This was the first of many run-ins Sgt Maj Sargeant was to have with army bureaucracy in the next few years. On February 6, 1926, shortly after his eldest son’s wedding, Sgt Maj Sargeant shot himself. Knocked unconscious by an exploding shell on September 16, Pte Carter was soon shipped back to the Somme. An early volunteer, like Sgt Maj Sargeant, he also landed at Gallipoli on April 25, but he was not unscathed as long. After another stint in hospital with jaundice, Pte Jones was sent to France in April 1916 and pitched into the Somme offensive.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 25, 2022 04:39 UTC