawera, has been advised that he has made the supreme sacrifice. Lieutenant Hudson was for '. some, time a pupil at -Nelson College. He entered-the Waitaki Boys' High I School, Oamaru, in February, 1908, and - .left it in December, 1911, "after packing •a great deal of all-round service into i his stay," to use the words of the :.' school magazine. He took a prominent » part in football, swimming, boxing, and ; track athletics, showing up prominently 1 in all long-distance events. He Snish- - ed up', at Waitaki by taking the dux- >■ ship. He was sixth on the list of New - Zealand Junior Scholars, and made his ; mark in science at Victoria College, 5 Wellington. In order to enlist with tho ■ First Samoan Contingent he broke off 5 his University course, and on his re- • turn from Samoa he joined the Ninta ' Reinforcements and proceeded to the F main theatre of the vyar. Out of sixty 'candidates for commissions, lie topped* ' the list. He had the satisfaction oi • sitting for and winning both the B.Sc. 1 degree and .iiis feanior Scholarship in ' Science prior to his departure from New J Zealand. In 1915 he was elected to the | New Zealand Rhodes Scholarship for that year. i " July, 2-1. p Private Hugh Frederick Owen (son of \ Mrs E.. Owen, Russell street, Nelson) ! was woutsded on'the 11th inst. ? Mr.s Cannington,-of-Wainiea street, ' yesterday received word from the Min>T pater of Defence that her eldest son, 3 Sergeant Harold W. Cannington, was ! kisied in action on July Sergeant \ Canni-ngton was a Nelson Collegian, and { was i«n the local office of the Public I Trustee. He left New Zealand wi&'i , the. Main Force, and sewed througnj " the Gallipoli campaign. Mrs Canning-; ' ton's second son has just returned to i Nelson invalided from the front. '

Private Bert Trott, of this cifc.w v.he: bad his right hand permanently irijiivuvl | by a bullet wound at Gallipoli, and afterwards joined the Army Medical Corps, was at. latest mail advices about to leaA-e Egj'pt to proved orf duty elsewhere. - : July, 20. Private McWha (wounded) is a son of Mr F. M.cWha, of the Buller road,' Vturehison (writes our correspondent). \notror son i'eceivtd a serious scalpvound as the result of an accident- a short time ago.. ■Mr J. Jennings, of Wej-:a street, Has jeeu notified that his son, Xiance-Cor-)oral Albert C. Jennings, has bee.i ivo^nded in the right leg and lefb arm, j-nd was admitted" to hospital on July lOtb. This is the second occasion on which Lanoc-Corporal Jennings has been wounded.

Mr W. 1). Thompson, of WVkapualra. received news yesterday•.that his son. Sp.rtieant-Ma.ior' Reginald Thompson, bad been killed in action. SergeantMajor Thompson belonged to ihe Main Body and was many months on Gallipoli." Only a few days ago Mr Thomp-i son was advised that another son had been wounded. Driver T. Trussing, son of Mr W. Pru&sing, of Grove Street, has been wounded in the thigh. Driver Prussing, who was in business as a blacksmith at iEitham, enlisted as a farrier, and spent J twelve months in Egypt with the ! horses. In order to see some fighting ho transferred.to the- artillery, and proceeded to France.

