PRISONERS OF WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 93, 16 November 1916, Page 5

PRISONERS OF WAR.

LIST OF NFW ZEALANDERS. IN TURKEY AND GERMANY. Per Press Association. Wellington, November 10. The following are the names of the New Zealand prisoners ol war in 3 nrkey and Germany, reported up to November 1!. 1910 AT GIESSEN, GERMANY. 12/693, Best, AV. 12/1029, Cafiery, 11, A. 12/2793, Muiphy, J. 12/2127 .Stubbing, F. C. AT DELMEN, WES PH ALTA, GERMANY. -1/146, Private L. M. Fowke. 24/226. Private J. A. Mercer. 6/2212, Private A. S. Monteith. 6/133, Private AV. Rowe. 6/1422, Private AV. J. Turton. AT AVAHN, GERMANY. 0/2061, Corporal AV. H. Banks. 12/2789, Private J. Morrison. 6/3443, Lance-Corporal C. Richardson. 6/326 1, Private C. Bromley. No. I HOSPITAL, PARCHIM, M ECKLENBERG-SCHAV FJMN, GERMANY.

6/3835, Private H. J. Poole. AT CONSTANTINOPLE. 10/1764, Private J. Bussell. J/1453, Private J. P. Coulter. 10/327, Private 11. Davies. 10/1*230, Corporal P. Paries. 8/1115, Private J. Forrester. 10/348a, Private T. Gaffney. 10/150.3, Private 13. Grey. 10/1830, Private G. Gunn. 10/564, Private J. P. Havard 12/779, Private E. Keightloy. 12/1095, Private C. T. King. 10/1552, Private W. C. Lambert. 10/417, Sergeant G. MeAneuy. JO/455, Private G. F. Monk. 7/879, Private A. M. Morice. 10/520, F. L. Sheppard. 8/1870, A. Morrison. 10/1320, L. A. Porter. 10/563, A. J. Shoo bridge. 10/724. W. P. Surgenor. AFfON KARA FUSS Ail, TURKEY 13/204, Second -Lieu tenant F. Allsop. 13/2414, Trooper C. C. Bower. 13/324, Trooper .1. C. McLennan. 13/930, Trooper C. D. McLeod. ;7/869a, Trooper W. M. Martin,* 7/ 1702, Trooper J. Moore. J3,/839, Trooper A. Pearce. 13/942, Trooper D. L. Quintal. 12/644, Trooper G. F. Salway. 13/949, Trooper .1. H. Saunders. WHEREABOUTS NOT GIVEN. (?' Constantinople.) 13/911, Trooper .1. A. Harney. (Turkey.) 10/916, Private N. Steele. OTHER PRISONERS.

]n a report, dated September 26, to the Minister for Defence, the High j Commissioner states that as a result of circulars sent out by his Department to thtyvarious regimental committees and'Mother organisations for tlm. benefit of British prisoners of war, and from other sources, the names of further New Zealanders who have been captured by the enemy have been ascertained. . The Ladies’ Emergency Committee of the Navy League have reported to Sir Thomas Mackenzie that Leading Stacker Archibald Wilson, of H.M. Submarine E 7, is a prisoner of war at Bilemedik Powzanti, Asia Minor, and may be addressed care of G.P.0., London, and the Ottoman Red Crescent Society, Constantinople. "Stoker Wilson’s mother,” adds the High Commissioner, “lives in Wellington. His needs are being attended to by the committee named above (the Ladies’ Emergency Commitee), and the gifts sent by them will be supplemented from time to time by parcels from this office. This brings up the total number of New Zealand prisoners of war in Turkey to 23.” The High Commissioner states that he recently learnt that Captain E. T. Rupert Carlyon, of the 10th Sherwood Foresters, is a prisoner of war in Germany, at Crefeld. “Captain Carlyon mis lost an eye, and he suffered severely from exposure after being wounded. Before capture he lay in the trench for 36 hours, with snow failing all night ,and he contracted a severe attack of inflammation of the lungs in consequence. Bis mother lives at Napier, and I am maxing inquiries on her behalf as to the reason of the non-delivery of her letters to him.” The Ladies’ Emergency Committee of the Navy League has also furnished the name of Able Seaman W dliam ucoiiard Clemas, of H.M.S. Nestor, i prisoner of war at Brandenburg. Jiis mother lives at Wairoa, Hawke s Bay. The London Scottish Old Comrades’ Association reports that of OS LanceCorporal H. Brown", of the Ist London Scottish Battalion, is a prisoner at Dulmcu, in Westphalia. ‘His people live in Wanganui,’ says the Higu Cummisioner. “It has been arranged that the London Scottish Association

shall in future supply Lance-Coropcral ■Brown with bread and tobacco, whilst a weekly supply of food will be des|patched from this office,” , The following members of the New | Zealand Expeditionary Forces have | been reported as prisoners of war in hospital at Ohrdrup, in Thuringeu, Germany, since the date of the previous report:— 6/2061. Corporal AVilliam Henry Banks ,6/3260, Private Charles Bromley. 6/3443, Private Charles Richardson. FLEECING STRONGLY SESPECTJCD. “AA'ith the addition of the above names, the total is now lo,” states the High Commissioner. A supply of clothing is being sent from this office, in addition to the comforts previously enumerated, and each man is being sent a small money allowance each week. It is not considered advisable to send more than 2s 6d at a time, or at the most os. as there is not very much that the men :cau buy ' apart from food, and it is strongly suspected that when the Germans discover that a man has more than awory small araount of money, prices are raised against him threefold or even more and lie is very soon fleeced of all that he has.