LATE MR. W. M. O’HARA

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 216, 9 June 1936, Page 9

LATE MR. W. M. O’HARA

Body Brought Back By Monowai I BURIAL AT THAMES TO-DAY By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, June 8. Covered by a Union Jack, the /coffin containing the body of the late Mr. W. M. O’Hara, the noted New Zealand aviator, who was killed on May 24 in an aeroplane crash* at Eumungerie, New South Wales, was swung ashore from the Monowai soon after the vessel berthed to-night. Waiting on the wharf to accept the coffin were Mr. O’Hara’s brother-in-law. Mr. E. MacIntyre, of Warkworth; Squadron Leader Isitt, and Flying Officer. Kay, representing the Royal New Zealand Air Force: the president. Mr. SpencerMason. and members of the executive of the Auckland Aero Club; representatives of the Auckland Returned Soldiers’ Association, and former members of the New Zealand Machine-gun Corps, with which Mr. O’Hara was associated in France. Captain Bauer, Vice-Consul for the Netherlands, who was a close friend of Mr. O'Hara, was also present. The coffin was taken to a mortuary van on the wharf, former war comrades and friends of Mr. O’Hara marching with bared heads bheind the trolly which bore it. Wreaths from different organisations, including one in the shape of a miniature aeroplane from the Auckland Aero Club, were placed inside the van. and the procession followed the train to the wharf gates, where a halt was made to allow the « Mayor, Mr. Ernest Davis, to lay a wreath on behalf of the city. From Auckland the coffin was conveyed by train to Hamilton to-night. There it will be received to-morrow by members of the Waikato Returned Soldiers’ Association, who have made the funeral arrangements, and some >f whom will be pall-bearers. The funeral procession will start from Hamilton in the morning, and after a service at Hikutaia the burial will take place at Wharepoa, near Thames.