CANTERBURY BATALLION.

Waikato Times, Volume 84, Issue 13207, 24 June 1915, Page 5

CANTERBURY BATALLION.

REPORTED WOUNDED. Lance-Corporal D. C. SCOTT. Private G. E. WHITNEY. REPORTED MISSING. Private A. WILSON. The following have been sent to England : Wellington Battalion : Major H. E. Hart. Otago Battalion: Captain G. S. Smith. Canterbury Battalion: Privates W. R. Oakley, R. Benbow, Major A. E. Loach.

Auckland Battalion : Captain J. H Bartlett, Privates R. E. Reston, H. H. Boreham, Sergeant H. Erlan. Field Artillery: Quartermaster S. E, Norman.

The following have recovered and been sent to the front:— Auckland Battalion: Privates A. T. Scott, D. MacKinnon, E. J. Cottle. Otago Battalion : Private A. Bigwood. Wellington Battalion: Privates J. Henderson, C. Mitchell.

Wounded arrived at Malta fit for service and proceeding to Egypt:—

Field Engineers : Sapper J. H. Forbes Field Artillery: Bombardier W. Lind-

Wounded arrived at Malta :

Auckland Battalion: Lance-Corporal G. A. Tuck, Privates C. Wilson, L. W. Bennett, Lance-Corporal J. H. Lawn, Corporal R. A. Savage.

Fit for service and proceeding to Egypt : Auckland Battalion: Privates F. G. Jaekman, S. E. Skellern.

Arrived at Malta : Auckland Battalion: Privates T. G. Reynolds, J. Langdon. Auckland Mounted Rifles: Sergeant J. J. Douglas, Trooper W. Conolly.

Admitted to Red Cross Hospital at Giza:—

Canterbury Battalion: Lieut. C. R Sargood (slight septic ankle), Lieut. W D. Ruddock (slight ahscess in ear).

TROOPER W. J. THOMPSON.

Trooper W. J.Thompson, of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, who was wounded recently at the Dardanelles, was manager of the creamery at Walton, near Morrinsville. He is 24 years of age, and is the son of Mr W. J. Thompson, of the Railway Department, Avondale, Auckland.

AUSTRALIAN TOTALS.

STATEMENT BY .AIR JENSEN

Received June 24. 9.45 a.m

MELBOURNE, June 24

In the Federal House Mr Jensen stated that, including the list to bo issued to-morrow, the casualties total 9617, including 1729 killed or died of wounds and disease, 7238 wounded or missing, 157 ill, and 593 missing, including two reported prisoners of war at Constantinople. Of those returned, 160 were disciplinary and 903 were physically unfit, including 351 venereal cases. Seventy-two were returned for other reasons. The total despatched was 63,522.

TRIBUTE TO GALLANTRY.

LETTER FROM GENERAL SIR A

J. GODLEY

AN HONOUR TO COMMAND THEM

Received June 24, 9.45 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 24

Mr Pearce quoted extracts from a personal letter from General A. J. Godley, dated May 7th, paying a tribute to the gallantry of the Fourth Brigade and the Otago Battalion, adding: "I am afraid it will be impossible to send accurate casualty lists for some time, so spread is the Companies and even battalions had to be pitched into the fiyht immediately wherever they were wanted, with the result that the men got very intermingled, and at present it is impossible to tell what proportion of our brave fellows reported missing have been killed." He concludes by praising the splendid spirit of the men who come out of the trenches exhausted, hungry and harassed, but twelve hours later go back as fresh as ever. I can never say," he concludes, "how proud I am to have such an excellent and splendidly gallant body of men under me as 1 have the honour to command."