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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16159, 13 March 1918, Page 2

Captain Richard.Savage, whoso people reside at Petonc, is one of the few New Zealanders who have risen from the ranks to such a high position in tho army as that which he now holds. As a boy lie was. employed at the Wellington "Evening Post." He left lor Egypt with the Main Body as a private, and received his first stripe after the comparatively small affray at Suez Canal. Then he went to Gailipoli. and after some weeks theio he was wounded and sent to Malta. On recovering, lie was further promoted, and sent to Sling Camp as a musketry instructor, and was also in charge of a Lewis machine-gun section. Subsequently, h c became company sergeant-major, -and later, after a term with the O.T.C. a t Chelsea, lie qualified for a coninii<-sion, with top marks .n the examination. The commission was gazetted in May, 101.7, after which he -went. to Fiance. In September last he was appointed adjutant, and in JNovc.iiDer gazetted to the rank of captain.