Following a one-month voyage from India, Pte. Eli Bradley (see 10th March), arrived in England and would be
admitted to the Kitchener Military Hospital in Brighton; he was suffering from
malaria.
Pte. Harry Smith
(15201) (see 26th May 1916)
was formally transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; he was found to be
suffering from a 20% disability due to ‘arterial sclerosis’ and would be
awarded an Army pension of 12s. 8d. per week, to be reviewed after one year.
Messrs.
Athertons, solicitors, wrote to the War Office regarding the estate of the late
2Lt. Samuel Whitaker (see 2nd April) who had died
from ‘influenza and broncho-pneumonia’ shortly after returning home from Italy,
re-stating the circumstances of “2Lt. Whitaker’s death and adding that, “His
lawful widow is applying for Letters of Administration of the said estate and
we shall be obliged if you will kindly send the necessary recommendation for
remission of duty to the Authorities at Somerset House”.
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