• -Jfly, 26. ; Private C. Sowman, who haa been admitted to hospital stiffering from ( wounds, is son of Mrs M. Sowman, 1 Takaka. July, 27. ■ Private J. C. H. ■Godsiff, who has ; been killed in action, was a son of Mr W. H. Godsiff, of Waitarea Bay, Kenepufu. lie went with one of the_ earlier Reinforcements, and saw service on Gallipoli. His brother J.en. is now on the vray to the front. Private Eric. Melton Brookes, reported killed in action on July Bth, was well known in Nelson, he at the time of enlistment being employed as a joiner in the factory of Mr. Henry Baigent, Waimea street. His home being at the Bluff, he enlisted with the Otago section and left -New Zealand with the Eighth Reinforcements. _He. was a prominent member of the Rival Football Club, and at the time of enlistment fi member of the Management Committee of the Nelson Rugby Football Union. July, 23. [ LiHioe-Corporai C. IF. Collins son of 'Ah YY\ U. Collins, of Ahhburton. and ' brother of Mi C M. Collins, of Louissons, Ltd.. has been killed in action. Private F'-ank (VDonnell, reported , liill^'l in action -,vas a native of Nelson, and n Nelson Collep.ian. ITo was for some time employed by tho firm of Dodsnn and Son/ Tie lu<s one brother (Mr J. O'Douuell) in Nelson. His mother rcceuily vemovod to Ar.cklnrid. ; ' July. 59. Th" following tire the next of kin of Mie Xel-oriarm whosr> names anoer-red 1 in '..he r-T-inlty list i'.sivxl ln T thf Base - Ilf-'irrls Off!C^on Thu-sdnv:—Killed in t «<--ri'.n. Private V. M^Nabb. son of Mr. - l.'_ >T"Nabl>. Mo+uelvf> : micsin^, bos lioved t-^ be killed, Piivate J. Garvin, son of Mv.'J, Garvin, "Bridge street;

wounded, Private J, S. J. Chapman, soft of. Mrs-. J. Chaprtaiv Biwaka; Private IX E, HolHsj. sister Mrs. E. Hogan, Nelson, Private G, Griffith, son of Mrs. G. Griffith, Hope r Nelson. 1 ' August 2. Word has boon received that Private James Taylor, formerly" employed at Messrs J. P. Oooke and Sons', whose inotliov resides at Havelock, was killed in Pivuice on 'July 15th. Some years ago Mrs Taylor (now Mrs Boers) was a resident of Collingwood.

Among thpse reported Avounded on Monday were: —Corporal J. A. Scott," (next of kin," Mrs J. A. Scott, Takaka, mother),- Private W. R.-Walkei (J. Walker. Ferntown, Collingwood, father).' Private L\ M'Nabb (son of- Mr E. M'Nabb. of Motueka), killed in France, formerly lived in Pahnerston North, and was one of six brothers "who volunteered for service. One was rejected for physical reasons after fycing in camp at Rangiotu for some months. The others went, forward with their units. Two were killed on Gallipoli, and the third son lias now given his life in France, where the two remaining brothers are still lighting. The youngest was just over 18 when ho won't away with the force.

I Sergeant Frank G. Glastoffbury, lrilled in action in France on July 14, was the fourth son of Mr and 'Mrs Alf. Glasfconburv, of Canvastown. lie enlisted in the Ist Otago Battalion at the commeiifccinent of the war. Ho was wounded in the upper-arm at Gallipoli on Anzac Day, ma do a speedy recovery, and served in the trenches, and was quickly promoted sergeant. Whilst in the trenches he contracted pneumonia, and was sent to England. He rejoined his unit just before they were ordered to Fiance. He was a very promising youth,- and. won a scholarship before' reaching the age of 13. He was then a Marlborough High School boy for •• three years, passed the Civil. Service examination, and was appointed a cadet in the Valuation- arid Advances Office, Dimedin, and had risen to junior clerk .wlien war. 'broke out. When killed he w.as in his twenty-fourth year. He has two older brothers serving in. France—Len and Will. The three brothers recently met in France. Their eldest brother, Alfred (Jack) r although married and having a family of three, has enlisted in tho Seventeenth Reinforce- , ments.August, 3. News was received yesterday by Mr C. Langlev Bell that his eldest son, Private John Fox Bell, had died of wounds received in- action. Private Bell was recently reported wounded, but it was not thought that his injuries were serious until word came that he was dangerously ill, this being followed by the report of his death. He was 35 years of age, and belonged to the Otago | Regiment. The deceased was at Nel- j son College from 1894 to 1897, and! was subsequently in the cable service! at Waknpuaka and in the East. ' . August, 7.

