Morris High School - Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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Gold Stars severely wounded by a shell which shattered his left leg. Un- conscious, he was borne to the operating table where he died. His unconsciousness saved him from terrible suffering. Sergeant Matthew f'1'0SS0l'l sailed for France with Com- pany E of the 54th Pioneer Regiment during August 1917. He was there for about a month before he came down with pneumonia. First reports showed that he was progressing fine- ly, but eventually he succumbed and on October 7th passed away. He was twenty-five The sergeant was a veteran in the service for he had been on duty at the Mexican border with the 71st Regiment. He graduated from Morris in June, 1912. Frederick Eriksen entered the service in 1917. He sailed with his regiment, the 107th of New York's famous 27th Divi- sion, for France in June 1918. The regiment was combined with British forces on the West front and soon entered battle. Eriksen on going over the top was struck by gunshot and in- stantly killed. He was buried by his comrades under a little wooden cross at Abeele, France. e Second Lieutenant Henry Gundlach entered the service in September 1917. At Camp Upton he was recommended for the Officer 's Training School, and obtained his commission. While in France he served with the 305th Infantry and the 111th, suc- cessively. As a member of the latter regiment he entered the fighting at Fismette on the Vesle River. It was during this action, on the morning of August 11th, that he met his death. Jeremiah S. Hennesey entered the U. S. Naval Reserve on May 27th, 1917 . After finishing his probation at the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station he volunteered as a guard over a T. N. T. plant in New Jersey. From here he was transferred to various battleships and in a very short time became coxswain. He was to have received his commission as Ensign when he fell sick of influenza. Ten days later he was attacked by pneumonia and succumbed. Before we entered the war, Newberry Holbrook went over with the City Ambulance Unit. For one year he saw conside- rable service with the French. Then the United States entered the conflict and he enlisted in the American Expeditionary Force. He was in active service until January, 1918, when he fell sick with typhoid fever, and shortly afterward died. Hol- brook was awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Govern- ment for displaying great bravery. He drove his ambulance about under heavy gun fire regardless of self. Williani Jones entered the Officers' Training Camp at 17

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ELLIOTT B. CLARK, JR. NENN'BI2RRY HoI.BIz,00K WILLIAM J ONES DAVID VV. BIILLER 16

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HENRY GUNDLACH ISIDORE ROTGARD JEREMIAH S. HENNESY MATTHEW G. CROSSON 18