ROLL OF HONOUR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2461, 14 May 1915, Page 6

ROLL OF HONOUR

Three officer.?, wounded, comprised the casualties reported from Egypt to Dcfenco Headquarters yesterday. Those were Major Harrowcll, of the Auckland Infantry, and Lieutenants Row]lings and I.ce, of the Wellington Infantry. Tho casualties reported to date, counting both officers and men, killed in action, died of wounds, or wounded, total 721. Tho Otago Infantry Battalion has, according to the casualties reported lioro, suffered considerably morn than any of the other Now Zealand nnlhilions. Twenty officers and men havo been reported as either killed or diet! of wounds, wliilo their wounded nlid missing amount io 212. Auckland and Wellington have suffered in a. lesser degree in that order. Details arc given below:— TOTAL CASUALTIES REPORTED. Killed and Died of Wounds. OfficeM. lieu. Wellington Infantry 2 ;i Auckland Infantry' .1 S Canterbury Infantry •! Otago InlVinlry ! 1! is N.Z. Uiiginecr's — 2 - I i.i :u , Wounded and Missing. (Hikers. Mnn. Wellington Infantry S l.'M Auckland itifanlv* ivr. Canterbury Infantry 1 iii

Otago Infantry n 2flt Engineers 2 17 Artillery _ 7 Field Ambnlanco — 4 Divisional Signallers " — 1 N.Z. Staff Corps 1 _ Headquarters Division — _ <0 637 Total 721 WOUNDED AUCKLAND INFANTRY BATTALION MA.TDK EDWIN HAKROWELL (No 12/(107); born at Epsom, Surrey, Eng. land; in ISG7. He was in t.Lc Colonial Ofliee service (New Hebrides), but on leave of absence when war broke out lie hum 011 the New Zealand retired list, and was a member of tho New llobndM Constabulary. Next-of-kin, Ml'. William TTnrmvell, The Court House, SI. Prescot Street, London. WELLINGTON INFANTRY BATTALION 1,1 HUT. i:il WARD TALBOT ROWLINGS (No. 10/1610); born in Auckland iri 18(14; New Zealand St/iff Corps. Served three ynars in.Jlor.il Military f'olloge. Australia Next-of-kin, Mr. Mw'aril U nt'hr. ttav-'lllnjf<c, VtiHona Avenue, Mount Eden, iucKlascL

LIEUT. RAYMOND LEE (No. 10/152); , born at Pnhiatua in 1831; architectural draughtsman; served in <f C" Company, 17th (liuahine) Regiment. Next-of-kin, Mr. C. T\". Lee, "Lyonsdown," St. John's Hill, Wanganui. NEW ZEALANDERS REPORTED WOUNDED. Advice has been received from the Secretory of tho Defence Department, Melbourne, that the following have been wounded in action near the Dardanelles:— Sergeant O. Lilies, 9th Australian Infantry. Next-of-kin, Edward John Lines, Ka'hahataki, Taranaki. Private D. Dennis, 12th Australian Infantry. Next-Jof-kiii. William Dennis, Huntly (father). SOME PERSONAL NOTES (By Telcsraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, May 13. Advice was received from the Commonwealth military authorities to-day that Major W. L. H. Burgess, Officer Commanding the 9th Battery of Australian Field Artillery, bad been wounded in action. Major Burgess is a son of the Rev. George Burgess, of Whitiki, near Papakura. Ho was formerly a member of the "A" Battc-ry Field Artillery, progressing from gunner to subaltern. On the introduction of Territorial training lie was appointed officer in charge of No. 4 Area Gronp, with headquarters at Hamilton. Lieut. Edward Talbot Rowllings, New Zealand S.C., who is reported to have been, wounded, is the eldest son of Mr. E. W. Rowllings, Victoria Avenue, Mt. Eden. He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, and after passing the matriculation examination qualified for entrance to the Royal Military College, Duutroon. Ho had comploted three years of the course • when tho war broke out.

A cablegram was received by Mr. J. B. MacFarlane, of Gillies Avenue, Epsom, this morning from his eldest son, Lieut. J. B. MacFarlane, 3rd Auckland Company, stating that he had been wounded, but as the message also contained the word "Well," it is presumed his injury is not serious:

Major Edwin Harrowell was born in England, but is intimately related with the Dominion by long residence and by active association with its Defenco forces. He bad been living in Auckland for some years when the war in South Africa began, and he went to the front with the First Contingent. • Ho holds the Queen's Medal with five clasps and tho King's Medal with two clasps. On returning to New Zealand, Major Harrowell joined the volunteer forces as adjutant of the Auckland Mounted liifle's, now the 3rd Regiment, and subsequently transferred to tho Auckland Infantry Regiment, with the same rank. He was appointed by the Imperial Government to take charge of the rifle associations in Fiji, and during the past five or six years has been Police Commissioner in the New Hebrides. He was in Auckland on 'furlough in August, and having obtained permission, again joined the 3rd Infantry Regiment, and was appointed second in command of the Auckland Infantry. Battalion in the Expeditionary Force. Lieut. R. Lee, of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, who is' reported as wounded, v was born at Paliiatua in 1891, and last resided in Masterton, where he was an architectural, draughtsman. He is a single man, and belonged to the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment, in which he was a second lieutenant. A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN COLONIALS' EXPLOITS IN THE. DAEDANELLES. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Rec. May 13, 8.10 p.m.) Melbourne, May 13. The Federal House carried with enthusiasm a resolution congratulating Australia on the soldierly qualities of her men in 'the Dardanelles. After rousing speeches by Mr. Fisher (•Bid Federal Premier), and Mr. Joseph Cook (Leader of the Opposition), Mr. Fisher undertook to have the resolution and speeches printed and distributed to the soldiers at the front.

Mr. Fisher favoured Mr. Page's suggestion that the State school teachers should be directed to read Mr. Ashmead Bartlett's description of the Dardanelles fight to the children in. the schools.