DESERTERS FROM HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE

New Zealand Police Gazette, Volume XLIII, Issue 34, 28 August 1918, Page 514

DESERTERS FROM HIS MAJESTY’S SERVICE

From the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Auckland. —3rd June last, on military warrant for deserting from Expeditionary Force, John David Targuse, age thirty-eight, height 5 ft. 3§ in., piano-tuner, dark complexion, jblack hair, grey eyes, scar on bridge of nose.

Ellerslie. —25th October, 1917, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, Henry Peck, age thirty-six, height 5 ft. 7 in., storekeeper.

Thames. for failing to parade for medical examination, Arthur Elliott, age about twenty-five, height 5 ft. 8 in., labourer, medium build, fair complexion, brown hair, clean-Bhaved.

Te Aroha. —31st May last, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, John Tangney, age forty, height 5 ft. 4 in., barman.

Te Aroha. —31st May last, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, Mayhaw Kalidas.

Kihikihi.— 4th June last, on military warrant for deserting from Expeditionary Force, Francis John Smith, alias Frank Walker, age twenty-five, height 5 ft. in., fireman and flax-mill hand, medium build, dark complexion, brown hair and eyes. (See Police Gazette, 1917, page 712.)

Otorohanga. —lsth ultimo, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, Tauwehe Paora, age about twenty-three, height about 5 ft. 7 in., labourer, aboriginal, slight build, copper complexion, auburn hair, brown eyes.

Otorohanga. for failing to parade for medical examination, Riri Hamana, alias Tommy Hamana, age about twenty-two, height about 5 ft. 6 in., labourer, aboriginal, strong build, light copper complexion, black hair, brown eyes, full round face, clean-shaved.

Raglan.—4th April last, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, William Ward, age twenty-eight, height 6 ft. £ in.

Taihape.— 31st May last, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, James Sears, age thirty-eight, height 5 ft. 10 in., labourer and bushman. He may be identical with man of same name referred to in Police Gazette, 1916, page 787.

Raurimu. —3lst May last, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, Thomas Corkery, age forty-three, height 5 ft. 3 in., labourer and sawmill hand, slight build, fresh complexion, fair hair and moustache ; usually dressed in a brownish-tweed suit and light-coloured soft-felt hat.

Carlyle Street (Napier). —3lst May last, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, Harry Tohill, age twenty-three, height 5 ft. 2 in., tailor, native of Ireland, medium build, dark complexion, brown hair and eyes ; suffers from rheumatism.

Wanganui. —3lst May last, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, Alexander Valentine Walquist, age forty, height 5 ft. 9 in., labourer, native of New Zealand, strong build, fresh complexion, fair hair turning grey, light-blue eyes. (See Police Gazette, 1911, page 56, and 1915, page 594.)

Wellington. —3lst May last, on military warrant for failing to parade for medical examination, John Ramon Smith, age twenty-two, cook.

Dunedin. for failing to parade for medical examination, John McAuley, age thirty-six, height 5 ft. 6 in., mental magnetic healer, native of Ireland, slight build, fair hair and complexion, blue eyes ; eocentrio manner.

Kaitangata. for failing to parade for medical examination, James Parker, age thirty-four, height 5 ft. 6 in., trucker and labourer.