BALCLUTHA BOY DECORATED.
PRIVATE J. BURROWS AWARDED MILITARY MEDAL.
A large number of honours and awards granted to New Zealand officers and men are published in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force Orders, dated London, October 11 and 18. Among others his Majesty the King has awarded the Military Medal for bravery on the field during the Gallipoli campaign to Private J. K. H. Burrows, a son of Mr Henry Burrows, of Balclutha. Private Burrows was wounded during the fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula. In writing to his parents he stated that he had been informed by the chaplain when journeying from the peninsula to Alexandria that he had been mentioned in despatches, and would receive a medal that would be some recompense for his wounds. Private Burrows is the first soldier from this district to receive a decoration. Private Burrows enlisted with the Main Expeditionary Force as a bandsman under Lieutenant Arthur Woods. After undergoing training in Egypt he went to the peninsula with the first batch of New Zealanders, landing on the morning of April 25, 1915. Here he remained till he was wounded in August of the same year while serving as a stretcher-bearer. He was next taken to Egypt, and thence to England, but returned to the Mediterranean about September. The next shift was to France, where he landed with the first New Zealanders. In France the original band has been reorganised and the members do not now serve as stretcher-bearers. Before enlisting Private Burrows was in the employ of Messrs Marshall and Summers (now Messrs Bunten and Clark) as a motor mechanic. -Clutha Leader, 12/12/1916.
CLUTHA AT THE FRONT.
APPRECIATION OF Y.M.C.A.
From ''Somewhere m France" on October 28, Mr J. G. Burrows, the winner of the Military Medal, writes: The Y.M.C.A. is about the best institution we have at the front. Several times lately when we were shifting about a good deal the Y.M.C.A. supplied us with tea or coffee and cakes for the sum of 1 1/2d — cost price — and when the men come out of the trenches it is a real treat to get a cup of something hot. At one place it gave away 8000 cakes and tea to us free. Of course, the Y.M.C.A. can only do a certain amount of free gifts, but I am sure the people in New Zealand do not know of the splendid work it does. Mr Hay, from Dunedin, is in charge of the hutment allotted to us here, and is very popular with the men. -Clutha Leader,19/12/1916.
The transport Willochra, due to arrive shortly, brings a draft of 232, including the following local men:— J. K. H. Burrows, M.M. (Balclutha), G. J. Glover (Catlins), C. E. Pavlich (Clydevale). -Clutha Leader, 8/4/1919.
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