AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS
01 MARCH 1917
These are extracts from the Auckland Weekly News magazines and have been extracted with permission.
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REWARDS FOR GALLANTRY — Medals to be Presented
Croix de Guerre:
Late Sgt Major Edward FROST. NOK: F — Thomas Frost
Military Medal:
Late L/Corporal BEDGOOD
Late Gunner W C RIMMER — NOK: F — Seth Rimmer
Gunner R I FLEMING, Devonport
Distinguished Conduct Medal:
Late Lieut G D ALEXANDER, Divisional Signalling Staff, NZE.
NOK: F — E B Alexander
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MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
BARNETT, Colonel L E, NZ Medical Corps
FITZHERBERT, Colonel H S, Records Office, London
HALL, Colonel G T, Headquarters, London
HUTCHEN, Colonel J W, 5th, Wellington, Regiment
MYERS, Colonel Bernard, Assistant Deputy Director of Medical Services
PARKE, Colonel W H, Deputy Director of Medical Services
RICHARDSON, General G S, officer commanding NZ forces in Britain
WYLIE, Colonel D S, NZ Medical Corps
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ROTORUA
BEATTIE, W C, carpenter; BLAMIRES, H, farm manager; CROCKETT, Roy, farmer; HANKEN, Edward Harry, dentist, Te Aroha; KEYVAR, George, dealer; WALL, S, farmer.
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APPEALS FOR EXEMPTION
AUCKLAND
BARNETT, M C H — Glenbrook; BARNETT, M S H — Glenbrook; BEATTY, George — Pukekohe; BEATTY, John — Pukekohe; BRIGHT, Samuel — Waiuku; BUSSEY, E H — Ellerslie; CANNELL, E E — Newmarket; CANNELL, P C — Eden Terrace; CAWLEY, F J — Ellerslie; CAWLEY, M J — Ellerslie; COURT, D K — Ponsonby; COURT, J D — Ponsonby; COX, J S — Waiuku; COX, W G — Waiuku; DALTON, John — Pukekohe; DENIZE, G LO — Waiuku; DENIZE, O G — Ataua; DOUGLAS, F E — Pukekohe; DOUGLAS, J H — Kohekohe; DOUGLAS, Robert — Pukekohe; DOUGLAS, W R — Kohekohe; FOY, B — Auckland; HIGGINS, W — Newton; HIGGINS, W R — Newton; HOLLAND, G W — Otahuhu; HOLLAND, R A — Otahuhu; HUNT, H L — West Tamaki; HUNT, W J — Glen Innes, West Tamaki; MAY, Wm Arnold, dairy farmer, Howick; McCONNELL, S P — Aka Aka; McCONNELL, T H — Aka Aka; McELWAIN, N R — Glenbrook; McGAHAN, F O — Tuakau; McGAHAN, J C — Tuakau; McGAHAN, W D — Tuakau; McGUIRE, F — Tuakau; McGUIRE, John — Tuakau; McLEOD, W — Grey Lynn; McSHANE, J — Onewhero; McSHANE, James — Onewhero; McSHANE, Wm — Pukekohe; MENZIES, S V — Parnell; MILNER, W A — Parnell; NORTH, F A — Newmarket; RAPSON, F G — Onewhero; RAPSON, H B — Onewhero; ROGERS, J T — Pukekohe; ROGERS, W A — Pukekohe; RYDER, F G — Tuakau; RYDER, J H — Onewhero; SEARLE, Alfred — Newmarket; SEARLE, Harry — Newmarket.
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NO.2 GROUP — PAEROA — 26th REINFORCEMENTS
BAKER, H J — Thames; BAKER, J H — Waharoa; BARRACLOUGH, L S — Waihi; BROTT, R G — Tirau; ; CARTER, C S — Waihi; COCKSHEAD, W G — Hamilton; CORRIN, J J — Morrinsville; COX, W T — Hikutaia; DRIVER, S — Thames; ECCLESTONE, T — Coromandel; FITCH, G C — Waihi; FURLING, J W — Waihi; GAVIN, W R — Te Aroha; GORDON, A J — Te Aroha; GRAHAM, F J — Thames; GUY, G D — Thames; HICKEY, W — Karangahake; HINDMAN, S A — Thames; HYDE, W J — Waitoa; JENNINGS, J J — Horahora; KEMP, W J — Hamilton; McGUINN, W J — Netherton; McMAHON, W R — Coromandel; MICHIE, A D — Netherton; MITCHELL, S G — Thames; NIGHTINGALE, G R — Thames; PAYNE, E — Thames; RICKIT, E D — Thames; STRANIX, J — Karangahake; TATESON, W P — Te Aroha; TORR, F J — Thames; TURNER, J H — Waikino; WARNE, G — Thames; WHITFIELD, J T — Putaruru; WILTON, S - Waih
PASSED FOR COMMISSIONS
The following non-commissioned officers of the 23rd Infantry Reinforcements, having qualified by examination, have been appointed Second Lieutenants on probation and transferred to the 28th Reinforcements:
ABRAHAM, CSM R P — F. Co.; CHURCHWARD, CSM W T — G. Co.; COOK, Sgt H L - D.Co.; JARRETT, Sgt J P — H. Co.; KING, Sgt H L — J. Co.; MACKISACK, CSM J W — D. Co.; MAXWELL, Sgt V F — H. Co.; MOORE, Sgt G W — G. Co.; MORRISON, Sgt D G B — B. Co.; O’GORMAN, Sgt F R — E. Co.; ONGLEY, Sgt P A — H. Co.; OWEN, Sgt G — E. Co.; SAUNDERS, Sgt J M — A. Co.; SPEIGHT, CSM H B — E. Co.; WARREN, CSM T F — A. Co.
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APPEALS FOR EXEMPTION
BECKER, Andrew John, contractor, Kaukapakapa; BROWN, Sydney H J, representative; EWAN, Sydney S, purser, Tarawera; FLYNN, George, farmer, Pukekohe; FOUHY, Daniel, casings mfr, 60 Vincent St; FRIEDLANDER, Max Jonas, farmer, Pokeno; HARVEY, Francis, groom, Ellerslie; HUMPHRIES, Richard, dairy farmer, Mt Roskill; LANGFORD, George Alfred, farmer/storekeeper, Avondale; MAY, Wm Arnold, dairy farmer, Howick; NICHOLSON, John A, horse trainer; WATERS, P C, farmer, Clevedon.
TE AROHA
BEATTIE, B E, share farmer, Hauraki Plains; BOLES, Malcolm, telegraphist, Morrinsville; CLEARY, William, farmer, Matamata; COULTER, Robert, land/farmers agent; ELLEN, Frank, farmer, Manawaru; GORDON, Norman, mill worker, Whitianga; HEALY, Thomas, battery-hand, Waikino; HICKEY, John, farmer, Hinuera; OLSEN, Herbert, Constable, Waihi; RING, Guy, farmer, Hinuera; WALLACE, William, farmer, Tutanui.
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