OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25448, 20 March 1948, Page 8

OBITUARY

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL N. F. SHEPHERD The death has occurred in England of Lieutenant-Colonel N. F. Shepherd, D.S.O. He gave distinguished service i’ World War I, when he served in the Ist N.Z.E.F., and in World War 11, as a staff officer in the British Army.

Lieutenant-Colonel Shepherd was aged 59. He was bom and educated at Reefton, and had. been a commissioned officer for nearly 40 years. He was a son of the late Mr end Mrs G. B. Shepherd, who were pioneer residents of Reefton. Lieutenant-Colonel Shepherd enlisted in 1914 and left New Zealand as a second-lieutenant with the Canterbury Battalion Main Body, Ist N.Z.E.F. He was at the Gallipoli landing, and later served in France with the division. He received the D.S.O. and was promoted k- LieutenantColonel. In 1919 he was seconded fur service with the •Indian Army and served in India for a number of years. In 1938 he re-enlisted in the British Army and saw service in France. As a staff officer ne took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk, and was later stationed in England. He visited relatives in New Zealand a Aw month* ago On sick leave, accompanied by Mr# Shepherd. Lieutenant-Colonel Shepherd is survived by his widow, who lives in England, two brothers, Messrs George and Douglas Shepherd, and < ne sister, Miss Helen Shepherd, of Reefton. ' MR H. R. COOPER (P.A.I PALMERSTON N.. March 19. Mr H. R. Cooper. Crown Prosecutor at Palmerston North, died last night He was senior member of one of the oldest legal firms in the city. His successor is Mr G. I. McGregor.