CHAPLAIN HONOURED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1661, 13 January 1917, Page 3

CHAPLAIN HONOURED.

GIFT TO FATHER DORE,

One of the most interesting reunions of Anzac men was that which was held at the Albert Hotel, Auckland, on Tuesday evening last, when returned members of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, to the number of about sixty, assembled to do honour to Chaplain-Captain Dore, who is so well known to all Auckland troops, and particularly to the members of the A.M.R., as “Father Dore” (says the Herald). Chaplain-Captain Dore was one of the chaplains of the New Zealand Mounted Brigade, main body, and was attached to the A.M.R. He went to Gallipoli with the brigade in May, 1915, about a fortnight after the landing, and remained there until the middle of August. Captain Dore at all times showed a keen devotion to duty, and was awarded the Military Cross for the great gallantry that he displayed. Whilst rescuing wounded soldiers, he himself was badlv wounded at Chunuk Bair.

Major Ralph W. Wyman, D. 5.0., presided over the rc-union of the survivors who shared the hardships of those memorable weeks on Gallipoli, in which the Auckland Mounted Rifles took such an honourable part. In proposing the toast of “Father Dore,” he described their guest as “one of the finest and whitest men who had left New Zealand for the front.” “Father Dore,” he said, was not only a chaplain and priest; he was a padre to all —the friend, guide and counsellor of men, not only of the Catholic Communion, but of all denominations. He recounted many instances in which their chaplain, at the greatest personal danger, had assisted wounded soldiers. On behalf of tlie returned members of the main body of the Auckland Mounted Rifles he presented Captain Dore with a fine case of pipes, in a silver box, bearing a sitable inscription. Major Wyman’s remarks received the hearty endorsement of all prosent-, and their sentiments found further active expression in (ho rousing ovation accorded to Captain Dore when the hitter made his reply. He thanked them all for their present, and said that he was proud to wear the badge of one of the A.M.R. squadrons, which, he said, had been carried to the forefront of the battle, right to the shell-torn crest of Chunuk Bair. He made a touching reference to 1 lie men of (he regiment who had fallen at Anzac, and who had been buried bv him.