Writing of tho early days of the landing on Gallipoli, Private Gibb Johnston, son lof Dr. Johnston, of Carterton, refers to tlio death of several Wellington men. "Of Jack Gracels death I can givo no coherent account/' he writes, "as tlio mounted men wore operating on our left, and were holding the advanced outposts. All I know is that the Wellington mounted men were cut off and surrounded, and 'sixty pf them held, hundreds of. Turks at bay ilMil relief, came. Out of the sixty men thirty,<s'f them wore, lulled, among them being Norman Cameron, Tas. Smith,' Jack Grace,, and another old collego chum, Jack Scales (son of Mr. G. H. Scales). They all died at their posts, but it is easi'h; the saddest' catastrophe that has so fai- happened-to the New Zealanders, and I might say that in an attack on a Turkish trench the next night we re-' membered our fallen comrades. In,, war every man is a brotlier, and I can tell you that it is not going into battle that upsets the nerves of men, but it is when your pates fall round you and wlion tho roll is called at tlio end of the fight that) oven the strongest men break down a little. When wo mado our advance 'atCape Holies on May 9 eightysix of tho Ruahine Qompany answered tho roll-call two days later ont of 250 men who comprised tho company.' 'Chevrolet, n handsome, powerful car, equipped' with every accessory of proven quality. a«d bearing the hall-mark oft; strength, trustirortluues3, and durability Your inspection of the latest model Of.course—is"invited by the Dominions Motor Vehicles, Ltd., 65 Courtenay Place, who will bo uleosed to demonstrate to you the superior qualities of the ChawoUt car.—Advt. . • j
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2586, 7 October 1915, Page 4
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291Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2586, 7 October 1915, Page 4
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