PERSONAL NOTES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2541, 16 August 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES

THE LATE COLONEL A. BAUCHOP. Officers, non-commissioned; officers, and men of the New Zealand Territorial Force, as well .as thousands of the okitiineid of the volunteer days, and tho civilian public generally, will hear of tho death ot Colonel Bauchop with a deep sense of personal loss." In every sense of the word the late officer filled the phrase: "An officer and a gentleman." To those who had merely a superficial knowledge of him, Colonel Bauchop's personality at first blush savoured of the "official johnny," but nothing could be further from the truth. His personal habits were of almost Spartan simplicity. Apropos of this, it used to be. said in the old camping days before the war that the only luggage that Colonel Bauchop took into camp with him—apart from his military essentials—were "a, razor and a tooth brush." Offico routine was irksome to him. He loved the free open-air life, and his roamings in Matabeleland after the strenuous days of the South African AVar gave him an ineradicable dislike to indoor work. Colonel Arthur Bancliop, C.M.G., was a son of the late Mr. Robert Bauchop. of Port Chalmers, and was born in that town in 1871. He was educated at the Port Chalmers School and the Otago Boys' High School. Ho entered the Garrison Artillery in IS9S as a subaltern, and went to the Boer War in a mounted corps two years later with that rank. A few months after reaching South Africa he was promoted to a captaincy, and was engaged in operations in Western Transvaal and Natal for over two years. .He was with tho Seventh during tho severe fighting at Langverwacht and Bothasberg. Ho was raised to the rank of major in 1901, and at the conclusion of the war he remained in South Africa for somo two years and a half, during a portion of which time lie held a commission in Major-General Baden-Powell's Constabulary. In 1904 ho was appointed O.C. of the • Canterbury Military District, was appointed to a similar position in tho Wellington district in 1907, and in 1912 took charge of tho Otago district. Three years ago ho was married to Miss 11'. J. Elder, daughter of Mr. H. it. Elder, of Waikauae. His military career is given in the Army List as follows:—South African war, 1900-1902. Operations in Transvaal, west of Pretoria, August 29 to November 1900. Operations in the Transvaal, 'November 30, 1900, to July, 1901; August to December, 1901, antl April and May, 1902. Operations in the Orange River Colony, July to August, 1901, and December, 1901, to April, 1902. Operations on the Zululand frontier of Natal in September and October, 1901. Mentioned m dispatches, London Gazette, April 16, 1901; August 20,- 1901; and April 25, 1902. Queen's Medal with four clasps; lung's Medal, with two clasps. MAJOR CRIBB. A Press Association telegram from Greyliiotitli states: —Cabled advice announces the death of Major Charles Crifob on board a hospital ship from wounds received at the Dardanelles. Major Cribb left hero exactly twelve months ago in command of the Ist West Coast Contingent, which lie helped to mobilise. He had seen service in the Boer War, and had spent a lifetime in tho Defence Forces. He held two long-service medals. Altogether, he was over twenty-five years in the New Zealand Forces. Ho . was a senior mail clerk at Groymouth, and a nativo of Blenheim. He was forty-four years of age. MAJOR S. A. GRANT. Major S. A. Grant was a well-known and highlv-popular New Zealand officer. In tho early days he combined a love of athletics- with an enthusiasm for volunteering. Ho served in the South African War from May, 1901, to May, 1902, aud was in operations in tho Transvial, on the Zululand frontier of Natal, and in the Orange River Colony. He was awarded the Queen's medal with four clasps. On his return from South Africa his interest in military matters was as great as ever. He was one of the first four New Zealand officers sent Home for training. When tho new Defence system camo into operation he was appointed Acting-Brigade-Major of the Otago Mounted Rifles, and was stationed a.t Oaniaru, with tho temporary rank of Major in the New Zealand Staff Corps. He took a great interest- in rifle-shooting, and was for some years a member of the committee of the Dominion Rifle Association. Ho left New Zealand at tho end of April as staff officer to the Ith Reinforcements. He leaves a widow, who resides at Iviugsland, Auckland.