BRILLIANT NEW ZEALANDER KILLED.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1918, Page 2

BRILLIANT NEW ZEALANDER KILLED.

;0 DEATH OP MAJOR RICHMOND. (Special Dispatcli from the New Zealand Official War Correspondent. Captain, M. Ross.) October 28. Yesterday afternoon Major J. M. Richmond. D.5.0.. M.C.. Royal New Zealand Artillery, was killed in action by a 5.9 shell. His death was instantaneous. This afternoon he was buried in the French cemetery at Solesmes. This Bishop of Nelson read tihe service, and General Sir Andrew Russell and many of his comrades in the artillery attended. His loss is greatly deplored throughout the whole Division. He joined the New Zealand Artillery in 1910. and left for the wa,r with the Main Body. Ho landed on Gallipoli in the first boat conveying New Zealand troops ashore, and remained tihere continuously till the evacuation, leaving in the last boat. On the expansion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force to a Division in October, 1915, he was appointed Bri-gade-Major of the Divisional Artillery, which appointment he held till August of this year. Wishing to obtain further experience in the field, ihe relinguished the position at his own request to command a battery, and on the day of his death had just taken over the temporary command of a brigade of Field Artillery. He served continuously in Egypt, Gallipoli, and France, from the end of 1914 till hia death. The late Major Richmond was engaged to be married to his second cousin in England after the war, and had decided to resume the profession of law. His commanding officer states: "I considered Major Ridiimond one of the most brilliant younff officers I have ever known. As Brigade-Major his orders were never ■ misunderstood; they were so clear and concise. He was tactful, and had a charming manner. He was artistic, musical, and extremely well read, and had considerable literary ability. He hated war and bloodshed, and yet during all this war he has ne-ver left the front except on brief leave. No thought of j danger ever deterred him from doing his duty, and his standard of duty was a high one." TOMSQL" to Influenza nsd Caterrh.