ROLL OF HONOR

New Zealand Tablet, 8 February 1917, Page 45

ROLL OF HONOR

PRIVATE RICHARD -NAUGHTON. Mr. W. hTaughton, of Kerrytown, received word from the Base Records of the death of his son, Private Richard Naughton of the 10th Reinforcements, who died of : wounds in England on October 16, 1916. No news of him had been received, though cables of inquiry had been sent. Private Naughton had been

brought up in the Kerry town district, and was educated at the Kerrytown School. Since leaving school he had followed farming pursuits. He lived all his life in the district where he was born, and was a universal favorite wherever he went, a most exemplary Catholic, and a good son and brother. The sympathy of the whole district has gone out to his 'sorrowing parents, brothers, and sisters. ' RIFLEMAN JAMES O’DONNELL. Rifleman James O’Donnell, who died of wounds at the clearing station, France, on January 3, was the eldest son of Mr. 11. O’Donnell, Brunner, and was 34 years of age. He was born in Greymouth and was educated at. the Convent School, Brunner, and the Marist Brothers’ School, Greymouth. He left New Zealand with the 4th Battalion of the N.Z. Rifle Brigade on February 5, 1916, and. with the exception of a very short stay in Egypt, had been engaged in the heavy fighting in France, including the ‘ Big Push.’ Prior to enlisting he was employed at Lake Hochstetter, but some years previously he worked in Reefton and was a dashing forward of the Reefton Football Club.