New Zealand

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 61, 12 July 1915, Page 5

New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES » HOSPITAL REPORT. Sick admitted to Pont Kouhba Hospital from Gallipoli. 7th July: Wellington Battalion. Private S. L. .Mason Private J. Hunter Private P. ( lark Private E. A. Drew Private J. Hastie Private K. K. Swain Wellington Mounted R'tU's. Sergeant P. W. C. Dement Otago .Mounted Rifles. Trooper C. id. James Trooper G. North Otago Battalion. Sergeant J. S. Skinner Private E. A. Hylton N.Z. Field Engineers. Sapper S. Forsyth Canterbury Mounted Rifles. Sergeant A. R. Greenwood Trooper P. Morse Canterbury Battalion. Lance-Corporal E.-McKeicb Bugler L. Winny Private T. j). Henderson Private i>. Williams Auckland Mounted. Private D. A.: Bradley Aucklanad Mounted Rifles. Trooper I). K. Sutherland N.Z. Medical Corps. Private G. A. Kelly / N.Z. Field Artillery. '' Bombadier C. H. Louisson Maori Contingent. Private J. Ropata Private H. Tantulu SLIGHTLY WOUNDED. Wellingt ni Battalion. Private J. A. Zuppieich PRONOUNCED OUT OF DANGER. (7th July). Auckland Battalion. Private L. W Bennett SICK,

Admitted to Pont Koubba Hospital from Gallipoli, 4th July; Otago Battalion. Divisional Headquarters. Private H. Sycamore Auckland Battalion. Private H. 11. Campbell Canterbury Battaliop. Private J. B. Grey Canterbury Mounted Rifles. QuartermastcxvSorgeant A. E. MauOPINIONS OF THE PRESS. H . , Chester.

Seregant F, Fair-weather $ Wellington Battalion. Sergeant T. H. B. Pres ton-Xh oners. Corporal G. F. Haar , Private H. R. Sheard Private F. S. Smaili Private T. H. Hutton N.Z. Field Artillery. Gunner G. S. Miles Gunner H. S. CunninghamGunner H. L. Cunningham (oth July).

WOUNDED i Admitted to Pout Koubba Hospital from Gallipoli (4th July): Canterbury Battalion. Private W. C. E. McDonald

SICK, Admitted to Pont Koubba Hospital from Gallipoli (oth July): Wellington Battalion Private J. G. O’Donnell Private F. G. Sewejl Private G. Russell Private J. Thomson Wellington Mounted Rifles. ' Corporal H. S. Palmerston

WOUNDED, Admitted to Pont Koubba Hospital ’ (oth July, 1915): '* Auckland Battalion. Sergeant A. S. Thompson Bugler J. D. Trevethan Private P. J. Stevens Aucklanad Mounted Rifles. Lance-Corporal M. Mcrisou , Otago Battalion. Sergeant A. W. Johnson Lance-Corporal W. B. Swan Otago Mounted Rifles Trooper A. Owen Trooper A. G. Bosswafd Trooper H. Bain Trooper F. S. Price N.Z. Field Artillery. , Gunner E. Mosley Canterbury Battalion. Private T. Ingle Private S. Walker Wellington Battalion. Private G. A. Small Wellington Mounted Rifles. Trooper F. W. Newton

DRAMATIC HOME-COMINC

Pfh Preha Association

Wellington, July. 11

The first Xew Zealander who was wounded in action has returned . to Wellington in the person of stoker I’’. Sawkins, of H.M.S. Pyramus, vho arrived in the Corinthic yesterday. He joined that vessel at Capetown. He is suffering from a wound in th° neck, caused hy a piece of slirapnel shell. He had joined the* British land forces in East Africa, and was wounded while skirmishing. As a ivsuit of the sea voyage; Sawkins now looks the picture of health. -

A dramatic incident marked his ie* turn. His first inquiry at the wharf was for his wife and her baby, which was horn while he was away on active 'service. The answer he received was, ‘‘‘At the Town Hall.” Hie baby was 'the central figure in a coronation ceremony, having been elected “Baby Queen,” and while her father was he- . V* ing welcomed at the snip’s side by a few friends who Knew of his return the “Baby Queen” was receiving homage on the Town Hall step. I