PERSONAL WAR ITEMS.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14893, 16 October 1918, Page 4 (Supplement)

PERSONAL WAR ITEMS.

• September 19th. Mrs A. R. Thomason, of Orinoco, has been advised that her husband, Private' Thomason, has been killed in action. Private Thomason was a son of Mr T. Thomason, and was a well-known cricketer. Private A. Rodger, son of Mrs F. Rodger, of Nelson, has made the stipremo. sacrifice. He left with • the Thirty-third Reinforcements. Among those reported1 missing, believed prisoner of war, is Lance-Cor-poral Hubert L. Grooby, son of Mi" and Mrs Arthur Grooby, of Pooiu street, Motueka. Ha left with the Tenth Reinforcements; Mr. S. Heath, of Washington Valley, has been advised that his son, Sergeant W. A. Heath, is suffering from gunshot wound in the left leg, and has been admitted to hospital in England. Corporal Jack Arnst, who has been killed in action, was widely known throughout Australasia as a champion cyclist f>nd winner of innumerable road races. "When he enlisted he was farming in North Canterbury. He leaves a widow. His brother is J>ick Arnst, exchampion sculler. Mr. G. Stratford, of St. Vincent street, was advised yesterday thaVhis son, Private F. G. Stratford, was killed in action on the 6th instant. The deceased was a carpenter by occupation, and had been on active service for over three years. He was a popular member of the National Reserve Band. An older brother enlisted in Australia, and was killed at Gallipoli. \ News was received by Mr. M. A. M'Bride, Brougham street, last night that his only brother, Private John James M'Bride,of .the Twe-nty-third Reinforcements, was killed in action on the 4th instant. The deceased, t who was 41 years of age, and unmarried, enlisted from Wakefield, where for twelve years he was in the employ of Messrs A. Hodgson and Son. He was well ,; known and highly respected throughout [ j the district. During his service in France, Private M'Bride twice received , minor wounds, necessitating a few • weeks in hospital. He was the elder :; son of the late Mr. James M'Bnde of s Kinlocli. Lake Wakatipu. • ' -September 20th. , Mr. G. TV...Palmer, of Brightwater, • has been advised that his son, .Private s R. Palmer was wounded on September .•6th, this being the second time-. : i Sergesnt Andrew McConchie, son of ,!Mrs. McConchie, sen., of Vanguard ; street, has been granted six months' .furlough, and is now on his way to New i Zealand. Sergeant McConchie left ■ | with the Main Body. , S Mrs. Francis Barnett, of Harley i; street, has been advised that her son, ; Private E. P. Barnett, was wounded on i September sth.- Private Barnett k-ft ..New Zealand with the Fourteenth ,'Jiei : infor cements, and has seen a contiider■'aWe period of,active.service. ' He is an i old boy of Nelson College, and was employed by Messrs Neale and Haddow before going to the war. " Word has been received by Mr. A. 1 Large, of Totara street, that his son, ' Private Alfred Large, previously re- ■ ported wounded, has died of wounds, iAt the time of joining the reinforce- ■ ments Private Large was sheep farming |in the Pelorus district. He was a popular young fellow, and shooting pax- ; ties visiting his place were always given » a hearty welcome. [! One of those who succumbed to the , outbreak of sickness'on the transport t conveying the Fortieth Reinforcements • 1 was Private E. K. Shepherd, of Kbkako . i (Port Albert). The deceased was I well known in the Motueka district as san expert apple-packer. He won the ) New Zealand championship for apple- - packing at the recent Dominion show > at Auckland. : September 21st. b' Private K. A. Dee, son of Mr Albert 1 Dee, is among the soldiers 'who have > been admittecl to the New Zealand r General Hospital at Codford, suffering from bronchitis. News has teen received that Private J. H. Hockey, son of Mr' Walter Hockey, of Brook street, was wounded Jon September 19th.. He left, with the '■Twenty-eighth- R6irCforcementß. ,■'•■■. \\ Private W. G. ; BiTttee, reported h, wounded, is a son of Air J. Bruce, ' j Agricultural .Instructor for the Neleon •: Education Board. His injuries > consist *; of wouuds in the left hip and leg. Private tsruce, who went with the Twentieth