ROLL OF HONOUR.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17123, 26 October 1917, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR.

Word has been received that Gunner M. J. McArtney, of Wanganui, iias been severely wounded in head and thigh. Word has been receved that' Private L. ,}. Hutton, forßh:riy a well-known resident of Fordeli di-trict, was wounded in France on October■ 12tli. Private Arthur ±50. c, who, previous to enlisting, was in the employ of Messrs McGruer and Co. here, has been wounded in the head, but not seriously. Private !Ccne lett with the loth .Reinforcements.

Mr J. D. Quin has received advice that his eldest son, Private W. J. Quin, who was wounded a few weeks ago, i 3 doing splendidly in the Waltoix-ou-rhames Hospital. Mr Quin is also advised that his &«; Leu, of the .Rifle Brigade, is recovering from a Severn wound in the face, and hopes to see out the nmsh of the campaign. ,™hn Sydne y Probert, of Eastbouroa (Wellngton), (nee Nurse Stanton U*, of nas received cabled vice from Australia, the sad news that her brother Ernest, aged 21 years, s reported missing. Mr T. H. Nixon was yesterday advised by the Defence Minister that the sad information had been received from the Commonwealth authorities that his brother, Corporal Herbert W. Nixon, was killed in action in Franc° on October Ist. The deceased soldier, who has been on service with the Australian forces for the past two years, was an electrical engineer by profession. Some four years ago he paid a lengthy vfeit to his brother in Wanganu.l, and on that occasion he made many friends, all of whom will ieara of his death with regret. Mr H. E. Dymock, of Durie Hill, Aore^ lved »dvice that his son, Pte A. b. Dymock, who left with the 17th Reinforcements, has been wounded in the right leg, and was admitted to hospital m France on the 13th inst. JNews came to hand on Monday evening of another gallant Eltham man who has made the supreme .sacrifice for Kin" and Empire, advice being received from the Defence Department that SecondLieutenant Cyril C. Carncross had been ™w m action m France on October I.2th. Lieut. Carncross, who was 26 years of age, only left with the 25th Reinforcements, and was not known.to have gone to the front, his recent; letters stating that his division would not probably cross the Channel for" some time. Ihe news therefore came very unexpectedly, and as a great shock to ?■ V.ii.l leut# Carncross was well known m Eltham and the district, and his very numerous friends express the deepest regret at his death. He took a keen' interest in military"work, and was m command of the local cadets for some years. The most sincere sympathy is extended to the Hon. W. and Mrs. Carncross and family in their bereavement, not only by their large circle of mends, but by all in the district — (faranaki "Herald.") Mrs E. Hackett, of Gibson Street, Arainoho, received, the sad nows last, evening that her second son, Private Laurence, of the2sth Reinforcements, was killed in action on the 4th October Prior to enlisting he was shepherding for several years on the stations oi .Mr BaddeJey and i^ Beard, of Kakatihi, in which district he was widely known; An elder brother, Cecil, who left witn the : Eighth Reinforcements was just prior to the battiof Messmes, and still another brother is in oathp, viz., George, who is a member or tiie 31st machine-gun specialists. Word has been received that Lie**: i"^, 9° bb*i son of Mr John Cobb* of Feilding, was killed in the -recent fighting m France. He was one of three brothers who were amoncr the pioneer settlers of the Ahu.Ahu Valley Wanganui River, and being <- a lovable nature, full of pluck and energy ana possessing all the essential virtues necessary to the pioneer, he was held m great esteem by his fellow settlers over whom a great gloom will be cast by the iie;.vs of iris deatn. he was 30 biother Maurice in the Ist Reinforcements, and won his. commission in th* heid. Great sympathy will be felt witii respected on this coast. Second-Lieutenant A. J F Bcrrv whose name appears to-day in the list or those killed in action, had a wide circle of devoted friends in the DoS Vsi* hmmg *! T anSanui in the year 1908, he accepted the position of assistant master at Hurworth School in UUy. Later on., he went to the Wai-rai-apt as a stpendary lay-reader H^ returned to the school about a. year later remaining on the staff unti j he enlisted as a private in the Rifle Brigade early in 1915. In camp his untiring energy and devotion to duty quickly attracted the attention of thY authorities, and he left the Dominion as a sergeant. His -regiment goiua direct to Egypt, he was soon in the thck of the fighting with the Senussi. From Egypt he -vent to France, where he remained till the end, with only tme brief respite of a few days in England. For his good work on the Somme he was raised to commissioned rank on the field. As a schoolmaster he gained, in an unusual degree, the confidence, respect, and affecton of the boys to whose interests he devoted himself with untiring zeal. He was a staunch churchman and a ky-reader during most of his time ;n "V.':.nganui. and was reading for Holy Orders when he heard the call to arms