Father Dore

Horowhenua Chronicle, 4 October 1916, Page 3

Father Dore

'BIG BROAD-GUAGE MAN." .Said a returned "Anzac" to a Duncdin reporter:— There is no one in the Expeditionary Force more highly respected or better loved by the men of his regiment than Chaplain-Captain Patrick 3>ore, of the Main Body of the Auckland Mounted liifles, wlio is among the disabled « I iier.s on the Wiillcchra. Ho was severely wounded during the August advance at Anzac. Audi had been in hospital ever since. His right leg was fractured, and the nerve was severed. Though he still uses clutches, hi« leg is slowly recovering its strength. WAVED BY A DEVOTED TROOPER.. Hiat he reached the hospital ship .alive iis due to the devotion of a man in his regiment, Trooper E. Foley, who refused to obey orders andl leave him at the first dressing station, the surgeon in the line having stated that his life could be saved only hiy immediate I attention on the hospital ship. For gallantry and devotion to diuty he was awarded the military cross. The men of his regiment cannot speak too highly of "1' ntlier Dore," as he is familiarly known. He smiled his way to every hell the Turks could devise, cheering the living and comforting the dying, and braving amy thing for the sake of the wortnded. Some cf them know of incidents he will never tell. How- lie has taken an exhausted .man's rifle in the fire trench and kept his watch, how lie deserted the hospital ship so that ho could return to his regiment when it needed him most, how lie helped many a man through a lonely vigil down a sap. A hig, broad-gauge man, who cares nothing fcr fine distinctions of denomination among the men of his regiment. Father Dore will live in the history of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.