§ MR. TULLY (Leitrim, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for War, whether the parents of the late Gunner Bernard M'Dermott (No. 24,813), 18 Company Royal Artillery, Gibraltar, have been informed of his death; and if so, when: And whether his effects have been realised and the proceeds distributed.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The estate of this soldier was issued to the father on 7th July. As the deceased gave the name of a brother as the next-of-kin at an address where he could not be traced, great trouble has necessarily been experienced in first tracing the brother and then ascertaining the information that the father was still alive.