New Zealand’s Roll of Honour.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1307, 13 May 1915, Page 13

New Zealand’s Roll of Honour.

CASUALTIES IN DARDANELLES.

In this week’s issue of the “New Zealand Sporting and Dramatic Review” will be found the first series of portraits of members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force whose names appear in the casualty lists received from the Dardanelles, where our troops have gained undying fame. It is intended to reproduce a series of these portraits during the next few weeks, and all photographs received of those New Zealand heroes who have been killed or wounded during the Dardanelles operations will duly appear on the pages devoted to “New Zealand’s Roll of Hoaour.” The issues of the “Sporting Review” containing portraits of the Dominion’s gallant soldiers will constitute a souvemr indispensable to every patriotic family in New Zealand, and we take this opportunity of thanking all who have kindly forwarded photographs of relatives whose names appear on the Roll of Honour. Following are a few particulars of a number of New Zealanders whose portraits appear elsewhere: —

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PLUGGE, commanding the Auckland Infantry Battalion, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, was born in Hull, England, on February 17, 1878. : For a number of years he was on the masters’ staff at King’s College, and left that school to take over the position of principal cf the Dilworth •Institute. Lieutenant-Colonel Plugge is well-known throughout Auckland not only as a capable and popular officer, but as a keen supporter of all branches of athletics and sport, being one of the foremost members in the Northern Boxing Association, while he has lent invaluable assistance to Rugby and amateur athletics since coming to the Dominion many years ago. il

MAJOR STUCKEY, who was seriously wounded, was born in Christchurch on April- 8, 1879, and has had a wide experience in cadet and volunteer movements in the Dominion. For many years he has been a master at King s College, Auckland, where he has always taken an active part in the cadet corps, while his services as a coach in football, cricket and athletics have borne fruit in the shape of the many fine athletes that this college has turned out during the past 15 years. Captain Stuckey served as an officer in the Coastal Defence Infantry Detachment, Auckland, for 18 months, and went away with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as commander of the Sixth Hauraki Company. He is well-known throughout the Dominion as a provincial representative footballer, and . the news that so zealous an officer bad received serious injuries during the Dardanelles fighting was received with much regret among his wide circle of friends.

MAJOR HERBERT HART, second in command Wellington Battalion, who was wounded, was practising in Carterton as a solicitor at the time of enlisting. He is 33 years of age, and has seen service in South Africa with the Ninth New Zealand Contingent.

CAPTAIN EDWIN G. FRASER, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, is 33 years of age. and saw active service during the South African campaign. For 12 years he has been actively connected with volunteering and territorial work in the Dominion, and has proved a most efficient officer.

LIEUT. JOHN WILLIAM PEAKE, Fifteenth North Auckland Company, who figures on the list of wounded, was born at Wanganui on November 4, 1885, land was engaged on the land at Roto-o-rangi, Cambridge, when the call of the Empire caused him to enlist. For seven years he has been an officer in the Fourth Waikato Mounted Rifles, and afterwards joined the Sixteenth Regiment.

LIUETENANT W. E. FURBY, who was wounded, has had a good deal of experience in volunteering work, and at. various times has been connected with the A Battery (Auckland), the Waikato Mounted Rifles, and the Taranaki Regiment. He was stationed at Stratford at the time he enlisted, and secured his commission in the Ruahine Section of the Wellington Infantry Regiment.

LIEUT. H. G. RICHARDSON, who was killed in action in the recent battle in the Dardanelles, is the only son of Mr. G. J. Richardson, of Remuera. He received his education at the Auckland Grammar School, was a lieutenant in the School Cadets, and a member of the school team which won the Campbell Challenge Vase in 1908. Passing his Solicitor’s General Knowledge, he subsequently studied for the Law, being for two years with Mr. Percy Spencer, solicitor, Auckland. He at all times displayed a keen interest in volunteering, being a member of the Victoria Rifles, in which company he gained prizes for shooting. . Upon the disbandment of that company, consequent upon the Territorial scheme, he soon rose, and on ’ August 7, 1912, he received his commission in the Coast Defence Detachment in the 3rd Auckland Regiment, leaving New Zealand as senior lieutenant of the 2nd Auckland Infantry Reinforcements. Whilst in Egypt, owing to the illness of an officer in the 6th ' Hauraki Company, Lieut. Richardson received orders to take his place and proceed to the Dardanelles with that comapny. During the latter part of his residence in Auckland, Lieut. Richardson was associated with his father in the Richardson Piano ; Agency, A.M.P. Buildings, Auckland. LIEUT. R. A. FRATER, who died from wounds received during the New Zealanders’ first encounter with the Turks, was a son of Mr. Robert Frater. of City Road, Auckland. He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, and for some time held a position in the local office of the Union Steamship Company. At the time of enlisting he was connected with the office of Messrs. Frater Bros., sharebrokers, in which firm his father is a partner. He took a big interest in various kinds of sport, and was a member of the Eden and Epsom Tennis ' Club, ‘ a member of the Auckland Golf Club, and was a keen yachting enthusiast. Lieut. Frater was a member of the Auckland Highland Rifles. On the declaration of war he enlisted with the machine gun section of the 3rd Auckland Regiment, in which he was made a sergeant, and while in Egypt was promoted to lieutenant. LIEUT. ROBERT NICHOL MORPETH, Sixth Hauraki Regiment, who was wounded, is a son of Mr. H. D. Morpeth, Town Clerk of Waihi, and is 23 years of age. Prior to enlisting he was a bank teller in the Bank of New Zealand, Thames, and has always devoted his spare time to military work. His brother, LANCE-

LIEUTENANT H. H. S. WESTMACOTT, Fifteenth North Auckland Company, who. was wounded during the recent engagement against the Turks, hails from Te Kuiti, where he -was engaged in farming when war was declared. He received his commission in February, 1913, and is looked upon as a most able officer. SERGT. W. H. D. COLTMAN, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, matriculated from the Auckland Grammar School, and upon leaving entered the service of the Australian Mutual Provident Society. The Soc-ety granted him leave of absence to join the first Expeditionary Force. He was a member of the Areta Hockey Club from its inception, and was one of the team to win the championship last year. He was a sergeant in the Highland Rifles at the time of their disbandment, and afterwards joined the Territorial force. He left New Zealand as a private in the Machine Gun Sect’on of the 3rd Auckland Regiment, and was promoted to sergeant during training in Egypt. CORP. JULIAN C. BROOK, 15th North Auckland Infantry Company, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, is a member of the firm of Kirkpatrick and Brook, barristers and solicitors, Kohu Kohu, Hokianga. He has an excellent record, being the winner of five scholarships, the first of which. Junior Foundation Scholarship, was gained before the age of eleven. After attending a primary school he was educated at the Auckland College and Grammar School and Auckland University College. He holds degrees of B.A. and L.L.8., and was admitted to the Bar as a barrister before he was twenty-three years of age. He is an ex-member of the Auckland Highland Rifles.

CORPORAL GERALD MORPETH, was also wounded in one of the Dardanelles engagements, while a third son of Mr. H. D. Morpeth is also serving with the New Zealand Forces.