“Lieut. J. W. H. Bannerman. Word has reached Dunedin that Lieutenant James William Hugh Bannerman died of wounds in France on the 23rd December (says the Dunedin Star). He was the eldest son of Mr. W. Bannerman, of the Bank of New Zealand, and was born at Ophir in May of 1887. He passed through the primary school course at Invercargill, and then went to the Otago High School, where he took great interest in the Cadets, this leading to his taking up with Territorial matters, to which he applied himself with energy and success. For some time he resided at the Bluff, being connected in a responsible capacity with the local newspaper. He went away as lieutenant with the 29th Reinforcements. His widow is left with two young children. The deceased soldier was a representative cricketer, having played for both Otago and Southland, and is the author of that useful compendium known to followers of the summer pastime as ‘ History of Otago Representative Cricket.’ To the newspaper men of the South Island the deceased was very favourably known, and by them he was much respected for his ability and his personal qualities. “

LAKE COUNTY PRESS, ISSUE 2716, 10 JANUARY 1918, PAGE 5