ROLL OF HONOR

New Zealand Tablet, 29 August 1918, Page 19

ROLL OF HONOR

CORPORAL J. J. MORI ARTY. Mr. M. J. Moriarty, of Ashburton, has been advised by the Minister of Defence that his brother, Corporal J. J. Moriarty, a member of the Australian Forces, was killed in action in France on August 8. The late Corporal Moriarty had previously been wounded and also gassed. He was on board H.M.S. Ballarat when she was torpedoed. Corporal John Moriarty was the fourth son of Mr. Michael Moriarty, for many years a resident of Ashburton, and now in Victoria. In days gone by Corporal Moriarty was prominent in athletic and social gatherings in Ashburton. A gifted elocutionist and a zealous worker in young men’s associations, he acquired many friends. He was one of the early and most energetic members of the Catholic Literary Society and St. Patrick’s Sports Association, in which organisations he set a noble example to his young associates. Prior to leaving New Zealand he was on the commercial staff of the New Zealand Tablet. He enlisted in Victoria over three years ago.—R.I.P. SECOND LIEUTENANT J. E. HENRYS.. Mr. J. E. Henrys, the well-known handicapper, has been officially advised that his second son, Second Lieutenant Stuart Henrys, N.Z.F.A., has been admitted to a hospital in England suffering from appendicitis. The record of Lieutenant Henrys in the great war stands out prominently among the many fine records of young New Zealanders. lie enlisted in the Main Body immediately after the outbreak of war, and before he had reached 18 years of age, and went into the

Artillery Camp at Awapuni. He left New Zealand with, the Main Body, and has taken part in the fortunes of the New Zealanders ever sincein Egypt, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front. While on service in Flanders he was selected to train for a commission, which he had obtained before he had reached his majority. It is a coincidence that advice of his illness reached his father on the fourth anniversary of his entering camp at Awapuni. Mr. Henrys’ youngest son, who is a medical student at Sydney University, has just reached military age. He is returning to New Zealand to enter the Flying School at Sockburn. SECOND LIEUTENANT K. D. O’SULLIVAN. Second Lieutenant K. D. O’Sullivan, who is reported in the dangerously ill list, is a son of Major James O’Sullivan, ex-Director of Defence Stores, Wellington, and a member of the Dominion Executive of the Catholic Federation. Lieutenant O’Sullivan was severely wounded in the abdomen and forearm in the heavy fighting on the 16th inst. He was on the staff of the Public Trust Office when he went on active service, and left for the Front in October last with the 30th Reinforcements. CORPORAL JOHN G. GREEN. Another Catholic young man of Auckland, in the person of Corporal John G. Green, is reported in today’s casualty list as having died of wounds at the Front (writes our own correspondent under date August 23). Deceased w r as the youngest son of Mrs. M. Green, of Parnell. His elder brother (Private L. Green) returned wounded recently.—R.l.P.