THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 220, 24 October 1916, Page 2

THE ROLL OF HONOUR.

In the list of casualties issued during the past few days by the Defence Department the names of a further batch of local " boys " appears, viz : Rifleman William Henry Woods, who was recently reported as having been wounded on September 25th, has died from the effects of his injuries. He was the elder son of Mr T. W. Woods, one of the members of the Pukekohe riding on the Franklin County Council, and general sympathy is expressed with the bereaved parents in the untimely loss they have sustained, following as it quickly does on the death in action on Sept. 15th of their younger son, Rifleman T. G. Woods. The two brothers enlisted with the 13 th i Reinforcements.

Corporal Morrison Leigh Claridge, of the 12th Reinforcements, second son of Mr and Mrs J. H. Claridge, of Tuakau, is reported as having died from wounds on October 7th. A brother, Cyril Claridge, returned wounded from Gallipoli in January last.

Lance-Corporal Arnold E. Matthews has been killed in France. He came to New Zealand from Nottingham a little over four years ago, and will be remembered by his friends as having been in the employment of Dr Wake, in Pukekohe, ana afterwards joining Mr Finlay on the Tuakau road in farming, subsequently removing with him to Manurewa, where he was engaged in the dairying industry. Though of a quiet and retiring disposition, Lance-Corpl. Matthews very early in the war recognised the -'call to arms." He rendered good service in Gallipoli and in France, being three times wounded, and at last, on the 25th of Sept., he laid down his life as so many have done in defence of honour and national righteousness. Lance-Corpl. Matthews, before his removal, was a teacher in the Pukekohe Methodist Sunday School, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him as a man of upright, consistent character.

Lieutenant Thomis Henry Watson, who has been killed in action served on Gallipoli and was the eldest son of Mr C. A. Watson, a former owner of the farm occupied by Mr Ridgway on the Bombay Road, Pukekohe. He was 24 years of age and was a promising rifle shot. He was an associate of the New Zealand Institute of Architects. He was well-known in Pukekohe some years ago. Trooper L. P. Ryan, of the Auckland Mounted Rifles and brother-in-law of Mr Whitelaw, stationmaster, Drury, is " reported missing." and Rifleman Percy Fowler Darrell, late of Pukekohe, is " reported wounded."