PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 29, 29 October 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

A cablegram received from Major E. A Wilson, 8.A., states that he is convalescent in London. He was reported haviii" receiviHl gunshot wounds in right leg on September 20, exactly a year since he' was wounded on the head, at the battle north of Ypres, September 30,191*. Major Wilson has had many marvellous escapes in his last year's hard fighting.. Second Lieutenant L. 'B. Grimstace, N7/ Field' Artillery, who was killed in action on October 8, left with the Mam Body as a trooper in the Wellington Mounted Rifles. Hβ fought at Galhpoli with that regiment, and contracted enteric fever on the Peninsula. Ho vmsmoved to Malta, and when convalescent went to England.- He then joined the N.Z. Field . Artillery as a gunner, and obtained lu9 commission in April, 1917, since when he s 'has been in all the fighting oil the Western front where the New Zealand forces have been engaged. Second Lieutenant L. B. Grimstiico was the only son of M.r. L. B. Grimgtace, manager of' the Bank of New Zealand, Eltham..

Sergeant Mat. Griffin, son of Mr. M. Griffin, 31 Nairn Street, who was killed in action on October 12, was a member of the Main Body, and took part in the landing fit the Dardanelles. After fight-v ing for sonic- time on ihc Peninsula he was wounded, but soon recovering, he rejoined his regiment, and left Egypt for I'rance, where he fought in the big battles. In the enrly part of this year he gained the Military Medal for bravery in the field. He was born in Wellington and educated at the Marist Brothers' School. Before hs wont into camp he was in the Railway Department. Another brother (Gunnor J. G. Griffin) has served three years, and eo far has escaped unwounded. 'The death occurred in London on October U of Mrs. Annie Whyte, relict of the late Hon. John Blair Whyte. The late Mrs. Whyte was in her sovonty-first year, and had lived for the last twenty years in London. Previous to that she'' was well known in Auckland, the Waikato, nnd Wellington, She is survived by a daughter and a son.

Mr. Herbert Gribble, of Sar Street, Highland Park, has received news that his brother, Hugh Ball Champion Gribble, has been admitted to hospital in England, suffering from,' gunshot wounds in the foot and head. Private Gribble, who went away with the Seventh Reinforcements, has seen much activo service in Egypt and I'rance, and is attached co the Army Service Corps. He was formerly diet, and lato chief steward in the U.S.S. Company. His brother Cyril is a prisoner of war in Germany. Another brother; William, is a, member of the Vlyinf! Corps in England. Still another brother, Fred, is chef on a New Zealand troopship. Their father, Captain W. C. Gribble, resides in England. Lance-Corporal Bertram Hughes (killed in ociion) was a eon of Mrs. E. L. Hughes, of Wadestown. He was educated at Wadestown School and Wellington College,

Mr. Thomas Geary, who was horn in Sydney seventy-eight year* ago, and had lived m 'Wellington for iVrty years, died suddenly in Napier on Wednesday last. Ho was taken ill in o taxi-cab us lie was being driven to Hie steamer Arahura to go.to Tokomaru Bay, aud died before medical aid could be obtained. For some time before his death ho I ad suffered from heart trouble. The late Mr. Geary was on the shift" of the Government Printing Office in Wellington for thirty-two yenrs, and re.'iral some, years ago. The funeral took place in , the Park Island Cemetery, Napier.

Trooper Angus G. Maeauley, son of Mr. Norman Macaulpy, of the- Wellington Harbour Board staff, and Trooper k L. Bryenton, eldest son of Mr., H. L. Bryenton, Vi'ellingtoii South, have been admitted to lnvpiMl suli'eiiug from malarial fever. Trooper Guy Taylor, of Mastcrton, has been admitted to a hospital in Egyp* suffering from miliaria.

A cablo message received by Mr. ,Ci. Churchill, of the Union Company's wharf staff in Wellington, etritee that his son, Private W. A. Churchill, who has'been wounded, is progressing favourably. The bullet has been extracted, and there will not be any permanent disfigurement.

Advice, lias hern received that Private P. Lee, son of Mr. JO. Jvce, of Taratahi, has been wounded in action.

Mr. Alan M'Elwain, of Auckland, a talented amateur comedian and reciter, and extremely popular in Auckland mid Wellington, has been rejected from the CI Camp as unfit for active service. Mr. M'Ehvain is to act as stage manager for the Wellington competitions next month.

Mr. V. E. Meredith; of the legal firm of Hesketh and Richmond, is on a visit to Wellington. Ho will leave ngain for Auckland to-day.

The death occurred on Friday evening, after a long illuess, of Mr. T. Gray, second eon of Mr. and Mrs. George Gray, of Maatorton. Deceased was twenty-two years of age, and had been for six years on the clerical staff of the W.P.C.A., Mnster.ton. Deceased wfls a .grandson of the late Mr. George Gray (of (fray's Bond), who was well known in musical circles iti Wellington.