DEATH OF A FAIRLIE SOLDIER.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 1658991, 18 July 1918, Page 2

DEATH OF A FAIRLIE SOLDIER.

THE LATE RIFLEMAN E. PINKICR--TON. Mrs Pinkerton, of Fairliej hn B re- I c«ivcd the following letter from Ser-geant-Major Pollock tolling how her Into husband. R.fk'incn llodert Pink-f-rtor., who volunteered and went with tlio 29th Reinforcements, met his death in rrnncf on March V 7, 1918. •Rifleman Pinkerton was m my platoon, and wo one and all thought ;> great deal of him. Although I was not orr tho spot whorr he was taken iiwny, .1 will tell von all 1 know .)f wh;it really happened Wo were ln;r----ric-d down from Ypres to the Somme, and after stopping the enemy's advance, the platoon-* were dug in and ready for a .-'ounter attack. , ThAS was on Msnreh 26. Rifleman Pinkerton : volunieeretl to take a dispatch over to ■■ I lome .machine- Runners who were close by, and also to maki> euro that the i troops, who were advancing towards our 'Hile9, were Germans, because- previous to this a spy dressed in French uniform rode upon horse-back, and i sa'id not. to fire on the advancing | troops, as tMoy were Fundi, and would be retiring through our lines. Rifleman Pinkerton had no sooner got out of tho trench, than he was killed by a sniper. Ho was decently buried by our boys that night, and the grave marked. Trusting that it will be some comfort to you, to know that he fell j doing his duty, and by that heroic act savod tho lives cf all bis mates. Tie was liked and respected by all who knew him."