Wednesday 1st October 1919

Pte. John Thomas Menday was officially transferred to the Army Reserve Class Z; in the absence of a surviving service record I am unable to make a positive identification of this man or to establish any details of his military service.


A grant of probate was issued in the estate of the late Maj. Stephen Minchin Mercer, ASC (see 21^st July), who had died in June; the estate was valued at £1,919 1s. 11d. and the grantee was his married daughter, Mrs. Evelyn May Roche.


Payment of an £8 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. William Edward Banner (see 8^th February 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his widow, Ada.


Payment of a £6 10s. war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Irvin Barraclough (see 10^th May 1917), who had been killed in July 1916; the payment would go to his mother, Mrs. Christina Heppenstall.


Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Frank Sanderson Chatwin (see 12^th April 1917), who had been killed in action in July 1916; the payment would go to his father, Thomas.


Payment of an £8 war gratuity was authorised in respect of the late Pte. Charles Henry Jackson (see 21^st August) who had been killed in action on 5^th July 1916; the payment would go to this father, Charles Henry.