TOFUA
WIMMS,
L/Cpl Joseph,DCM, 23 yrs, ASC, returned in the hospital
ship Tofua '…a tall, good-looking, well educated youth…..'
He won his decoration immediately after landing on April
25. Worked with an Indian mule train, taking ammunition
to the 4th Australian Brigade, the only white man with this
troop. In his 17 weeks on Gallipoli, he was in Shrapnel
Valley and had been through the famous four days battle
in August. On 18th August he was attacked by fever, sent
to Egypt and invalided home. He hopes to return to the front
as soon as his two months leave expires. [AWN 11.11.1915]
SURVIVOR
OF THE MARQUETTE [AWN 11.11.1915]
Among
the survivors from the Marquette was Sergeant F C BENFIELD.
He was on the staff of the No.1 Stationary Hospital and
as his name did not appear in any of the lists published
recently, his wife, who is now in Auckland, telegraphed
to the authorities in Wellington. She received a reply that
Sgt Benfield was on the transport and survived the disaster.
[AWN 11.11.1915]
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