PERSONAL NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 225, 3 October 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES.

Private J. A. Batching, cabling to i his wife, states that he has seen his i son, Bugler Archie Kitching, in hospital,. and mentions-' that Bugler Kitehing is out of danger, and his wounds'are healing nicely. Advice was. received last night by Mrs Jno. Hpunsejl, Howick Roact, that her son, Rifleman Arthur Syd-?. ney Hounsell, \ had been wounded in the right side in France. • H© left New Zealand with.the 11th. Reinforcements. ' '- . ■

Mrs MeMahqn, of Pictou, received word on Saturday that her son, Private W. P. McMahon, was -wounded, in the left leg on th& 16th September. Lieiitenant Swinard, of Oamaru, a nephew of Mr J. L.:Harwood, Picton, has teen killed in faction- in France. Lieutenant Swin.ard: .was nine months at. Gallipoli, g.nd _.<-, was twice wounded—^onc© at Gallipoli and again in France. ••■■ - :•■• G. :T." Bogte,-::N;Z.M:.C*-(killed)',, was^a son. of Mi- • Bogle, for many years j,tationmaster at Waipukurau. . Hei was educated at. tho Napier* Boys' .High School- and'.-'V.io-toiria Golleg^, ! Weliington, ; and;*;was' well known in -football circles in Napiei; [ ancL Wellirigton. 1 After taking his" -mfedicnl 'dpgi:ecs, he^ entered into partnei:ship' with' t3ie> ia^o Dr Godfrey, ofi.Waipukurau,' fro;m which tov^r.hf--1 eniistect'. A ' 'brother, Lieutenant i^qgM, of the Canadian, Arniy'i, \yaß I killed earlier in; the war., \J)y Bpgte ! married-■.' Miss "Mni'garet Fell,'", the 'second'daught^ of'-fitr aaidi Mrs Ffll^ late, pf Mahe-no Bay, Wellingtoni. J)r Fell''■is'; now in a':- military, hospital in. ! England, and Mrs Bogle accompanidd her parents Home, and has been, staying iti London. With her mother while iDr Bojjjle-was. at the front; Captain Bogle is surA rirerl also by a; daughter, only a. few months old. •'

Our Havelock correspondent Writes: rr-Mi- Charles Pickering: has received advice that his sons, Clarence and Douglas, have been wounded ': An France, making three sons in all who have beeri. wounded, ajb the war. Charles Pickering was wounded at GallipoU.; last year, andi was invalided homo. A. G. Mills,:'-'-report-;ed rwbu^de^..in,.th<s-gi-eat\Spi;nm© >off'enr:' siye,.;"*! i^.a sixth son of 'Mi-, Al -Mills,.' :of.;Johnsonville., aixd is an oTdvHaveIbcjc boy.; Private: C. Wells,. and A, Crmgdon, also reported wounded, her long to this.-district,haying enlisted ab^nt twelve months ago: ..',,, i' . Lieutenant K. ?wbujjde<3) :- a son of Mr J. B/ Saxon, of Nolsojrx. When he enlisted he-was assistant-master at Nelson College-., He took a. keen interest in volunteering. bein : 2 an 'officer in the^College Cadet Corps: :H^: was also a; representative cricketer sind footballer.

Secbnd-IJieutenant Arribld Douglas Mc-Ti^an (killed) "wasS a son of Mr Murdoch M&Lean, Mayor of Mt, Albei^t, Auckland. I/ieutenant. Mcliean :was 22 'years of age. He was ednoa.ted; 'at .King's College, Auckland, and •■•prior to leaving for the front was; a eairyeyor in the employ o£ MessisvKejly Brbs.,( C'isborney Lieur iteriant; M^E"ea.n's,.v brother^, ' Pi'iyate Bayiiio^d ! MbLe^vHy^as^ j'tion^ut^Gatlipoli-. ■':(^i.'':''-].-':'-:'":. '.•;•■■'•. "■';•: ' \j;: r ■Ne^sw-hn^-b#eii: re'c^iv^d;by/.'Airs.'(2^; Ghiiig, ;of; Stoke, that her sony Sap/pea* Leslie'Cr.Ghirig, has been; woiihde<T in th'ri rightv'-h'iandi' arid was admitted, to Jiospital;:-on; Septembei*; 16th. ' SapiJer Chingj who; was also at Gallipoli, was a. i^legraph:': lineman, aihd 'enlisted at Gliristchurch, New' 'Zealand with the Signalling: Corps of one of the1 Reinforcements. ' * r

