ROLL OF HONOUR.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17075, 31 August 1917, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR.

Word, was receve<l yesterday, that Lance-Corporal,Bernard Kitchen second sou or Mr A. Jt Kitchen, of Wa£ - ganui, was wounded on the 18th inst Lance-Coi'poral Kitchen went away with the 20th Reinforcements, but Z afterwards transferred to the medical battalion, and at last reports was a* sisting doctors at the firing line. Une. of the finest of the gallant men from this district who havl made™he supreme sacrifice on the field of battle was Rifleman J. 0. Galbally, an arch? lvn\ y ?l°i c% l? n > and one of th« stalwarts of the Wanganui V.M.C.A. He 1 ell at'Messines, and there has now come to liis bereaved relatives a sympathetic letter from his section commander telling of the esteem in which He was held by his comrades, and the manner of his passing. Writing to Mrs. W R. Nicholson,.a sister of the deceased soldier. Corporal J. Morgan says:—"Dear Madam,—Very sorry 1 am to have the necessity of writing this letter, but, as J. 0. Galbally's vsection commander, I feel sure that yon would like to hear something of him first-hand. I was beside him when he was killed. Our objective had been won, and we had dug in, when .britz commenced to bombard us with heavy artillery. A shell landed in our trench, and when I looked round 1 J found that Galbally and two others haj f been killed. It was a great battle, and \ many of our men fell, but we achieved **•-»• what we set out for. Galbally and 1 ' had rr. any talks together, as 1 am an old Wanganui boy (nephew to Mr. W, E. Morgan, Supply and Agency Coy., Ltd.), and I can't tell j^ou how sorry I am that he has been called, in the cause of duty. Since he joined up, no man could have been more zealous in his work ,and he was liked by everyone. I extend my sympathy to you in your sad bereavement, and anything further you should want to know, please don't think you aer troubling me by writing for it.% All I can do over here I shall do with pleasure. Again sending my'sincere sympathy, I remain —Yours sincerely, Arch. J. Morgan (Corpl.), C Company, 2nd Battalian, N.Z.R,£»