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Military
Announcements
From:
The AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS
7th January 1915
This
magazine is recorded on microfilm and can be accessed at
the Auckland City Library.
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Australian Expeditionary Force
Member
Pvte Sydney Foster CHAMBERLAIN, a New
Zealander with the Australian Expeditionary Force, has died
of pneumonia in Egypt. [AWN 07.01.1915]
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Garrison
The
health of the troops is good. The sick list includes:
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Field
Engineers:
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Sgt
G M WILFORD
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dengue
fever
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Sapper
C S MARTIN
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tonsillitis
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Auckland
Regt:
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Pvte
H N GOWLIN
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tonsillitis
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H
DAVIDSON
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celulitis
R leg
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T
E REEK
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fever
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C
W GAWN
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knee
injury
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T
HARTLEY
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dysentery
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A
J MILGREN
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eye
trouble
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T
FRASER
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dengue
fever
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G
C R F LOVELL
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injured
back
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Wellington
Regt:
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Pvte
H STUBBS
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dengue
fever
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Pvte
L BRIDGE
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dengue
fever
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H
MANCER
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dislocated
right shoulder
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Railway
Engrs:
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Sapper
H PHILLIPS
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hernia
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ASC:
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Pvte
H RICKET
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tonsillitis
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-------all
are doing well. [AWN 07.01.1915]
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New
Zealand Force - Contingent from England
A cable
message has been received in Auckland from a member of the
contingent of New Zealanders formed in England announcing
his arrival at Alexandria. Though no official advice has
been received by the Prime Minister, it is understood from
this message that the contingent has been transported to
Egypt to join the main body of the NZ expeditionary force
which is now encamped at Cairo.
Composed
of New Zealanders either visiting or resident in the United
Kingdom, the contingent originated in the joint desire of
its members to serve their country and to be associated
with the expeditionary force dispatched from the Dominion.
Official sanction was given to the movement and by the end
of September 250 men had been enrolled. Other New Zealanders
gave ready assistance in providing comforts for the men,
as well as raising a large fund which has been placed at
the disposal of a committee for expenditure upon luxuries
for the New Zealand forces. By the generosity of a few New
Zealanders in London, the contingent was provided with several
machine guns of the latest pattern and special attention
has been given to the training of the men in the use of
these weapons.
The
members of the force were sworn in by the High Commissioner
for New Zealand, the Hon T Mackenzie, in the Westminster
Palace Hotel and went into camp at Bulford, Salisbury Plains,
for training. The officer in command of the contingent is
Captain F H LAMPEN, formerly officer commanding the Marlborough
military district. A list of the members of the contingent
contained the names of the following Aucklanders:-
BEAMISH,
Richard,
BELLINGHAM, Arthur - Te Aroha
EUSTACE, Frederick Arthur - Onehunga
EUSTACE, Owen H - Whangarei
FENTON, Arthur Thomas; GREEN, Albert - Thames
GRIFFITHS, Wm Leslie - Hamilton
HAINES, Alfred John - Auckland & Hawkes Bay
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HELLABY,
Frederick Alan;
HORTON, Robert Chisholm;
JONES, William Meirion;
MARSH, Oswald John - Waikato
MACREADY, Wm Hugh;
MAUNSELL, F W;
MOORE-JONES, Horace;
RANSTEAD, W - Matangi
ROWNTREE, Edward Gilbert;
SUTHERLAND, Ernest; |
SKELSEY,
Lieut Walter, Batley
THOMAS, Acland Withiel;
THOMAS, Percy;
TODD, Lancelot Beaumont;
WALLACE, Alan;
WYLDE-BROWNE, F W;
WHITNEY, John Cecil;
WHITNEY, Wm Chisholm;
WILSON, Lindsay;
WRIGLEY, Ellis. |
[AWN 07.01.1915]
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Expeditionary Force - Reinforcement Drafts
RELIEF
TROOPS FOR SAMOA - MEN TO TRAIN AT TRENTHAM
A total
of 156 volunteers for military service, drawn from Auckland
City, left by a special train for Trentham on Monday afternoon.
Of this number119 men enlisted for service at the front,
while 37 men will eventually find their way as a relief
force to Samoa. The men from the city were joined by a number
from Whangarei, while en route to the training ground a
number of men from the country districts will be taken on
board. Captain J COLEMAN, Adjutant 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles,
was in command of the troops but returns to Auckland shortly.
A large
crowd of people gathered at the railway station and cheered
the troops as they assembled on the platform, while the
march to the station was watched by interest spectators
who lined Queen Street. All types of men were included in
the ranks - labourers, waterside workers, ex policemen,
farm hands, sailors, clerks and business men - but they
shared at least the characteristics of cheerfulness and
willingness. While on the march they sang the 'Tommies'
marching son 'It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary' and responded
with enthusiasm to any demonstration on the part of the
spectators. The train conveying them to Trentham, where
they will undergo a course of training, left Auckland just
upon 3 pm, amidst the cheers of the onlookers. The latter
were admitted to the platform a minute or two before the
train's departure.
