A TOMMY’S TRIBUTE TO COLONIALS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume L, Issue 14745, 26 October 1915, Page 7

A TOMMY’S TRIBUTE TO COLONIALS.

UNEQUALLED IN COURAGE AND PHYSIQUE. Writing to Mr J. E. Holmes (only non of Mrs E. A. Simpson, of Wanganui), a member of one of the English brigades, fighting at- Gallipoli, pays a warm tribute to the colonial forces there. The writer "as six weeks on the peninsula, mostly in the trenches at Gape Helles, and was wounded in the • big fight at Suvla Bay. He says: I ! joined ,-.our pals at A.nzac. Our brigade supported the New Zealanders on their left flank with the Sihks and Ghurkas. We all had a bloodv time—there is one officer left in my regiment and under a hundred men. My wound is rather serious, hut I’m palling round now I’ve got to England. The bullet came from a flank almost in re ar—off another hill the Turks held—and hit me about an inch to the left of : my spine, about sis inches down, and came out at the extreme (Kiint of my left shoulder. It went through my lung, smashed mv shoulder and arm joint, sod split the hono of the arm itself. I manage to carry on with one lung. Mid the doctors say I may regain the nse of the arm. You say the people of New Zealand -are in the war heart and soul. I believe you. The New Zealand and Australian troops are, I think, without doubt individually the most magnificent in courage 'and physique the world has ever seen. They are simnly splendid—you must have fought side bv side-with them nullify to realise their virility and fighting powers