MILITARY FUNERAL

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 69, 14 December 1933, Page 11

MILITARY FUNERAL

Lieut.-Colonel Petherick A military funeral was accorded Lieut.-Colonel A. J. Petherick, of Paraparaumu, yesterday afternoon in recognition of his long and' valuable services to volunteering in Wellington. The coffin was brought down by hearse from Paraparaumu to Thorndon Quay, where it was 'transferred to a gun carriage, drawn by six horses, driven by members of the New Zealand Royal Artillery under Sergeant F. W. Bradshaw. The firing party at the graveside was provided by the Training Cadre from Trentham.

The chief mourners were: Messrs. Arthur Petherick (son), Arthur Petherick (brother), Claude Petherick (nephew), and George and A. J. Petherick (cousins).

The pallJbearers, representing the Masonic Order and the Paraparaumu Bowling Club, were: Messrs. W. H. Potts, G. Brown, D. F. Watson,’E. M. Campbell, L. J. Howell, and A. I. Mackay. Among the many mourners present were: Messrs. Nigel Blair (Commodore of the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club), W. Duncan (late commodore of the club), M. Mills (secretary of the Wellington Provincial Yacht and Motor Boat Association), David Kt Blair, Mr. H. P. Barber, F. Picot, J. F. Woodward, H. JW. Shortt, W. B. Hicks (president of the Wellington Football Association), W. Rowe, Lieut.-Colonel H. E. Avery, and many others from Paraparaumu and Wellington. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. C. Strand, Paraparaumu.