PRIVATE A. E. BONNIN.
Private Arthur E. Bonnin ( Field Ambulance), who died from wounds on August 9th, was the second son of Mr. J. I. Bonnin, of Brighton, Otago. Since leaving the Milton High School he has spent practically all his time in the office of the Westport Coal Company. He took a keen interest in athletics and ambulance work, and was a member of the Dunedin Bearer Corps. He was secretary of the corps and of the Dunedin Harriers for some years, till he was moved to Westport. When the war broke out he was connected with the Timaru branch of the Westport Coal Co. He enlisted at once, going away with the Main Expeditionary Force. Private Bonnin's only brother (Trooper I. W. A. Bonnin) is now at the front, having left with the Fifth Reinforcements. -Auckland Star, 15/9/1915.
Arthur Bonnin did not die from wounds. He contracted enteric fever (aka typhoid) while returning from Gallipoli and died in hospital at Alexandria, Egypt.
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