OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 150, 28 June 1927, Page 5

OBITUARY.

MR. D. E. FOSTER. WAS AT GALLIPOLI LANDING. I At the age of 46 years, Mr. David ' Elliott Foster died at Valley Road, Hen- * derson, on Saturday. He was born at * Masterton, but educated in Auckland. *- He joined the office of the Engineer of ° Railways, and left New Zealand with a the Main Body on the outbreak of the *• Great War. He took part in the landing ■• at Gallipoli, was also in Egypt, and was v raised to the status of sergeant. Mr. Foster was wounded at Gallipoli, and J invalided to England. Later he was in ; both battles of the Somme, and also at Paschendaele. Wounded at Niewpoort, f Mr. Foster returned to New Zealand, r having been mentioned in dispatches and f recommended for a commission. Mr. i Foster had been farming at Henderson, a His wife and two young sons survive t hi in. f 2 MR. J. T. FRESHNEY. i The death occurred last week of Mr. John Thomas Freshney, at the advanced c age of S9. He was one of the oldest € residents of the Manurewa district. Born c in Lincolnshire, England, in 1838, as a ' youth he was a member of the police force in London, but on resigning from that occupation he took up his residence in Jamaica, where he remained for about fifteen years. Subsequently he came to New Zealand, and commenced farming operations at Manurewa, his property being a well-known block on the shores of the Manukau, popularly called the i "wattle farm." During his 40 years' ; resideuce in Manurewa Mr. Freshney saw many striking changes take place in and • around Auckland, for naturally the ; whole of the surrounding country was ] in a very primitive condition at the time of his arrival. He is survived by a wife, three daughters, and one son, and there are nine grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

I MR. EDWIN SIDDALL. Information has been received of the death in England, at the age of 67 years, of Mr. Edwin Siddalls, of St. Heller's Road, Remuera. He was apparently in the best of health, when, with his wife and son and daughter, they left for England on April 23. A week ago relatives here received advice that Mr. Siddall was to undergo an operation. Mr. Siddall was born in England, and was trained as a mechanical engineer at Halifax, Yorkshire. He went to Australia 42 years ago, and while there was W.M. of a Freemasons' lodge at Brighton, near Melbourne. Mr. Siddall next went to Tasmania, where he was engineer at Tharsis mine. Mount LyelL Four years afterwards Mr. Siddall returned" to Auckland, and was designing draughtsman for Messrs* A. and G. Price, Thames. Afterwards he went to South Africa, and returned to Auckland in 1903 to take up a position with the Auckland Harbour Board, from which he retired twelve, years ago. Mr. Siddall was a member of Remuera Bowling Club. Mrs. T. B. Clay, of Mount Eden, is a sister of deceased. MISS MINNA LOVELL. The wide circle of friends in Auckland and Waikato of Mis® Minna Lovell, of Mangere, will regret to hear of her death, which took place at her residence, Wallace Road, Mangere, on Friday last. She was the youngest daughter of the late William Henry and Charlotte Annie ' Lovell, who were amongst the early settlers of the Waikato. Later the came to Auckland, and settled in Ponsonby, where she was an ardent worker of All Saints' Church for many years, one of her pupils, Mr. J. Laws, being at the present time superintendent of the Sunday school. During the war Miss Lovell was a diligent worker for the Belgian fund, more especially in the collection of clothing, and received many letters of appreciation from the people of that country. Eight years ago she went to live at Mangere, where she carried on her good work, and her death is deeply regretted by the residents of that district. The funeral took place at Mangere on Sunday, the Rev. A. V. Venables, of Henderson, officiating. The wealth of floral tributes was eloquent testimony of the esteem in which Miss Lovell was held. A number of her former pupils at AH Saints' acted as pallbearers. Deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Worthington, of Pah Road, Epsom, and Mrs. Eddy, of Ballarat, Victoria, at which place her family resided before coming to Xew Zealand. MR. H. E. DEANE. (Dt Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WAXGAXLT, this day. I Mr. IL E. Deanc. a prominent resident of Patea, died on Saturday. He came ! to Xew Zealand in 1859, saw service with the armed constabulary in the Patea district, and joined the Post and Telegraph Department, in which he remained for about seven years, leaving to enter business in the town. He was for many years chairman of the Patea Harbour Board, a member of- the Borough Council and other public bodies. He was an enthusiastic bowler. A widow, two daughters and one son survive him.