PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

iPrivate- C. S. Kelly has returned to i Stratford after twelve months in the I Wellington military hospital. The Base Records Office notifies that Second Lieut. Natuku, Native Corps, died at tho Waikato Sanatorium, Cambridge, on Friday, from tl'.bercle of. the lung, —Press Association, Private "Tim'< .Toll Iks been're-admir-ted to Waltoh-on-Thames Hospital, the gunshot wound he received in September of last year again causing him trouble. The following names of Taranaki men appeared in a recent casualty list:—Previously reported missing, now reporfviij prisoner of war in Germany;! N. Gane'fr-V Dane. Norma-nby, father)." 'Missing, believed prisoner of war in Germany: A. .Stephens (A. Stephens, TlaVvera, father). Mrs. C. W. Sehreiber, of Waitui, has received cable advice that her son. L.Corporal L. ,1. Hunter, was admitted to the New Zealand General Hospital. Broekenhwst, on August 20, suffering from gunshot wounds and amputation of the left arm—a severe case. Mrs. Bishop, of Bell Block, has received word that her son, Private A. Bishop, has been admitted to a French hospital, suffering from gunshot wounds jn the shoulder. This is the fourth time :Pvivate Bishop has been wounded. The death is announced in a Press Association message from Dunedin of Captain Robert Strang, for manv vears Marine Superintendent at Wellington, and afterwards at Dunedin, for ' the Union Steamship Company, Ltd. The Okey family'has a very flue record in connection wjth the war. By tho last English mail Mr. H. Okey, MjP., wjio has himself lost two sons at the front, received word that a cousin in England, who had previously lost two sons, has now lost a third. Lieut. G. A. Drummond, who was mentioned in dispatches recently for good services in mine-sweeoing, is'widely known as chief oil.eer of the Government steamer Hinemoa, a position he vacated soon after the outbreak of war in order to go Home and offer his services to the Admiralty. He ha 3 alreadyhad -some startling experiences, including being blown up by a mine. Two more errors in the published lists of the men drawn in the tenth ballot have come to light, the names of Edwin Barlow, farmer, Pihama. and C. H. Abbott, cab-driver, New Plymouth, being included. Mr. Barlow is at present light? ing in Prance while Mr. Abbott volunteered for service nearly twelve months ago, spent some months in camp, and after an operation, was rejected as permanently unfit. Abbott volunteered a second time, only to be again rejected. The following names of Taranaki men appeared in the latest casualty list and hospital report: Wounded—A*. Bishop (H. T. Bishop, Fitzroy, father). Severe cases: A. Adam (Haleombe), J. P. Gunn (Waitara), H. H. Hopkins (Taranaki), J. H. Oliver (Taranaki), J. F. Haven (Waitara). J. W. Alexander (Hawera), A. J. Fake (Hawera), A. H. Flower (Okato), C. 11. Jemieson (Taranaki), W. J. Jones (Waitara), A. Kennv (Eltham), 11. H. McKoy (New Plymouth). M. W. Pntersou (Tarata), C. A. Radford (Taranaki) . Mr. John Norris, an old and respected resident of Eltham, died on Monday' morning at the ripe age of 70 years. T.i'e late Mr. Norris came, to New "Zealand in the ship Oliver T.aiiig, and landed at Port Nicholson in 1852. Jle worked in the first sawmill and in the first tannerv in Kaiwarra. He went to Eltham JO years ago. and followed the occupation of a gardener up to the time of his death. He is survived by his widow, four sons and six daughters. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren number over 60. One son was killed in action at the front.—Star. The following Taranaki men have been awarded the Militarv Cross: Lieut. R. Wood (Mrs. E. Till, Stratford, mother), Lieut. J. H. Catchpole (B. A. Catchpolc. Mokoia, father), Lieut 1 . Mclsaac (W. R. Meisaae, New Plymouth, father). Militarv Medal: Corporal Beck, Sergeant R. Corkill (Mr. F. Corkill, Hawera, father). Sergeant A. E. Gorton (Mrs. B. Gorton, Stratford, wife), Sergeant H. B. Grave (H. T. H. Grave. New Plymouth, father), 'Private A. Griffin, prisoner of war in Germany (Mrs. A. Griffin, Hawera, wife), Sergeant A. Taylor, died of wounds (J. Taylor, New Plymouth, father). Special mention, Mesopotamia Dispatch: Acting Bombardier H. F. Maindonald (New Plymouth), Corporal D. 8. McLeod (W. M. McLeod, Eltham, father). A comrade thus writes of Sergeant Campbell Maekay, one of the long roll of Stratford District -High School" "old boys" who have fallen' in the war: "About 2 a.m. on 21st June, Camp, bell came into the front line, where I was trench sergeant with a party from a detached post away out in the front. He left me to go with his men to their dug-duts in the support lines. Apparently he had got his men all right, and was going a trench to his own dug-out when a high explosive shell landed close and killed him instantly. A corporal who was with him was severely wounded, and has since died. Campbell was very popular with us all. He knew no fear, and was always ready to do his bit. He has now made the Supreme Sacrifice for his country, and that alone may console you to a great extent."—Post. Mr. J. A. Bridgeman. of Westown, has received a letter from Chaplain Parr, 3rd Battalion, N.Z.R.8., concerning the death of Lance-Corporal A. C. Bridgeman. After expressing sympathy with Mr. Bridgeman qn the loss of his son, the chaplain adds: "Your son was a great favorit-\ and, being on the headquarters staff, we saw a great deal of him, and thought no end of him, so that his death is more than usually sad to us, and we feel that we have lost one of our little family. I had tho greatest admiration for him, as he was always so cheerful and obliging. You have this satisfaction, that your son did his duty with a willingness and thoroughness that w-on everybody's admiration. He was afraid of nothing, and has always done good work. At the Somme and Messines he did fine -work. All day of the 7th June he was running messages under fire, HV was a hero, anil met a hero's death. He was hit by a shell, and died painlessly. We buried him on Measines Hill, and shall take care that his grave is properly marked and tended."