CABLEGRAMS
* — [ELECTIUt TKLKGUAL'H--COPYRIGHT. J fl'Ett I'lt ESS ASSOCIATION.] RETIRING OWING IO STRAINED HEAIIT. London. Sept, 24. Captain Wdliugford is retiring irom the New Zealand force owing to a, strained heart.
Writing to las pureutt?, lie Hays; — "1 tried to stick to it, but for fourteen days after we had beaten'off the Turks I was crawling round my guns with a stick. I got home with my revolver, killing four Turks, one at a distance ol : a foot, another at live feet, n third at ten leet, and the last :ii twenty yards. The poor devils wore all youngsters. iam sick of lulling with the rifle." (As a non-com missioned officer Captain Wadlingford (his jnw.-iu rank is a New Zealand one) was as the crack shot of the British Army. In 1.911 lie was appointed nistnictor in Musketry to tlie Now Zealand Forces, heing given the local rank of lieutenant, and Inter being promoted to a captaincy. Since he has been at Gallipoli lio lias put' up a wonderful sniping record.)
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HC19150927.2.7
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 September 1915, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
170CABLEGRAMS Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 September 1915, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
See our copyright guide for information on how you may use this title.
Log in