Reinforcements, was previously wounded in the shoulder. Mr William Fenemor^ of Stanley Brook, received work on Saturday last f I that his son, Private E. J. (Ted) r i Fenemor. was killed in action on Sep1, tember Ist. Prior to leaving with the " Expeditionary Force Private Fen^mor ' was farming at Tapawera in partnership with his brother, and was highly respected by all who came in contact 'with i him. When his partner, Sergeant R ■ C. Fenemor, M.M., left with the-Ninth i Reinforcementa (he is at - present ,;in England sitting for v commission), , Ted stayed at home to manage the s farm and look after his brother's myy terests while he was away; but on hear- . :ing thp Empire's constant appeals for , men ha enlisted and left with the .Twenty-seventh Reinforcements. Two [ other brothers were invalided home a i few months ago. > i September 23rd. . j Mr R. Kerr, of Foxhill, has received I advice that his son, James R. Kerr, lias been admitted to .hospital in France, gassed. ■ v , : Private;H. E. Brougham, son of .Mr ■ 'G v :Brpugham, of Motueka, has been ad-: ; mitted to. hospital suffering from a gun- ■ shot wound in the left shoulder. Private | Brougham left with the Twentieth Rej inforcements. .! Gunner Ernest Thomas Gooch, young- • est son of Mrs J. Gooch, of Anatoki, has . died of wounds. Born in Takaka 33 .years ngo, the deceased, who followed . farming pursuits, left with the Twentyj ninth Reinforcements, transferring to 'the machine gun section from the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. I Private Laurie Hanson Page, youngest vson of the late Mr and Mrs G. Page, of Central Takak'a, has made the supreme sacrifice. The deceased, who .was 29 years old, left the Dominion with the Thirty-fourth Reinforcements on February 4th qf the present $ear, and was killed in action on August 24th He was a popular member of the Golden Bay representative football team. Prior to his departure Ec was a member of the East Takaka Creamery staff. " Private Harold Phillips, who has died of vounds. was the third son of Mr W. H. Phillips, of Sherry River. He was wounded severely in the.back on Auccust 25th, and died m the Wai-ton-on-Thames Hospital on , September 16th. He was wounded previously in July, 1917, and after eight months in : hospital and on leave was sent back to France in April, 1918, and he was in the trenches from the beginning of May until he was wounded. The late Pte. Phillips was at Nelson College for three years, during.which he took a prominent part in athletics, being a fine cricketer and footballer. He also won the Senior Cup. After leaving College he entered the Customs in Wellington, afterwards being transferred to Greymouth, where ho remained for six years. He enlisted from Sherry River early in 1916, and left New Zealand with thp Twentieth Reinforcements. He was very popular everywhere, and has left many friends. Dunne: his last year at College he passed the Junior Civil' Service examination, and while in Wellington studied at Victoria College and parsed the Senior Civil Service examination. Private-J. H. Hockey, of the Twentyeighth Reinforcements, was admitted to hospital in France on September 11th, • gassed.

„ _, „ ■ September 24th. Mrs H. G. Savage, of Tapawera, has received cable advice that Jier husband, ac Corporal H. G. Savage, has been gassed, Si and was admitted to hospital in i ranee i n( on September 11th. ; j n A casualty list received last night re-1 ports that Rifleman Ask*w, of Nelson, I has been killed in action and Private h( Gibbs, of Wakefiold, has died of F wounds. The initials of the deceased <r| have not been telegraphed. i ai News has been received by Mr James F "Newman, of Nelson, that his son, Pri- b< yate W H. Newman, Twenty-first lie- In inforcementSy was admitted to hospital ■ P in- France on September 13th, suffering ti from gunshot wounds in the legb. "\ s< Amongst the soldiers who will return e< to Nelson to-day is Rifleman J. "Walis, '■ w son of Mr Walts, of St. Vincent street.! v and formerly-of Ranpiora. Five sons i'y.i from this family hay been with the! forces. Two have returned from the' front invalided, one is on the way, and P one is in camp. " I w Mr and Mrs T. Barnett, of Harley! e< street have been informed