ROLL OF HONOR

New Zealand Tablet, 14 October 1915, Page 27

ROLL OF HONOR

PRIVATE DOUGLAS BOYD, RANGIORA. Mrs. Boyd, . Rangiora/-has received the ; following letter from Rev Father McMenamin, Catholic chaplain, at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula, regarding the death of her son : -■ J' r v : My Dear Mrs. Boyd,As the authorities will by ;this time have notified you of the death of your son, I am at liberty now to send you a simple word of sincerest sympathy in your great sorrow. As you will have heard, your boy lost his life om May 8, during

the heaviest day's fighting we have had here.' Though we lost heavily "that day, the glorious fight put up by our boys will live for ever in the memory of those privileged to witness it. Your brave son, with several of his mates from the transport section, went that day to help their comrades in the firing line, and was shot through the head while charging the Turkish trenches. He died at once, without any sign of pain, and was buried on the slope of a little hill overlooking the sea. For myself I felt Dug's death very much. During our stay in Egypt, he had been my right hand man, always serving my Mass on Sundays, and giving me much appreciated help in many ways. ■ He was a good boy, and a living example to his comrades, with whom he was exceedingly popular. It shows us the great mercy of God that your fine boy and many more of his kind have been taken, while so many less prepared to go have been spared to profit by so many warnings. May God rest his soul.' LANCE-CORPORAL CIMINO, WELLINGTON. Another promising career cut short by the war is . that of Lance-Corporal Francis (Peter) Athol Cimino, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles on August 8. The late Lance-Corporal Cimino, who was only 21 years old, was a member of the Evening

Post literary staff, Wellington. % He. was of a very genial disposition, and displayed more than usual ability. When the call for men was made lie 7 was one of the first to volunteer, and went to Samoa as 7 a corporal with the First Expeditionary Force. Upon his return he was so keen to get away to the firing line that he joined the 4th Reinforcements, relinquishing his stripes and enlisting as a private. ■ Later he was promoted to the rank of lance-corporal. He was educated at the Marist Brothers' School. His grandfather was the late Captain Cimino, a very old settler, and his parents are Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Cimino. PRIVATE ERNEST DAVIS, CLYDE. Private Ernest Davis, reported missing, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, of Clyde. He was born at Clyde, and, on the completion of his education, served his apprenticeship to the building trade. He left New Zealand with the 4th Reinforcements.

Clyde, Reported missing at the Dardanelles. Private Davis, who was very popular in the district, was only nineteen years of age, and the mention of his name among the missing has evoked sympathetic reference from the residents of the district generally. CORPORAL W. REDDINGTON, DUNEDIN. Corporal W. Reddington (Otago Battalion), slightly wounded, is a son of the late Mr. Philip Reddington, of Rolleston, Canterbury. lie is the youngest brother of Mrs. J. Granger, St. Asaph street, Christchurch, and of Messrs. M. and P. Reddington, wellknown railways guards on the Christchurch section of railways. He is twenty-six years of age, and during the last seven years he had resided in Dunedin. SAPPER WILLIAM MORGAN, CIIRISTCHURCII. Sapper Willian Morgan (N.Z. Field Engineers), wounded, is the second son of Mrs. Bridget Morgan, William street, Christchurch. He was born in Waikari twenty-six years ago, and educated at the Waikari School and the Christchurch Technical College. For seven years up till, the time he enlisted with the Main Expeditionary Force he was in the employ of the Christchurch Tramway Board, first as conductor and then as a motorman, and is on leave at ore-sent from the board. He was at one time a member of the Marists' Football Club's senior fifteen, and also represented the Christchurch Tramway Club at football against the Wellington Tramway Club. Sapper Horgan was also a member of the Christchurch Catholic Club and the Christchurch Athletic Club.

PRIVATE RICHARD QUIGLJBY, HERBERT. Private Richard Quigley, who was wounded at the Dardanelles, and died on August 18, was the eldest son of Mr. Nicholas Quigley, Herbert, and was-30 years. of ag«. ; '- _ ; ! , ■ TROOPER C. P. McMAHON, BLENHEIM. Trooper Charles Patrick McMahon was killed in action at the Dardanelles on August 6. He was a native of the Sounds, and a grandson of Mrs. P. McMahon, of Picton. Young" McMahon was the first to volunteer from the Sounds district, and left New Zealand with the 10th (Nelson) Regiment of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles in the Main Expeditionary Force. He leaves a mother, brother, sister, and many other relatives in the Sounds district. His uncle (Mr. W. McMahon) is at present in training at Trentham, and a cousin (Private L. Vannini) is at the front. SECOND-LIEUTENANT PETRE, DUNEDIN. Mr. F. W. Petre, of St. Clair, has received a cablegram from the Secretary of the War Office, London, stating that his son, Second-Lieutenant E. H. Petre, of the Suffolk Regiment, was wounded either on September 30 or October 1. No other particulars are given. Second-Lieutenant Petre left Dunedin when he was 17 years of age and joined the Imperial Light Horse at Home. He served throughout the South African war, and afterward joined the Cape Mounted Rifles, with which he remained for five years. Then he went to Canada, and for three years was a member of the North-West Mounted Police. On the outbreak of war he went over to London, intending to accept the first shilling a recruiting sergeant offered. He took the first offer, and for twelve days was in the Second Guards Blue. Then he was offered a commission with the Suffolk Regiment, and this he accepted.