'.. Second-Lieutenant ■ John Max Sunley'(died of wounds) 'ivns it native pi' Bi^bopdule; Nelson, and was; :twenty■throe years of age. He- was the son of Mr J; M..Sunley, of Westport, and was a^ member of the' clerical staff of the Wo&tpbrt Harbor Board when ho enlisted. •. He went with. the. Fifthj Reinforcements as a/sergeant, but? surrendered bis stripes in order to. get to Gallippli. Subsequently he war given a commission. From information received by the Defence authorities at Headquarters, it appears that tho late Major (Dr) : Martin, of Palmer.ston North, received the wounds which resulted, in his death while attending to tho wounded in a dressing station near the front. During an infantry attack,'a. baa-rage of fire- was placed in front of tho .advancing force, and either, a shell ,burst prematurely on the dress-ing-station, or a chance on© norn an enemy gun exploded there. The Rev. Father Dore, well known in Wellington^ and formerly of Kaikoura aric! Foxton, who Las. becxi "padreing* 5 with the New Zealand Forces, returned to Wellington on Friday by the Mararoa. having returned from. jEngland by the Willoc'hrs.. Father Dore, who won th« Military, Gross for gallantry on tho field, had to limp ashore on'crutches, a sad wr^clc of 'his former' bright, self. It was 'at Gallipoli thit a ma v; was wounded ni*ar a trench where "Padre" Dore was sheltering. Under a hea.vy fire, lie went out to bring tho man in, and whilst stooping to pick liini- up was shot m the back. The spin© was injured by tho brllet, and as; tho result of that itvjury one of flic goc-d priest's legs has■■•lo&t- its nseftilnes«*v. Them is still a hope that the limb may become useful cgmn. but ' n

is likely to be a long piocess, if it liapi>&ns at all. Qni->K a numlier cf the "padre's" friends were on 'the wharf to incqt■ }\im, and g}7<s> 'bim'-ui hearty^welcome bade; ;-" ;'" ' ■

The following are particulars;'of\ Blenheim membei-s of the Expeditiontixy forces who have; been fro^ia t^niej to time mentioned in the; ca,sualty lists:-- '

A. L. Ackers, reported killed -,n action on loth ' Septeiriber,,l9l6 ; leifc with -ith Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade from Blenheim, i(next of kin <>. Ackers,' Pitatapine, Waiau* father). R. Falconer-Taylor, killed, in action on 16th September, 1916; left with. 2nd Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade, from Blenheim, (next of kin G. Fal-coner-Taylor, Cheltenham, England). A. L. Morrison, reported killed in action,'2-icl Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade, left from Blenheim, (Mr P- W. Monjison.,' cf Kaituna. a brother). O. Lusty, reported wounded on lGlh September, 1916; I.oth Rein^ forepments; left from Blenheim, (next of kin' F. Lusty, Richmond, lather). R. Hope, reported wounded (in thigh), 3rd Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade, loffc from Blenheim, (next oi kin Mrs Turner, Feilding, sister);, for .some ■ tiny'working for Mr. V. L. Pcwell, of Blenheim, dentist. W. H. Newman, reported wounded on 16th September, I§X6 ; 6th Reinforcements, left from "Maa'lborough, (nex,t of kin Mrs E. Newman, Hillside,' Picton, wife). .->•■:. G. Langridge, reported wounded on 16th 'September, 1916; 6th Reinforcements, left from Blenheim, (next, of kin F: Langi-idga, Kent, England). , ,C. B. Steivart. reported, wounded";■ 2nd' Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade, left from 'Blenheim, (next of kin fathea' in Dimedin); worked for some time for ;.Nimmo and Blair in this town.

J. Sullivan, reported wounded; 4th Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade, left from' Blenheim. •