PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14875, 25 September 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mrs F. Fenemor, of St. Vincent street, has been' advised that her son Rifleman li,. Fenemor, was wounded in the taco on September 10th

Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Sleeman, 1.C.5., Director of Military Training will remain in Nelson until to-morrow when he will leave for Wellington en route uo Auckland.

Gunner J. H. Brownlie, Fourteenth Reinforcements, son of Mr N. Brownlie °£ Vanguard street, was wounded in the thigh,on Sepaember 17th, and is in hosPital in England,

Mr Hugh Gully, of Spring Grove, has been, informed that Gunner Jack Andrews was admitted to hospital in 1 ranee on September lOtli, • sufferin"from accidental injury to a foot.

Mr Hugh D. Wilson, exhibitions manager for New Zealand Picture Supplies, is at.present on an inspection visit to Nelson, and on behalf of the First National Exhibitors of America will supervise the preliminary arrangements for Ambassador Gerard's "My Four Years in Germany."

Mr Alexander Maulo, of Flat Creek, has received a cable stating that 58753 Pvt. W. R. Forbes, Twenty-ninth Reinforcement, New Zealand "Rifle Brigade, was killed in action on September 9th. Mr Forbes was formerly.schoolmaster at Flat Creek, and .hadibeen- in New Zealand only six month's when he was called/up. :

Mr 1% Vosper, of Vanguard street, received advice yesterday from the "Minister of. Defence that his :son,sPrivate J. H. Vosper, was killed in action in France on September 12th. Private Vosper, who left, with tho Twentieth Reinforcements, was formerly in the employ of Messrs J. Savage- and Sons. He was a prominent member of the Rival Football Club.

; ;, Mrs Pettit, of Waimangaroa, has received advice from, the Defence Minister stating that her husband,. Private E. C. Pettit, had been slightly wounded, and was remaining with the unit, on Sep'tember=4.;v Private Pettit is in the Ambulance Corps and has seen a good deal of the fighting in France. He is a son of Mr F. C. Pettit, city valuer for Nelson.

Private William P. Duffy, eldest son of Mrs Robert Duffy, of Reefton, is reported killed in action. The late Private Duffy won the Military Medal for rescuing an officer under-fire. He was noted in Reef ton tor his eouestrian feats... ...- . .-.■• ... •■:■•, ■-■■

i The death occurred, at.-Nelson; last' week of Mr Andrew Birrell Hughes, in his seventy-ninth.year. The .deceased came, to . New, Zealand.:with^ :th;e..-;i-' Jrtar chinery^to establislja^foundry jit> jSrey^ Imouthj ■ whero v Ke remaincliffpr, v-sopie' ■years : , afterwards being witH the Anchor Foundry, Nelson, until his retirement several years ago. His wife predeceased him by two years. They are survived by two daughters (Mrs G. W. Eoundy, and Miss Hughes, Nelson) and one son, Private A. Hughes, M.M., who is oil active service. ' i

Lieu tenant P. A. Ongley, of Upper Hutt, killed in action in the recent fighting in France, was in charge of ,the Eltham Technical School for between two and three years. ;" He was an old Waitaki High School boy, and had gained the 8.A.. He,>took a prominent part in football and cricket, at both of wnich he excelled. -He left Eltham to join the staff of a Wellington college, from which he volunteered for active service.

Second-Lieutenant M. G. Curry, one of the victims of the epidemic on a transport, was a most: popular officer while ho was in Featherstoh Camp, arid he was one of the first members of the Instructional Staff of the Cl Camp when it; was formed at Canvastown in September of last year.' Mr Curry left New Zealand with E Company of the 40th Reinforcements. Prior to going into danipj Lieutenant Curry -was•teach-' ing at-Rangiwaliia, near Mangaweka. ;

Advice has been received -iri:';Christ•church.that Private Wilfred ,J: Morgan .-'was killed in ]; action, in France^'on Sep-, tember 6th. Private Morgan was the f-cond son of Mrs' H. M. Morgan, Ohristc!:- rch end was 3F years old at the time of his death. Three years ago he was .appointed assistant manager of the -New Zealand Express tTompany's Wellington brk;hch. He enlisted with the 23rd"Reinforcements, f.nd'" was j.gas.sed and wounded about nine'months ago. He spent a lensrthy. sojourn in hospital as a result, and had not long returned to the front when he met his death. Private . Morgan was a few years ago one of the leafling Rugby footballers in Christchureh. He was one of the founders of the Red and Black Association twelve years ago, and for many years held a seat on its executive He was also a member of the .New Brighton and Miramar Golf Clubs i and the Canterbury Rowing Club. His I eldest brother, Sapper G. A. Morgan, has been tor two or three years serving in .Mesopotamia, whilst his youngest brother, Engineer Lieutenant *G Morgan, is in the Royal Navy. - '* ■

Mr J. HP. Strang, of Palmerstonl North, who has been awarded the Croix de Oruerre; for his services in France has been a member of the committee of I the Manawatu Racing Club for a numiber of--years, and was in his third year as president when he left for England m November, ]9] 5, for the purpose of taking up war work. Immediately on arrival m England be joined up as! honorary ambulance driver on the West' front, f.nd has continued the work ever since w:th little intermission lHs' oldest son. Lieutenant Alexander Strang, left with the Main Body and sorvod ;n Gallipoli, where he wasi wounded, and was transferred to Eng-! »"•■• i in hls recovery lie entered the ' British Army, and eventually joined thel * lying Corps as lieutenant; servinrr in • l^pypE, and was instructor in Emrtind tor two years,, and eventually asked tc : be senf to the Italian front, where be : was missing for some time, but it is now ascertained tliat-.he is a- prisoner of nar* J?f Beeoild so". Lieutenant Geoffrey Strang, lias just passed bis' exanunations with credit into the British Army, and has been transferred to India.

! Under date of July 26th the London ..correspcndent «* the Christchurcii [.Press" writes: Mr Vincent' Warct (second son of Sir Joseph, Ward); who^ iias held a commission in the It JN V R tor some timo past, was in London'on Jeave for the week-end, ffis health is now much improved and he is thoroughly enjoying his naval lite. His voungerbrother, Gladstone, is with the tanks in