Mrs J. Gai"\ rin, of Bridge street; has been advised by the Base Records Office that confirmation has1 been received that her son, Private James Garvin, was killed in action on July 14th. Mr T. S .Ed\yards has been informed that his son, Lieutenant Ernest G. Edwards, was Avounded on July 28th, and is also suffering from shell shock. Lieutenant Echvards Was a student at Nelson College. The Edwards family has a war record of A'vhieh it may be proud. Mr Edwards has had at the front one son (wounded), t\vo sons-in-law (both wounded and i:oav dischaiged as medically unfit,)," and seven nephews (one of whom has keen killed). August, 8.

M*. C. Langley Bell, whose son, Private John F. Bell, was reported .dangerously ill and then as having dieci, received another cable on Saturday, slating that his son was dangerously ill, .suffering from fractured humerus. * • i August, 10. ' Private F. K. Tucker, reported wounded, is the youngest brother of MiErnest E. Tucker, of -Richmond. Eleven years ago he was a pupil at the "Whukarewh Orphanage at Motuoka, and later at Nelson College-, from v. here he obtained a position in the Lands Department in Dunedin ? being afterwards transferred to Wellington, ! where lie enlisted. j August, 11., I Captain G. H. Tlammond, of the 12th J (Nelson) ilegiment, received word yes- ! torday that his brother, Captain E. L. Hammond, who left with the advance party of the New Zealand Hifle Brigade, was killed in action in France on July 23rd. Captain Hammond, who enlisted from Wanganui, leaves a Avidow and three children. It was Captain Hamir.ond who recently cabled information as to the wounds received by his brother. Sergeant L. Hammond, and he has now become a victim himself. ;

Sab-Inspector Mullany, of Christchurch, and formerly of Nelson, has received a cable notifying him that his son, Lieutenant C. L. Mullany, who was reported wounded in France on July 20th, is now in the Third Military Hospital, London. He is progressing favourably.

August, 12. Mrs Archie Kitching has received word from her son, Private J. A. Kitcliing, who- went with the "Thirteenth. Reinforcements, saying that he had. arrived in England safe and well. In letters to his mother.-written at sea in-June and July, Private Kitcliing said he never felt better in his life. He hoped soon to meet his son, Bugler Archie Kitching, who is in Franco.

i Private Charles Reeves, who died of I wounds received in France last month, t was the youngest son of the Jato Mr and Mrs T. Reeves, of Nelson. He was Hjorn here, and was 28 years ot" age. Starting with the Anchor Company as an ordinary seaman, he became an A.B. He sowed' on several of the company's boats, and was a fine stamp of seaman, and was popular and much esteemed.

Private A. E. Gilbert, reported wounded on July 23rd, is a son of Mrs. E. Gilbert, of Collingwood street. Px-i----vate Gilbert is on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, and was stationed at Kohukohu,. Hokianga (North Auckland), where he enlisted. He left New Zealand with the Sixth Reinforcements. . '

August, 14. Trooper L.-S. Gpodall, who was dangerously wounded fli the recent fighting against the Turks near the Suez Canal, and who has been admitted to hospital at Suez, Is n son of Mrs. M. Goodall, Lower Moutere. "

Lance-Corporal .A. L. Williams, who has been wounded in action in France is a brother of My. N. R. Williams, secretary of tho Nekon Education Board. He.Mas in England when war broke out, and joined the British section of the N.Z.R.F. He served right through tho Gallipoli campaign, and then went to France.

Mr John Pauling,, of Nelson, ye.sterday received cable advice that his soiv Gunner John F, Pauling, was wounded and also suffering from shell shock, and had been sent to England on the -Ith irisc. Gunner Pauliiu?, -\vho was one <^' the Nelson Post Office staff, left New Zealand with tho Main Body, and served through the Gallipoli aampnign. .. His brother William is now on the way to the front, and n brother-in-law, Charles Cnlo, is in Featherston C?mp.

Private Porev Norman Sldlton, son of Mrs TC. A. Skilton. of Rockvillo. 'lied i:i tlio Trontham Military Hospital Last neck. The- deceased was1 in camp with tho Eighteenth ."Ripinfni'ceraenis. Tho body was brought to Nelson on Saturdnv and taken to Rockville. whore tlio 1 interment will .take jAnco to-day.