THE FINAL PHASE 
Of the fifty-three men who returned out of the fifty-six 
who left for the South, three have since been killed and five 
wounded. Four decorations have been won, and several 
members of the Expedition have been mentioned in dispatches, 
McCarthy, the best and most efficient of the sailors, always 
cheerful under the most trying circumstances, and who for 
these very reasons I chose to accompany me on the boat journey 
to South Georgia, was killed at his gun in the Channel. Cheet- 
ham, the veteran of the Antarctic, who had been more often 
south of the Antarctic circle than any man, was drowned 
when the vessel he was serving in was torpedoed, a few weeks 
before the Armistice. Ernest Wild, Frank Wild's brother, was 
killed while mine-sweeping in the Mediterranean. Mauger, the 
carpenter on the Aurora, was badly wounded while serving 
with the New Zealand Infantry, so that he is unable to follow 
his trade again. He is now employed by the New Zealand 
Government. The two sm-geons, Macklin and Mcllroy, served 
in France and Italy, Mcllroy being badly wounded at Ypres. 
Frank Wild, in view of his unique experience of ice and ice 
conditions, was at once sent to the North Russian front, where 
his zeal and ability won him the highest praise. 
Macklin served first with the Yorks and later transferred as 
medical officer to the Tanks, where he did much good work. 
Going to the Italian front with his battalion, he won the Military 
Cross for bravery in tending wounded under fire. 
James joined the Royal Engineers, Sound-Ranging Section, 
and after much front-line work was given charge of a Sound- 
Ranging School to teach other ofiicers this latest and most 
scientific addition to the art of war. 
Wordie went to France with the Royal Field Artillery and 
was badly wounded at Armentieres. 
Hussey was in France for eighteen months with the Royal 
Garrison Artillery, serving in every big battle from Dixmude 
to Saint-Quentin. 
Worsley, known to his intimates as Depth-Charge Bill, 
owing to his success with that particular method of destroying 
German submarines, has the Distinuished Service Order and 
three submarines to his credit. 
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