PERSONAL WAR ITEMS.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14539, 17 October 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)

PERSONAL WAR ITEMS.

(From "The Colonist," Sept. 20th.)

Mr and Mrs F. J. Eades, of Nile street, have received cable advice that their son Frank was admitted to Jirockenhurst Hospital on September 9th, suffering with throat trouble.

September 27th. Lance-Corporal W. J. De Biois, son of Mr A. M. De Blois ,of Wellington, a former resident of Nelson, has been killed in action.

September 29th. Mrs George Noble, of Lower Hutt, las been informed that her son Percy, of the Tenth 'Reinforcements, who was recently reported suffering from dysentery, ha* now been removed from the dangerously ill list. October 2nd. , Nurse- Sloan has been advised that her youngest son, Gunner M. H. Sloan, is now quite well again, and that her eldest son, Sergeant A. K. Sloan, re;cently wounded, iias been sent to England. ! October 3rd. Mr. James Armstrong, of Harper 6treet, has "received a letter from his son, Private Norman Armstrong, writj ten from an American hospital in I France, giving details of the wounds te received in the battle of Messines. He states that he was wounded in the left arm, and gangrene setting in, the limb was amputated close to the shoulder. He speaks in the highest terms of praise of the skill of the American surgeons. October 4th. Word has been received (says the | "Motueka Star") that Lieutenant G. L. Tacon, formerly of this district, who enlisted in England and joined the Brtish Army, has been invalided home as unfit for further military service. Lieutenant Tacon has been on active service in the Balkans. . October 6th. Mr C. E. Roper, of Collingwood i street, has received a cable stating that his son, Private R. Roper, who was seriously wounded, is now making! satisfactory progress towards recovery. News has been received by Mrs yon Stunner, Maori road, that her younger brother, 6/653 Corporal Fred Homan, Main Body, is being','.invalided, home, i and is due in Nelson: shortly, accompanied by his wife and child. The only other brother, Leslie, is how a driver on one of the now British tanks.

October Bth. Private advice has been received that Trooper Jim Brady, of Wangapeka, who is a member of the Imperial Camel Corps, is coining home after being in hospital for some time.

October 9. Mrs. G. Dodson has been advised that her brother, Private Dave Gear, was killed inaction on September 26tb. He enlisted from- Westport.

October 10th. Word has been received in Motuoka that Private Walter M.cFarlane, elder son of Mrs E McFarlane, Pah street, has been killed in action ,on the \Vestorn front. Private McFarlane enlisted with tiie Australian forces.

Mrs. Buekman has received a cable from her son, Fitter W. S. G. Buckman, saying he,ls to report at' Torquay for discharge on tie 10th inst. Fitter Buekman was dangerously wounded at Messines. His many friends will be pleased to learn of his early return to New Zealand.

October 11th. News has been received by Mrs Yon Stunner that her brother, Corporal Fred Homan, M.airi Body, who is returning; invalided, is now dangerously, ill on transport with typhoid fever

Mr and Mrs Fisher, of Washington Valley, have been advised that their son. Sergeant R. S. Fisher, has been admitted to hospital with.a shattered right' hand. This is the second time within three months that Sergeant Fisher has been wounded.

Mrs G. Allan, of llussell street, has been informed that, her brother, Private James- Allen, of Nelson, who ha? been with the forces for nearly two years,- is being invalided home. Sergeant E. J. Allen, another brother, is on active service, and at fast advice was well.

! ' J , ' • • October 13th. Ma]or ]\. AY. J3. B. TJioms, formerly group commander at Nelson, is included in the list of wounded published this morning. Mr G. Matthews, of. Haven road, has been advised tha.t his con, -Signaller Peter Joseph Matthews, died of wounds on the sth in?t. at the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. ' The deceased went away with the Fifteenth .Reinforcements, aud belonged to the Signalling Company. He was only 191 years of age when he left New Zealand, j and he did not ieave' England for France until he reached his 20th year some three months ago. In Nelson lie was employed in the tinsmithing . department at Kirkpatrick and Co/s factory. He was a good footballer, and .while, in England was chosen to play for New Zealand m representative matches. Well liked by all with whom he came in contact,, many will regret his death. His oldest brother^ Sergeant John 1\ Matthews, of the same company, was wounded in the Battle of the Somme oiV September loth, 1916. The sergeant was invalided to England, where he ■successfully- sat for a commission, l't was at one time expected that he would return to New Zealand, but instead lie went bacli to the Western front.

XT , October 15th. i\ews has been received at Takaka of the death in action of Private Ashley Hitchcock son of Mr.George Hitchcock, of Long Plain. Mr William Lines, of Vanguard street, lias been advised that hia son. Private Claude A. L. .Lines, is dangerously ill in hospital in France, sulfermg from a gunshot wound m the back received on the] Oth inst. Private Lines, who volunteered from the Sherry, went away with reinforcements about two years ago. This is the second occasion on which he has been wounded. He received a wound in the Battle of the Somnie in September, 1916. While he was recuperating in England he learnt bomb-throwing, and returned to tho Western front as a bomber.