A DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24410, 23 September 1940, Page 4

A DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER

TO SETTLE IN NEW ZEALAND FINE MILITARY RECORD (From Our Own Correspondent) LONDON, Aug. 15. A distinguished British soldier who lost a leg just before the last war and gained the D. 5.0., will arrive in New Zealand towards the end of September, to settle with his wife and small daughter. He is Major W. Lloyd Jones, who was formerly Captain of the Invalids' Royal Hospital at Chelsea. Since his retirement in 1938 he has travelled in Scandinavia to lecture on Imperial subjects.

Major Lloyd Jones was severely wounded in Abyssinia in March, 1914, when he was shot through both legs by tribesmen. There was no doctor or medical aid, and it was only through the care and fidelity of his Abyssinian soldiers that his life was saved. They were in the waterless district

of Lake Rudolf. He developed tetanus and could only keep his mouth open by making a pellet of his handkerchief. The natives could have left him, but they remained loyal and carried him on 'a litter COO miles to Nairobi.

From 1915 to 1918 Major Lloyd Jones was at the War Office, and for his liaison services he was made a Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur. He also holds the Crown of Italy. This he returned when Mussolini used mustard gas against the Abyssinians when he conquered that country. His other decorations include the Crown of Rumania and the White Eagle of Serbia.

Major Lloyd Jones has written a number of books, including " Havash!" frontier experiences in Kenya, and " K.A.R.," an unofficial account of the King's African Rifles. He is also a well-known military correspondent. His plans for settling in New Zealand are indefinite at the moment. " Nobody can make any 'se of me over here," he said, "so we are going out to the best country we know of. We shall probably decide on Auckland or Wellington."