PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14535, 12 October 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

t James Ernest Peacock, sou of .Mrs Skiduiore, of .Napier, who was called up in the last ballot, has been serving with the Royal .Navy for tho last two years, as chief-engineer .on a. motor boat which is now assisting th« Italian Navy.

The Distinguished Service Order has been awarded to Flight-Commander J. Anthony Can, of Auckland. He was in the Sa-moan Contingent before lie went Home in May. 1915, to join the Royal 1* lying Corps.

Ihe la to Sir Edward Letchwortl; (whoso death is reported from London) was (mmd Secretary of freemasons, formerly a solicitor, he was for many years one of the Chief Stewards of HoyaJ manors. He was ono of the promoters of tho volunteer movement in 1859, and one of the Governors of the Foundling and St. Bartholomew's Hospitals.

ill© death of Mr G. S. Quill, a well known shipping manager, is reported by a Sydney Press Association cable

Private advice was received at Ctnstchurch last night that the Rev. G. S. Bryan-Brown, Anglican chaplain to the JNew Zealand Forces, was killed in action last Thursday. Prior to his departure for tho front'he ways chaplain of Christ's College. He graduated at Cambridge, and was a master at tte Loretto School,. Musselburgh, before coming out to Christ's College. He was a splendid athlete and represented Canterbury in the cricket field. He war also prominent in hockey circles. Press Association.

Rifleman Charles C. Fergu?on, who has gained th« Military Medal, is the eldest son of the late Mr Herbert Fergu.sou, who was formerly officer in charge of tho Auckland Labour Bureau. He was bae'ly gassed at JMessLnes, while, tending the wounded. His bro-tber-in-law, Ernest Le Cren, oi Wellington, was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme.

Second-Lieutenant J. M. Paterson, R.F.A., who has been awarded the Military Cross, comes from l>unedin s and is a partner in the firm of Lang and Paterson. solicitors. Dunedin. He hit New Zealand about' a year ago to join the Home forces. jJeoond-Lieu-tenant Paterson is a distinguished graduate of New Zealand University in arts and law. He is thirty years of ago, and previous to enlisting "had no military experience.