that their; ci son, Private P. E. Barnett, was ad-1 h mitted to hospital in France on . Sep-: h tember 7th suffering from a gunshot' ii wound in the right thigh. '■~-' ' September 25th. Mrs F. Fenemor, of St. Vincent street, has been advised that her son, V Rifleman E. Fenemor, was wounded in „ the face on September 10th. Gunner J. H. Brownlie, Fourteenth \t Reinforcements, son of Mr N. Brownlie, j ; of Vanguard street^ was wounded in the! -i thigh on Sepaember 17th, and is in hos-! I pital in England. X Mr Hugh Gully, of Spring Grove, I has been informed that Gunner Jackj, Ar.drsvrs was admitted to hospital in j \ franco on September 10th', suffering >, from accidental injury to a. f00t..„ i ' Mr Alexander Maule, of Flat Creek,!; has received a cable stating that 58753 :J Pvt. W. R. Forbes, Twenty-ninth Re-! 1 inforcement, New Zealand Rifle Brig-! 1 ade, ■wjus killed in action on September-'J 9fch. Mr Forbes was formerly school- j master at Flat Creek, and had been in i \ New Zealand only cix months when he' J was called up. Mr 1. Vosper., of Vanguard street, ■ received advice yesterday from Ifce Minister of Defence that" his son, Pri-' '■ vate J. H. Vosper, was killed in action ' in France on September ]2th. Private = > Vosper, who left with the Twentieth! Reinforcements, was formerly in the': employ of Messrs J. Savage and Sons, i: So was a prominent member of the ' ' Rival Football Club. j Mrs Pettit, of Waimangaroa, has re-' ceived 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- i'■ tember 4. Private Pettit is in the Am-1 '■ bulance Corps and has seen a good deal! i of the fighting in France. He is a son' of Mr F. C. Pettit, city valuer for Nelson. „. September 26th. Vvord was received by Mrs O'Byrne, of Halifax street, yesterday afternoon that her son, Sapper P. G. O'Byrne, who was reported wounded, in France on September 2nd, had been transferred to the Hornchurch Convalescent Hospital on the.., 17th. Mr"A. G. Small, of Vanguard street, has received word that his son, Sapper E. M. P. SmaJl, of the Divisional Signallers, has been wounded and was admitted to hospital on September 14th. Sappor Small enlisted at Hamilton, and j left New Zealand with the Twentyseventh Reinforcements. , r TT , September 27th. Mr H Palmer, of Wakefield, has been advised that his son, Rifleman L. Palmer, was wounded, for the second time on SeptehVber 12th. Mr W. D. Thompson, of Bay View,! VYakapuaka, has been informed that! his son, Lieutenant S. G. Thompson, is j dangerously ill, suffering from gunsfiot • wound in the chest. Lieutenant; Ihompsqn, who left New Zealand as aj private in the Main Body, was reported wounded in September 2nd. M!rs C. Hannigan, of Emano street,; has besa.advised that her son, Rifleman James Hannigan, "was killed in action on September 11th. Private Hannigan, who was 23.years, of age, lefu with the 1 wenty-ninth Reinforcements. Pre-; viously he was "a paintjer in the employ' of Messrs Louisson Bros. He was a, prominent member of the Rival Football Club.. .............. j News has been received that Gunner' Archibald Colquhoun, ?on of Mi- and Mrs Colquhoun oi Queen street,: Petone, died of wounds received mi France. Gunner Colquhoun. who was a Nelson College boy, left with the 27th Reinforcements. j ~ „ _ September 28th. Mrs \\ . F. Pope has been advised that! her son Private F. A. Cfimo,.has been wounded and admitted to hospital. j The Rev. A. Nicholls, of Motueka, has received word that his son. Private Nicholl;;, who left with the" Thirty-j fourth Reinforcements, was admitted to hospital on the 15th instant, gassed. Mr Len. Spencer, of Kotinga, has received an intimation that his brother, 156,484 D. Spencer, was killed in action i m France on September 12th. The deceased, who left the Dominion twelve I months ngo, had ser/ed in South Africa, | where he was wounded. I Private Keith J. Andrew, nephew of' Mr Fred. Cobb, of . East Takaka, who | visited his relatives there last January, i has siiccumbel to sickness. He be-j longed to the Fortieth Reinforcements.] . September 30th. -. A^ hospital list received" on Saturday places E. M. P., Small, Nelson, of the Expeditionary Force, uncVe'r the, heading! of severe eases. ' ' ! October 2nd. \ Mi- and Mrs Stewart-, of St. Vincent j street, have received private advice that their sou Willjam, formerly of the Nelson. 