PAUL FREYBERG KILLED
ONE OF A FIGHTING FAMILY. In yesterday's Dominion it was recorded that the Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) had' received a letter from Mr. Paul Freyberg, late of the City Solicitor's staff, reporting all well. It therefore came with a greater shock to his many friends when the cabled news of his death in action was received yesterday morning. Private Paul Frevberg wag the second son- of Mrs. Freyberg, of. No. 12 Parliament Street, and an older brother to BrigadierGeneral B. C. Freyberg, V.C., whose deeds of valour in this waT have Tung round the Empire. Another brother (the eldest), Oscar,- was killed in action at Gallipoii; and a younger, brother, Cuthbert, is serving with the Motor Patrol in the danger zone. The youngest brother, Claude, resides at home, and has been exempted from service until the last of, the First Division men aro ordered to fall in, line.
Private Paul Freyberg, a young man of 33 years of age, who stood 6ft. 2in. in height, was a law clerk. He was educated at the Wellington College, after whicn be entered the employ of Findlay arid Dalziell, of Wellington. In February, 1907, ho joined the staff of tho City Solicitor, and was still in that office when he joined up with tho ammunition column of the Twelfth Reinforcement. Having the spirit of adventure strong within him, he went to South Africa as a youth with one of tho New "Zealand contingents for
the Boor War, and saw service there along with his late brother Oscar. Mr. John O'Shea, referring to Private Freyberg, stated that ho was a fine typo of man—quiot, steady, reliable, oapable, and modest withal. He was a young man with high ideals and a bright disposition that made him friends everywhere ho went. Ho was an enthusiastic yachtsman, and was one of the most efficient and courageous hands at tho tiller in Wellington. Ho u6ed to write interesting notes under tho soubriquet of "Boat 'Arbour Hill" for The Dominion and tho "New Zealand Yachtsman," and it wa9 ho who headed tho movement to plant trees on Ward Island. His death will be sincerely mourned in Wellington. '
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3121, 27 June 1917, Page 4
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