ROLL OF HONOR

New Zealand Tablet, 26 October 1916, Page 36

ROLL OF HONOR

SERGEANT PATRICK DEVINE. It is with very great regret we have to record the death (from wounds) of Sergeant Patrick Devine, who, previous to his enlistment, had just completed his apprenticeship at this office, where he was held in the highest esteem by his employers and fellow-employees alike, for his sunny nature and genial disposition endeared him to all. Sergeant Devine left New Zealand with the 4th Reinforcements, and was attached to the Howitzer Battery. lie had a short stay in Egypt, and then went to. Gallipoli. , After three or four months’ fighting he was slightly wounded at Suvla Bay on August 7. He was in hospital on Lemnos Island for three weeks, and then went back to his gun, but a short time after was sent to England on sick leave. He was four months in England, and returned to Egypt shortly before our boys left for France. He was then

Sergeant Patrick Devine

promoted to the rank of sergeant, and attached to the 15th Battery, 4th Brigade, with which unit ho worked up till the time of his death from wounds on October 6. He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Devine, was born'at Lawrence, and was 22 years of age. He was educated at St. Patrick’s School, Lawrence, and the Christian Brothers’ School, Dunedin. He was a keen sport, having played for the Union Football Club from the fifth grade to the first. He was also a member of the North End Boating Club. He was well known and highly respected for his kind disposition, which made him a friend and a comrade to all with whom he came in contact. We offer our sincere sympathy to his bereaved relatives in this the hour of their sad trial. CORPORAL F. M. JACK. Advice was received on Saturday last by Mr. J. R. Jack, of Scandia street (writes our Palmerston North correspondent, under date October 21), that his sou, Corporal F. M. Jack, had been killed in action. Corporal Jack was reported wounded several days ago, apparently in error, as the sad news received by Mr. Jack shows that his son was killed in action on September 15. Before leaving for the front he was employed in the local branch of the Railway Department. Reference was made at all the Masses on Sunday last, and the sympathy of both Catholics and non-Catholics will go out to the relatives of the late Corporal Jack, who has made the supreme sacrifice for his King and Country,R.J.P,