Hastings News on page 8. Sgt Jack Dalgleish, North Otago Infantry who is in to-day's casualty list, is a brother of Mr It. W. Dalgleish, of Napier. -Daily Telegraph, 5/5/1915.
Sergeant Jack Dalgleish (Canterbury Battalion) is now fit and well again, and has returned to the front. -Lyttelton Times, 9/6/1915.
SERGEANT DALGLEISH.
Sergeant Dalgleish, reported by the Court of Inquiry to have been killed in action, was a Timaru man, voungest son of Mrs M. Dalgleish, Elizabeth Street, who received notice on Monday evening of the finding of the Court of Inquiry, that her son was killed in action on Gallipoli on August 9, 1915. Sergeant Dalgleish left with the Otago quota to the Main Body, took part in the historical landing, and was wounded in one arm three days later. He went to hospital, and returned to his regiment and active duty a month later, where he remained until the time of his death. His last letter home was dated August 4. A letter written to his friends by Sergeant-Major Swinard of Oamaru, dated Egypt, January 24, 1916, described how Sergeant Jack Dalgleish was wounded in the back by shrapnel, and was given first aid by two men, but the writer was almost certain that he had never been brought in, as there would have been some record of him if he had. SergtMajor Swinard thought he may have been dead when found, but no one reported burying him, and he may have been buried by the Turks.
Sergeant Dalgleish was born in Scotland, but was educated at the Waimaitaitai School and Timnra Boys' School. After leaving school he was for some time in Mr D. C. Turnbull's office, and then became shipping clerk for the North Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association at Oamaru. He was an athlete, won the High School junior championship for running and swimming, and played football for the Timaru Club, later for the Zingari, and then for North Otago. He was also a tennis player. Sergeant Dalgleish was a popular young man, and the news of the certainty of his death will revive the regrets that were felt when Serjeant-Major Swinard's letter was first published, and the sympathy that was felt and expressed for his mother and her family. -Timaru Herald, 29/3/1916.
Amongst the first men to enlist in North Otago was Sergeant Dalgleish, who is now reported by the Court of Inquiry to have been killed in action at Gallipoli on August 9th. He was present at the first landing, when he was wounded in the arm, but this put him out of action for only a month, and he was in all the fighting that was to be had up till the big engagement of August. His last letter home was dated August 4th. A letter written to his friends by Sergeant Swinard, of Oamaru, in January last, described how Sergeant Dalgleish was wounded in the back by shrapnel and attended by two of the Ambulance Corps, but the writer was almost certain that he had not been brought in, as the records failed to show him among the wounded. Sergeant Swinard thought he might have been dead when found, but no one reported burying him, and possibly he received burial at the hands of the Turks. Many inquiries have been instituted by his friends as to Sergeant Dalgleish's welfare, and on several occasions he was reported as being with his regiment, but this information was obviously incorrect, and there can be no doubt as to his fate. Sergeant Dalgleish was born in Scotland but was educated at Timaru's High School, where he won the junior swimming championship. Later he played football with the Timaru Club, and on coming to Oamaru was one of the most reliable members of the Old Boys' Club and the North Otago team. He was also a popular member of the Oamaru Tennis Club, and of the Oamaru Swimming Club, in whose competitions he was frequently successful. Jack Dalgleish was very enthusiastic in everything he adopted, and was well liked by all who were associated with him either in business or in sport, so that there are many who will regret that he will never return to share his life with us. -North Otago Times, 1/4/1916.
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