The Late Corporal Devereux.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXV, Issue XXIV, 15 December 1900, Page 1126

The Late Corporal Devereux.

One of the gullant trio of New Zealanders who fell at Keitfontein was Cor|K>ral Rodney Devereux, of the Seeond Contingent. New Zealand Mounted Infantry. Deceased was a son of the Hon. H. de Bohun Devereux of Epsom, Auckland. and a nephew of Viscount Hereford, premier Viscount of England. When the war broke out and New Zealanders were volunteering for service in South \frica, young Devereux was most enthusiastic in his determination to join one of the contingents. He had previously taken a great interest in volun-

teering, being a corporal in the College Rifles. and eagerly embraced the opportunity for more serious soldiering which the war opened up. In Africa he entered heart and soul into his work, and though one of the youngest men in the field—being just twenty-one —bore himself in a manner that spoke volumes for his spirit and promised much for his future. He anticipated being back with his relatives here about Christmas, and in his last letters was regretting that he had not seen more fighting. Much svmpathy is felt with his relatives in t'.elr bereavement, while to the large circle of those who knew him, the news of the sad death of this gallant boy ha« come as a shock.