AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS
06 FEBRUARY 1919
These are extracts from the Auckland Weekly News magazines and have been extracted with permission.
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ACTIVE SERVICE RECORDS
Arrived Auckland on Oxfordshire:
BELL, Lieut L G, Epsom, Main Body at Gallipoli;
BLAIR, Lieut Col Duncan B, DSO, MC, Marton, O/C troops, NZ Staff Corps;
DENNISTON, Lieut L H, Dunedin;
GARLAND, Captain H L, Devonport;
GLANFIELD, Captain D, Onehunga, Samoan Contingent;
GOLDEN, Captain W R, Devonport, originally 7th Reinforcements;
McKENZIE, 2nd Lieut J H, Masterton, 5th Reinforcements;
MURCH, Lieut A G, NZRB, Feilding;
POPPLE, Lieut G L, Springfield, Main Body at Gallipoli;
POTTER, Captain R C, Takapuna;
SHEA, Lieut P J, Devonport, originally 9th Reinforcements;
SOAR, Captain F C, Opononi, Main Body Artillery;
THOMPSON, 2nd Lieut S G, MM, Nelson, Main Body;
WATSON, Captain R S A, Feilding, Padre with the Main Body to Gallipoli;
WHYTE, Major James, DSO, Hamilton, originally 2nd Reinforcements
SOLDIERS RETURN HOME
The transport Oxfordshire arrived in Auckland on Saturday:
ADAIR, Sgt G W, YMCA representative;
ANDERSON, Lieut W E, assistant quartermaster;
BELL, Lieut L G, NZMC, medical officer on ship;
BLAIR, Lt Col D B, DSO, MC, of Marton — O/C Draft;
COOK, 2nd Lieut H S, assistant ship’s adjutant & quartermaster;
DENNISTON, Lieut L H, ship’s adjutant & quartermaster;
FOSTER, Capt H P R, ship’s dental officer;
HOLDEN, Mr, YMCA rep.;
MILNE, Capt D S, NZMC, ship’s principal medical officer;
THOMPSON, Capt T T, NZMC, medical officer on ship;
WATSON, Rev R S A, C F, ship’s chaplain
PRITCHARD, L/Cpl Owen, of Auckland, a member of one of the Divisional Pierrot Companies, held successful twice-weekly concerts.
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NEW ZEALAND — Battle Cruiser
Officers serving in this ship in 1914 —
BARCROFT, Sub-Lieut P L, is navigating lieutenant in the Velox;
BOVILL, Lieut J S, has joined the Australian Navy and is serving in the Encounter;
BROOKER, P R, Artif. Engr, in the destroyer depot ship;
CLARK HALL, Staff Surgeon J R, is Surgeon Commander in the Cumberland;
CUNARD, Lieut A G, is in submarines;
DOWN, Lieut R T is commander of the destroyer Forester;
ELLIOTT, Mr A E, RM Gunner, now captain doing barrack duty;
GARSIA, Lieut R C, is in HMAS Sydney;
GORE, Lieut Cyril, is a commander engaged in mine-sweeping operations.;
GRACE, Commander H E — now Captain of HMS Vindictive;
GRIEVE, Engr Lieut J D, is promoted engineer-lieutenant-commander and distinguished himself in HMS Pyramus in East Africa, he is now in the destroyer Amethyst.;
HANHAM, Fleet Paymaster F P E, is paymaster commander in the Lord Nelson;
HEAD, W R, Bosun, in submarines;
IRVINE, Lieut James, RNR, was killed in the mine-sweeping service;
ISITT, Mr Robert, chief carpenter, died while on leave;
JANION, Asst Paymaster A C A, is paymaster commander & secretary to Rear Admiral Halsey;
JONES, Navigating Lieut E R, is captain & acting as senior naval officer at Imbros;
LAMOND, Artificer Engr J, in the Cynthia;
LEGG, S C, Bosun, at Rosythe;
LEWIS, Mr A, Senior Bosun, who commissioned the ship, is still in the New Zealand;
LITCHEFIELD, Rev W G, who was chaplain & naval instructor, is at the Felixstowe Air Station;
Lord BURGHERS is flat lieut. To the Commander in Chief at the Cape.;
LOVETT-CAMERON, Lieut A A, is a commander serving at the Admiralty.;
MACK, Chief Gunner J H, is now in Monitor No.23 on the Murman coast;
MARSHALL, Mr H G, holds the same rank in the destroyer Vancouver;
NORTHER, Lieut D B N, is commander of the Australia;
PHILLIPS, Mr E M, is engineer-lieutenant-commander in the destroyer Patrician;
REYNOLDS, Bosun W J, is in HMS Ambrose;
Prince George of Battenberg, now the Earl of Medina, KCVO, is doing a gunnery course at Whale Island;
ROBINDSON, Gunner V S, still on the New Zealand;
ROCK, Fleet Surgeon C H, is under the new nomenclature ‘Surgeon Commander’ and is in the Warspite;
THURSTON, Asst Paymaster D R, joined the RNAS & served with armoured cars in Russia and elsewhere.;
TURNER, Engr Lieut Cdr T H, is now Superintendent of Engineering for the Lincoln, Hull and Grimsby area.;
WALKER-JONES, Lieut G W, is lieutenant-commander in the destroyer Simoon;
WEIR, R K, Artificer Engineer in the Actaeon;
WILLIS, Gunner J P, is now lieutenant in another ship
Midshipmen who were in the ship New Zealand are now placed as follows:
ANDERSON, Lieut H B, navigating officer, destroyer Lupin;
ANNESLEY, Lieut J C, won the DSO in coastal motor boats;
BARLOW, Sub-Lieut A H C, killed in the Black Prince;
BOWLBY, Lieut C F B, won the DSC in coastal motor boats — has lately been rather badly injured;
COORE, Lieut E G B, is in the torpedo ship Vernon;
GRAHAM-WATSON, Lieut C B, flag lieutenant to Rear Admiral Cowan of the First Light Cruiser Squadron.;
HEARD, Lieut P B V, Ajax;
MILLER, Lieut C S is in the Australia;
POLAND, Lieut A L, won the DSC in coastal motor boats;
ROBERTSON, Sub-Lieut T A W, drowned in HMS Queen Mary;
SCOTT, Lieut G T A is in submarines;
SYMONS, Lieut O J L is in the Dartmouth;
The Earl of Carlisle, First Lieutenant, Vesper;
VYNER, Lieut C G, destroyer Walpole
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