ROLL OF HONOUR.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17124, 27 October 1917, Page 4

ROLL OF HONOUR.

Word has been received that Sergeant A. R. Scrivener, formerly cleris a* Cunningham >nd Christie's, was wounded in France on the 13th October. The sad news-has been received that Inyate E. Philpott, son of Mr T. G. flnlpott, of Wanganui, has died of wounds. He went away with the 14th Reinforcements. He was a well-known member of the Kaierau Football Club and very popular amongst all who knew him.

. Lieut. Gerald Mawley, killed in action on October 12. was educated at the Wanganui Collegiate School, was about 31 years of age, and married a daughter of Mr W. J. Hirschberg, of Masterton.

Mr. A. E. Watkinson has received the sad news by cable that his brother, Percy Watkinson, was killed in action on October 12. Lance-Cor-poral Watkinson enlisted early in the war, and has been fighting on all fronts, being wounded on the Som'me, and finally paying the supreme sacrifice on October-12.

News has been received that Pri>Va£e J. Freeman, third son of Mr. F. G. Freeman, of Ohakune, is missing. He left with the 25th Reinforcements. His brother, J. A. Freeman, fell at Gallipoli. He was a nephew of Mrs. G. Read"; 42 Dublin Street, also a nephew ot J. j. Freeman, now on active service in France.

Cable advice lias been received by Mr A. Bolt-on, No. 3 Line, Wanganui East, of the death of his son. Albert Bolton ("King"). He left New Zealand with the 22nd Reinforcements, and died of wounds on October isth, xii France. He was 36 years of age, was manager for Mr E. Wliiteman, at> Mangamaiiu, when he enlisted.

Private George Henry Hodgson, who died of wounds on the 13th October, was well-known in Wanganui, having been the senior partner of the grocery business known as Hodgson Brc-s., in Harrison Street, for the past eight years. He enlisted in Wanganui, and left with the 23rd Reinforcements. The laf?t letters received by his relatives stated that he v\ rasa bomb-th.rower in Belgium.

Mr. J. H. Messent, of the staff of McGruer and Co., has been advised that his son Vernon Messent has been badly -wounded. He was in a dugout with ten others when a shull burst, demolishing the structure and killing all his mates. The young soldier, who went out with the Canadian Expeditionary Force two years ago, was badly wounded and gassed a year ago. He was one the steamer Vandyke when she was torpedoed and sank. Mr. Messent has another son at the front. ■