PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 17, 18 September 1915, Page 3

PERSONAL.

• Mr George Hall, of Messrs B. Hark ness' stall', has been passed as medi eally fit for the- Reinforcements. Adjutant Cook, of the .Salvatioi Army, has been registered as an of filiating minister under the Marriag< Act. ■ Mrs A. Kirkwood has 1 been advi'se< that her son, Captain J. G. -Kirk wood, has been promoted to the rani of Major, and second in com mend o the 10th Battalion. Gloucester Regi nient. Major Kirkwood is in Fiance Sergeant A. S. Davis, Stratford, i< ii> receipt of a wire loin the Defence Authorities, stating that he has beei selected for special service as a cook t< the Expeditionary Forces, and askinj the earliest daie at which he can re port himself at .Trenthain. Sorgean Davis intends leaving ' Stratford oi Monday, 27th inst. The death occurred to-day at the age of 60, of John Baker, a respected settler on the Bird Road. Some year* age he' left the district and took up farming at Waipuku, but later returned to the Bird Road. Mrs Baker and relatives will have the sympathy of many friends. The funeral, takes place on Monday.

Private Peoffrey H. iLiardet, second ' son of Mr H. N. Liardet, of Wellington, formerly of Stratford,' developed appendicitis oil board the Maunganiu whilst on the way to the front with the oth Reinforcements. On arrival at Cairo he was operated on by the late Dr. Savage. Alter lying in the Abaassia Army Hospital at Cairo for some weeks Private Liardet was invalided to London, and b now visiting fGhMgov* ; Mr, P..,Beere f . Inspector of! Stock, : St|aj§[r|vii|sSSeceived word from the iDefence authorities that his brother, V, C.,g. Beele, died from enteric foyer at the Dardanelles on the 9th insfc. , The. loss of such a capable .officer a* the Seregant-Major is'much to be deplored, ,ki s , military .'experience, although only thirty-six (years of, age, amounting to seventeen years. The late fought during the, whole of the Boer War, taking part;, in some of the most important engagements, and without the loss even of a single day's sickness.'. The record of his service makes interesting reading. He joined the 3rd Dragoon, Guards (Queen's Bays)' at the age ,pf. 19, and his promotion •to the higher, non-com. .ranks was very rapid. He made a special study pf heliography, and secured a firstaclass certificate, and was instructor to !'thi,s Regiment over a period of years. •Four years ago he arrived in the Do.miuion under engagement to the Defence Department as Mounted lnfefcruetor and was attached to the Auckland. Mounted Rifles, with which dtegiment he sailed for Egypt with the first Expeditionary Force. Not only the near relatives alone mourn the unfortunate termination . of such a 'promising career.