New Zealand’s Roll of Honour.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1337, 9 December 1915, Page 32

New Zealand’s Roll of Honour.

Private Abraham Turei Grace, of the first Maori Contingent, died in the Cairo Hospital on October 21st of typhoid fever. He was only 21 years of age. Koia te uri na Porourangi Ko Porourangf' te iwi e piri pono ana Kite Kiingi.

Lance-Corporal J. A. Mitchell, of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Expeditionary Force, who was wounded in the knee on August 26th last, is only 21 years of age, and previous to enlisting was employed as insurance clerk by Messrs. J. Matheson and Co. Lance-Corporal Mitchell was a member of the Harriers Club, life greatest achievement being in the Marathon race between Riverton and Invercargill, some years since, when he covered the distance unpaced and unattended; in this race he was the youngest entrant. He was also a member of the Y.M.C.A. Football and Cricket clubs.

Private Clarence Dornford Thompson, who fe reported as drowned in the sinking of the transport Marquette in the Aegean Sea, was the son of Mr. H. P. Thompson, of Upper Moutere, Nelson, and enlisted with the ambulance section of the Army Medical Corps. He was a member of New Zealand’s first contingent to Samoa, and on his return to New Zealand went into camp again and left with the No. 1 Hospital. Before enlisting Private Thompson was on the staff of the Audit Department in Wellington. He was a keen sport and an enthusiastic walker, there being few places round Wellington which he had not explored during the time he was resident there.

Trooper A. J. Hinton, of the Main Body N.Z. Expeditionary Force, suffering from shell concussion, was born in the Waikato district, and at the time of his enlistment was engaged in farming. Trooper Hinton was wellknown in football circles, having played for Frankton and Gorton, and being also captain of the Lower Waikato representatives.

Private Paul Henry Bell, of the N.Z. Medical Corps, who has been sent to hospital in Alexandria, suffering from a gunshot wound, is the only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bell, of Manurewa, and a nephew of Judge Jackson Palmer, of the Native Land Department, and of Mr. Charles Buddle, solicitor. His sister, Miss Winnie Bell, resides at Northcote. Private Bell was educated at St. John’s School, Onehunga, and was a member of the Cadet Corps of that school, and studied for ambulance work. He was on the staff of the General Post Office, Wellington, in the clearance room, when he volunteered for service, and after a short sojourn in camp was picked with about 30 others as a special draft of the N.Z.M.C. to proceed to the front with all expedition.

Private Sidney Blake, of Picton, who left New Zealand with the Main Body of the

N.Z. Expeditionary Force, was the son of Mrs. C. Blake, an old and esteemed local resident. Private Blake took part in the engagement at the Suez Canal, and was afterwards in the famous landing on Gallipoli. It was not long before he was included in the list of wounded, but he made a good recovery and lost no time in returning to the firing line. How he met his death has not been stated, but those who knew Mm best will realise that, whatever the circumstances, he was nobly doing his duty. Private Blake was an enthusiastic and popular oarsman—a good sport in the best sense of the term—and the win of a Kawatiri crew, of whfiph he was the leader, at a local

regatta some two or three years ago, was memorable for the enthusiam it evoked.

Private R. H. Baily, of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, who was wounded by a shell at Gallipoli on August 15th, was the son of Mr. Hugh Baily, of Devon Street, New Plymouth. Private Baily was taken to the Fulham Military Hospital, London, where his leg was amputated, but unfortunately the shock to his system was so great that he died on September 24th last.

Sergeant Alfred Howard Remmett, of the N.Z. Army Medical Corps, No. 1 Stationary Hospital, Port Said, was drowned through the sinking of the transport Marquette in the Aegean Sea. Sergeant Remmett was wellknown in the jewellery trade, both in Christchurch and Auckland. His widow resides at Devonport, Auck’and.