PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, 29 September 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

•Private A. I*. -lone.-, who has been wounded, i- ;i --on of -Mr T. H. «Jones, ul Wanganiii. and- t'ovmi'i-lv nf Nelson. Private Joue s was an * Hi- . in the telegraph do/part men-r when he enlisted.

Rifleman Ken. lielrit, reported wounded and now in hospital, is a son of .Mrs M. Belfit( South-street, Feilding, and nephew of Mr W. H. Bellit of Wakefield.

Mr W. I>. -C'.'f-weM- ha.- received word thai- his son. Private A. E. Creswe!!. has hern si-'u'htly woundvd l . but is remaining with his unit-. Tins is the second occasion ou which Private. Oesswell has been wounded', having sustained injuries .in f'.allipoli previously.

Advice was received to-da.v- that Rifiema.u Knsse!! Penny, of had 'been killed in action in France. At the time ho enlL-ted Rilleman Penney was employed at the Union 'Co.'s Wellington office, having, previously served for some years as puiser on coastal and intercolonial hoats. 'Hie was a nephew of Mr W. Penney. of Tak-aka, and of Mrs H. King and. Airs \V. Pl'. iS-impso-n, of Nelson. Ho was an only so'i, the remainder of the family comprising two si-ters. the father and mother both being dead. Rifleman Penney made his home with his uncle. Mr 'C-has. Penney, of Wellington (formerly of Nelson).

Mi' Maurice 'Redwood, second- son of Mr Alphonso Bedwood, a nephew of Archbishop Redwood, was killed in action in France on August 6th, according to advice just received.in Wellington. The young man was bom at Toowoomba, Queensland, and was barely 18 years of age. He endeavoured to enlist when the war broke out. but was rejected on account of his youth. Being keen in his desire to serve his country young Redwood) went in for special training, and so developed his fine physical qualities that he was soon accepted, and had served nearly two years with the Australian forces, taking part in the Gallipoli operations and transferring to' the French theatre with the Anzaes. His elder brother ,is now serving in the Australian navv. An aunt, the Rev. Mother Bernard," is head of the Catholic College for Boys at .Seatoun.

Captain John Cowles, whose name appeared in yesterday's list of 'New Zealand recipients of the Miliitary Cross, is the voungest son of Mr Cowles, who was formerly headmaster of the Richmond school. Nelson, and one of his brothers is Mr E. IP. Cowles, a telegraph engineer, of Hamilton.; Hie is unmarried and 52 vcars of aae. Formerly he was a member of the Wellington College Rifles. On the outbreak of the war he volunteered, and spent eirrhfe months in. Samoa. On his return to" New Zealand! he joined the R.ifle Brigade. ' 'He took part in three engagements- against the Senussi in Egypt, and later on was sent to France. .Four i of his brothers are also serving with the | forces, while another brother is now on the. way' to the front, arid yet another will leave New Zealand with the 24th I Reinforcements.