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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) (about)
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AUSTRALIANS ABROAD.
PROMOTIONS.
ni i g ed to tlie rani of first lieutenant and is trans ferrcd to the 90th Battalion The promotion dates
from Januan
Mc-.. Helen Prentice, of Faraday street, Chriton, ms receive I information that her cou lieutenant I. \ Prentice, has been promoted to the position of _DC to one of the generala at the front in IYailoe Lieutenant Prentice lias been for u con fldernhlc time in 1-rancc where he held the position of ofîteer in ehargc of the v att^on Unes and ammu tdtiotj column. of the HOth Heavy Hatten, HÔIRI Üarri«on Artillcrj Ile nu. formcrlj In the Und neera braneh of the \ ictorhn Railway, and nell * i own in cricketing circles.
Word i a3 leon received bj Mr**. Coniclt of Sol
diera Hill Hnlluut. that her bon Harold has been promotctl to the rank of ser-jtcjint in the Aviation Cnr.« He left \ictoiia -wit * a teehnl al unit but uftervidnlri Joined the Hi'n0 Corps,
HONOURS
Mr* 1 Cahir of Gladstone a.ernie Malvern ha
rereived -nord that her son, S iff Sergeant Major trank Cahir, DOM, has received the Military Medal while on aethc ten ice In I lanee
CASUALTIES
Mr and Mrs Chi h ere, of Heidelberg bato re celvod cffWal notification that their voungcr ton, Lieut U M Chilverg was killed in action in I Ya nee on Alignât IG 1910 Meut CliHvers u ji- po*, ted nu mf&áing after an attack upon the (.or man trenches near Mouque i arm IteyorU rtcelvcil by the Hod Cross *-*ocict> from woundel foldiers uno took part in that attack show that 1 tent f hil
i era thouph lyinff badP woundel in No Mm s I-Ai d refuEod to be taken in bv the stretcher
be ircrs until men of Iii. company who were more «eriousli wounded had been rescued M hen once more the stretcher bearer* rcathed the shell hplc where he had lain no einii of him could he fotnd Lieut Chlhcr-i WOE one of the tlrst to lund at Gallipoli on the night of April -o, 1015 and wa«! severely wounded in the hit-tone charte up tht ti i fis He was one of the in« II) old *--otch Col le^icns who lune laid down their lives for -lus trulla *
Mr and Mrs. AV Melbourne t>f St Andrew f-trect, Brighton have received nev s of the death of their
Private L. Melbourne lilli n-UMltan, »t Houen llo*pital Ile was wounded In the itnn and ehest, and hi_d n compound fracture of t he humérus, and was in hospital only two or three
da>b
*Icws batt been rc*clvcl lb it I 'cutctut t 1 rank I) ¿orncj, MC, has been uga* ti w omi led (setond or-casloi) in f-rincc No p rtUulnr-t -m v*t to h-tnd Fids )Oung o Ulcer wa* previously womi'ed at Policies on -Vupirt i when lie won Ids Milit
of Duntroon Military College
Mr ind Mrs \\ I ItobertR, "Havering Pendj fctreet, Middle Iinghtoti, luvi retcived word of the death of their onlj »on Captain Leslk. llolf-rte which oecurred in ittion in Frmt-c on April 10 Capla-'n Hoberta was . School bo», ind al« Drfchton .acht Ctub
Mr and Mrs Tames On-dles, of Minio I'atk, have been inform pi that their bon, Pnvate Hill K CaFtlef, is missing \nother¡ non, Oiiiintr li II Cai-tles 's teported wounded inn Privati W M Castle. Is convalcf-ccnt alter several weel s ill nesi. Their votingctt ron Private Watt It Castle*, was lulled In rd ion in I ebruar;. Ml tile above t-oiis aro icninR in I* ranee
Mrs Margaret, Mlsdale, of \\ vmondhitoi l-owla ham road Minder his been notified Hut her eon, Kdward Kenn, who returned to I-rnnce after n
covering; from wounds received in action luis, agiln be-r-n remoVed from the trenches to ho pitt 1 in Hil
mingham» t-ufferitig from throat trouble He is progressing towards neoverv His eider brother Herbert \\ ^Mtsdilc ImS recently volunteered, and
will f-hortb. uo into camp
Mr S lloyd, of 1 liri cr street Alphington lint 'eceived ti private cable message stiting that Ins elder «m lient Adjutant rhoinat- Hewett Bq>d has leen wounded in 1 raneo Lieut pnv I enlisted in \itmtat 1014 and railed with the M Vnstulfnii Dlvfblon ffilh Cattalion) he was wounded at tht lundmr on Gallipoli uni took part In the UDCUU tion Uti brotber Haiobl W Hojd Is also in trance, and baa been promoted to &crBt-i»t
MISSING.
Mr and Mrs M 1 f.rcer. o/ 3.1 1-cowle! -street
Clifton Hill have Irccn olicialU notifed tint tlicir onlv FOO Lance Corporal I) L. firc-r 1320 14th Hattilion who was in action in 1 ranee, Is mii-sin?
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Mr. and Mrs. Marlow, of Edwarde street, Reser- voir, Preston, have received news that their son George has been missing in France since April 17. His brother, sergeant E. Marlow, has been on active service over two years, serving at Gallipoli,
Egypt, and in France.
Private Joseph Manning, son of Mrs. E. Man- ning, 364 Cardigan street, Carlton, has been re- ported missing. He has been on service two years and five months. A brother is in the Light Horse, and another brother on furlough in Eng-
land.
Signaller Frank Bowell, aged 21, only son of Private and Mrs. Bowell, 35 Kerford road, Albert Park, is reported missing, somewhere in France, since April 11. He was at the Gallipoli landing. private Bowell, father of Signaller Bowell, went
through the Boer War, and is now in camp.
Mr. J. Hustwaite, of Golden Point, Ballarat East, has been notified that his son, Corporal Syd- ney John Hustwaite, has been missing in France since April 11. He was 22 years old, was educated at the Golden Point school, and was one of the
crack shots of the 70th Citizens' Regiment.