SHOT AT THE FRONT.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 July 1915, Page 7

SHOT AT THE FRONT.

A HA'WMRA P.tiY'S DKATIT. Mr. Claude. Harrison. of the postal department, 'Unworn. has received a letter i'm 'l'fi'.i; it deck iicrnhio'.v. dated-—. May 17t:i, in which tin; writer says, inter "I daresay von have heard before this that Oarland Morgan was among the unfortunate casualties of the few dayn after inm!:ii;*. Poor Morgie was a member of our company. and well liked l/y everyone. Only a couple of days before he was :diot, a party of lis that wore on the spot had to give a hand to bury some Anst.valiii.ns and New Zealanders that- were killed, anil Morgie was one of the burial'party. Little did he ken then that lie soon would linve a similar fate. lb 1 was shot clean tln'oil*;li the heart, probably by a. sniper, while he was patrolling the eable. line, and died almost immediately. Next day a party from our company, myself included, buried him along with tlrce others; a lieutenant reading the burial serv.Ve. .Mick Hates was left behind at the Abbasia Hospital, Cairo, when we left, lie had rather a had spin with sickness in Egypt. We had rather a good time sightseeing while in Cairo, but have been making up for it lately." The letter also mentions that, some of .Morgan's personal efl'eets were being .-unit to hiri people in Hawera.