PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 223, 8 June 1918, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Major I'. Hannah, of the R.F.A., nnj son of Mr. Hubert. Hannah, of Wellington, who is now convalescent in London after recovering from a very dangerous wound, has been wonderfully lucky. In two years lie ro,?e from a second lieutenant, 'to a major in. a'crack regiment (Koyal field Artillery) of the British Arniy, has gained, the Military Cross and D.5.0., and had the good fortune to get cleir of the hospital in Etnples ten dn\>: liefore .it was ruthlessly bomIjardcd' by the Hermans (with some 300 casualties).

Information has been, received by Mr. W. T. Jennings, M.P., that his son, Lieutenant A. Jennings, has obtained a position as pilot, in the flo.val Hying Squadron. Lieutenant Jennings was at the landing in Gii'lipoli, and attenvard* served in Francc, subsciinently obtain, ing a commission in the Imperial .service. He was severely wounded ill aetioUi r.iid was awarded tin Military Cross, Owing to the ctTecU of his wound Lieu■ tenant Jennings was nimble'to rejein hi* unit, and vulunteered lor the air service. In a letter ti his "ather he says that among (lie tests candidates for iIW air service have to undergo are. a para' chute descent from a tapiivo balloon an an altitude of 20I)nft., a, trip of 2S miles in a free ballnou, with direction* to land at a notified station.

Mrs. D. Martin, of 8. Crosby 'Terrace. Ijeoii fulvised by cablegram that. net oldest son. Private Leslie' Martin, sustained gunshot wounds in the right arm and scalp : during a recent engagement iu'France, and is lying dangerously ill in a Loudon hospital. Private Martin belongs to the New Zealand A fmy Medical Corps, and left the Dominion', with tile Sixteenth Reinforcements.

Captain K. U. I'arlt, M.C., Flight-Corn-lne.mler, Ii.F.C. (youngest son ol Professor Park, of Dunedin), has been awarded, the.Croix de Guerre lor "exceptional service, to the Ist Trench Army during tlio Flanders offensive of 1017." He was awarded the Military Cross for bringing down four Herman aeroplanes, and 'a bar was added' to it for his wrecking of'four more enemv machines; Captain Park left, as a private.ill the Third Reinforce- . nients. Soon after arriving in F.gypt, he was to the Main Body, and as a member of it ho took part in tlio historic; landing at Gallipoli, on April 2(i, 1!)15. . After being badiy wounded in the Battle of the Soninie, lie received a commission iii tlio British Army, and was transferred to the Royal Flying .Corps. Another of Professor I'nrk's sons (Lanee-florporal Frank Park, N.Z.13.F.), who left over two years ago, returned to' the. Dominion, and: is' now under treatment in Auckland Hospital. He has lost three, fiiigers of the left hand, and, the hand is paralysed. His brother, James Dondas Park, is a private in the Mounted Rifles, Thirty-ninth Reinforcements, at Featherston. . Two' sisters. Mesdiimcs Tiryne and ! Pearse. both old settlers of the district. ! died at Mastcvton yesterday, our snecial correspondent telegraphs. 111-. A. 0.. Leach, secretary of the War Relief Association, is enjoying a well- [ deserved holiday. During his absene.o I Mr. D. M. Yeats is acting as secretary. I Mr. John Mackay (ex-Government Printer) is lit present dotns honorary work for the association. , Mr. George H. Wilson, of the firm of Messrs. Wilson' and C'anham, has. been appointed to the directorate of the New ; Zealand Insurance Company, to fill the ! vacancy caused' by the deai-h of Mr. L. |.J. Bagnall. . :