2?6st Office, is progressing favour-; nbl'y in a military hospital in England, j Mr H. Palmer, of Wnkefiold/has received further advice that his son, Rifleman L. Palmer, Twelfth Reinforcements, ha? been admitted to hospital in England suffering from a gunshot wound in the left shoulder. I October 4th. ■ MrS. Heath, of Washington Valley,' has lioen advised that his son, Private; W. Fleadf (Main Body), recently report-' <xl wounded, has now been admitted to j the convalescent depot at Hornchurch Octobre sth. Mt H G. Berrj'man, of Stanley! Downs, Kohatu, lias received advice that hi.-; only remaining son, Lieuten-i ant W. O. Berr>i»an, M.C., is in a very' critical condition in hospital in France, suffering- from pneumonia, following on influenza. Mrs Fenemoiy of St. Vincent street, I has been informed that her son, Rifle-' ir.an E. Fenemor, who was wounded on September lOtlv has hecu transfei-red to hospital in England. i Mr Albert Dee has received-word that' his son, Private "K. A. Dee, who was' admitted to-hospitaFiu England on the! arrival of tho Fortieth Reinforcements,! suffering from bronchitis, is now pro-i pressing favourably. j * . October Bth. ] Mr H. G. Borrymau, of Stanley Downs, received a cablegram last even-: ing advising him that^his son, Lieutenant. W. O. Berryman. M.C. (12th Lancers), who was recently reported as being seriously ill with influenza and pneumonia, was improving and had been removed to England. Mrs V, C. Graves, of Harley street, has brion advised that her husband, Private E. Graves, was seriously ill on October 3rd, with gunshot wound in the face and concussion of the snino. Private Graves was first wounded in September last.* and rejoined his unit on September 17th. «. Mr N". Brownlie has "been advised that his son. Gunner J..-H. Brownlie, previously reported wounded, is now ' progressing favourably. i

Mm Stone, of Tahunanui, Has hen dvised that her son, Private ale" •tone, recently reported missing,* is iow reported to be a prisoner of war ti Germany, yi.T, A r, October 11th. Mi A. Frost, of Tipahi street, has £en^advised: that his son, Private N. ~S +S seno] lsly *", suffering from ;unshot pounds in the chest and left iw t, h i ls ls the' third time Private lost has been wounded, in addition to S rr* 7"»dod, tat has nJTrejS fears °U reachinSthe /ge of2o „ . October 12th was received last night that Private Ernest Graves had died of around* on the Bth i ns t. The deceased, -who left for the front in December last, was well known in Nelson having been barman at the Royal Hotel For about two years. His widow and infant child reside here. '- October 14th. Mr G. B. Winter, of Grove streeS, -^vs been advised that his son, Corporal b O. Winter, has been wounded and admitted to hospital in England. Advice has been received that Lanes'Corporal E. 11. Livick. of the 36th "i?elntorcements, son of Mr H. . Livick. Hardy street, has been wounded in theface a.nd admitted to hospital'in" England. Mrs. Ladley, of Waimea street, hasbeen advised that her son-in-law-Lieut.-Colonel F. M. Hasoldcn, has been awarded the Military Cross for services in German West Africa. JLieut.-Colonel Haselden was twice mentioned in despatches during the" South African rebellion, and gained the D.S.O. in the East African campaign. He is at present on special service with the British expedition to Murmaa, North Russia. Mr J. CL Williams, of Russell street, has been advised that his son, C A. Williams, of the Thirty-fifth Specialists, Machine 6-ini Section, was admitted to» hospital in England on Octobod! stli. suffering fi-om bronchitis and asthma. Mrs L.. G.. Fawcet, of Tadmor, hasreceived advice that her husband was removed from the seriously ill list on October 3rd and admitted to the Wal-ton-on-Thames Hospital. Advice has heen received that Signaller George H. F. Clark, son of Mr C. H. H. Clark, Maitai, has been admitted to a hospital 1 in France, suffering from a gunshot wound and a fracture-of the left arm. Signaller dark was on the staff of the Bank of New South Wales, at Stratford, before enlisting and left New Zealand with tho Thirty-third' Reinforcements. ' '