The
names of the men who belong to the infantry reinforcement
draft and who enlisted in Auckland and left by the train,
are as follows:-
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ABBOTT,
W J
ADAMS, J
ALDERSON, J
ANDREWS, E
ARMSTRONG, S D
BALLANTYNE, A G
BASSETT, J
BASSETT, W
BAXTER, J T
BENNETT, C F
BERRY, J C
BEWEN, W
BLACK, J J
BOYLE, P
BOYLE, T O C
BRADY, P
BRAID, R
BRICKDALE, J B
BROADLEY, G
BROCHE, E J
BROUGHTON, A
BRUSFIELD, J
BURNS, L A
BUSHELL, H H
CARPENTER, J H
CHADWICK, J
CLARK, T A
CLEGG, A G
CLEGG, W H
COLES, A
COLLINS, J
COLLINS, J
CONNELL, J S
CONNELLY, E
CONNELLY, F
CONWAY, H
COOKSON, A
COOMBES, A E
COX, F M
CROWTHER, R W B |
DAVITT,
A
DEGNEY, T
DEVINE, D
DEVINISH, J G
DICKSON, W G
DOUGLAS, W J
DRINNAN, F J
DRINNAN, J J
DUNN, C B M
DURHAM, N R
EAGLETON, W A
EUSTACE, S W
FOLEY, T P
FRENCH, C H
FULLJAMES, G M
GALLET, L W
GARDENER, G W
GILLIES, D W
GODFREY, J M
GRAHAM, W S
GREGORY, J
GRICE, J W
GRIFFIN, W
HALE, G
HAMILTON, C
HANNAH, R G
HARRIS, T
HARTLEY, C
HARVEY, M
HAWKIN, H M
HENDERSON, C V
HENDERSON, W
HERBERT, C
HICKMAN, C
HOBDEN, J
HOPE, C
JOHANSON, O C
JOHNSON, J E
JOHNSYN, F
JONES, J
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KELLY,
R
KENNA, T
KENNERLEY, J S
KITTO, E W
KNOX, P C
LAWRENCE, T S
LAWRENCE, T S
LEATT, J
LEATT, J
LOKE, A H
LYDIARD, W
McALPINE, L
McBETH, C
McCUSKER, J
McLEAN, A
SANTO, A
SHAW, M P
SHERRATT, A
SILVA, D
SKEEN, H
SKELLON, D J
SMITH, G T
STEEDLEY, J W
STEWARD, O
STOKES, G
SUNTER, G
THOMSON, J H
THORBURN, C E
TOMLINSON, C
TROUT, S C
WALDRON, H H
WALKER, A L
WALSH, P C
WARD, A E
WARREN, A W
WATKINS, G W
WELLS, E G
WELLS, S
WILLIAMS, C
WILLIAMS, H S |
[AWN
14.01.1915]
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FOR SAMOA
The
volunteers from Auckland City for service in Samoa, who
left by Monday's train, were as follows:-
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Mounted
Section
ALEXANDER,
W
BIRNIE, R
CHAMBERLAIN, F
GUPPY, S
GEOFFREY, H
KERR, S D
LEE, G R
MANDELL, H A
PATTERSON, W
WOODROW, E E
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Infantry
Section
ALLAN,
P R
ALLAN, S J
BOYLE, J
CHERRY, W
COLLIER, W J
CONNOR, H C
COTTAM, L
CUNNINGTON, C W
DEVINE, J
DICKENSON, C
EDGAR, J
ELRICK, J
FOULGER, F
GROGAN, J S
HERMISTON, W
HOLDEN, A N
JACKSON, R H
KEITH, J M
LAURIE, D K
LLOYD, A
LOMAS, A T
LOVELL, J
LOWRY, A J
MacVICAR, D
McLOUGHLIN, J
MOREY, V
OLIPHANT, R
ORME, H
RASHLEIGH, W G
ROBERTSON, T M
ROBINSON, J J
SELLON, A H
SHARP, J
SHIRLEY, W E
SILVERLOCK, E
SIMPSON, R W
STOBO, J A
TAYLOR, W
TRINDER, C
TUCKER, J
WILLIS, T
YARDLEY, T
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Field
Ambulance
ATKINSON,
H G
BUTLER, W H
PATRICK, A J
POTTER, A W
SMITH, C
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[AWN
7.01.1915]
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Detachment - Cheered on departure
Sixty-seven
volunteers, 49 of whom are for active service and 18 for
relief duty at Samoa, joined the special train for Wellington
at Frankton on Monday. There was no formal send-off, but
the men were heartily cheered as the train left the station.
[AWN 14.01.1915]
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Section
leaves WAIHI - Men for active service
Several
volunteers for the fourth reinforcement draft left Waihi
on Monday morning's express train en route to Trentham.
The Waihi contribution consisted of:
CLEARY, F
JOHNSTON, F
BOOTHBY, W
HASTINGS, R
RITCHIE, J
The others came from Tauranga, Katikati and the adjoining
districts. [AWN 14.01.1915]
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OTAGO
Contingent - Enthusiastic send off
About
120 men for the reinforcements and 50 volunteers for Samoa
were accorded an enthusiastic send off by the second express
on Monday, a crowd of over 5000 lining the route to the
railway station. The men for Samoa, who included several
well known citizens, made a fine showing. At headquarters
farewell addresses were made by the or, the Primate and
Colonel Smith, V.D. [AWN 14.01.1915]
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Arrival
in Egypt - Unexpected by men
Information
gleaned from various unofficial sources on the Maunganui
on Monday indicated that the arrival of the troops in Egypt
caused no fuss but was apparently unexpected. The men went
into camp a few miles out of Cairo. Out of about 200 horses
shipped by the Maunganui, 195 were landed in excellent condition.
[AWN 14.01.1915]
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Transcribed:
January, 2001 by Jackie Walles,
New Zealand
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