A FALLEN ANZAC.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 May 1916, Page 5

A FALLEN ANZAC.

* A MEMENTO BY COMRADES. > The comradeship of the Atizuss ma fully testified last evening at au to- . promptu re-union in the Grosvenor Hotel j The late Chas. Crone, son of Mr. Jtt. Crone, of this town, was killed on GftlU- " poli, and mentioned in despatches, * comrades, in a spirit of good fellowship took the opportunity of framing a, letter from the King, together with ail ,ao- ; companying letter from the Hon. JaftUM Allen,'and handing them over ( to"»r. Crone, senr., himself an old campaigner. f The frame bears the inscription, 'Trained i by Taranaki Comrades, 19}0," >; ft; • Mr. Jas. Clarke was chairman of the S meeting, and in calling upon Sergt. Okty >. <, to uiake the presentation, congratulated j the returned boys on their action, ind f said the memento would appeal to Mr. " Crone better than had he been presented , ~ with £IOOO. It was not money, .but , S comradeship, which counted, and they were pleased that Private Charlie CfOM ■ had distinguished himself on GallipolL :,■! Ho had been of the old breed, MNv he would have been no son of Mr. Crape "j had he not gone to do his bit for hit country. >J> Sergt. Okey said, addressing .Mr. V Crone: —"On behalf of the returned >3 soldiers and comrades of your late Win, .-4 it gives me great pleasure to present to yon this framed address from hi» 1 > Majesty the King. This lwt?r is treasured greatly by you, and will be by the members of your family and their descendants. We, therefore, thought It '''a fitting to have it framed and inscribed ' t so that it may be preserved. We do not wish that the value of what we liavo ; had done should be taken as a measure of our esteem for ''Charlie," as words < fail to express our respect. We New j Plymouth boys, and boys of the 11th ■ $ Taranaki Regiment, who trained with, /i him in Egypt, and fought side by sida. j with him on Gallipoli and tho Sue* -j Canal, knew the true British stuff of which lie was made. He was one of ■; the boys who took some of the hardships ft of this great war with a cheerful Smile, and was never downhearted, the sort ,of t lad that has made the name of New Zea- . land respected. We feel proud to know v that lie has been mentioned in despatches'' hv Sir Inn Hamilton, and that he did not fail in doing his duty to his Kins; and . country. The country has lost a lsd of'j sterling qualities, but we well knojfc Hiat Charles Crone's choice was to die iiWiUnjj in the endeavour to protect defcnei>li»«s 1 women and children, and to crush the ■■ German schemers,* and bring about \_j righteous peace. The blood was in Ins-; veins, the fighting qualities \yPU? to' *] herited. W<> all know something (if ,Mr. Crone's IWhting day*, and is it anv w«n*?? der that his. late son rii'tinmiMMMiinb * jclf on the shores of (iallipoliY It corns". as a great relief to us to learn thill thn ! Turks havi. respect for our departed ' heroes, and will protect the hundred* of ™ little plots, that will he ever dearth " Private Sadler replied on behalf nf.! Mr. Crone, laid the memory of their runs f, rude was honored liv members ftoiuUn". A pleasant evening was afterward* spent,, several songs being rendered, and; the following toasts honored '"The King," "The Veterans," "Bovs at the Front* *l*l "Tbi EbalNßufc" .1