OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 260, 1 August 1939, Page 11

OBITUARY

Brigadier-General A. L.

Molesworth

Brigadier-General A. L. Moles worth, late of the sth Royal Gurkha Rifles, died in Loudon recently after an operation. He was a son of Major-General H. T, Molesworth, R.A., and was educated at the United Service College, Westward Ho, and at the Royal Military College in Sandhurst. He received a commission in the Bedfordshire Regiment in 1901, and saw considerable service with the Gurkha Rifles in India, participated in exploration expeditions, served in France during the Great War with distinction, on the North-West Frontier of India with the Kepal Army in 1916-18, in the Third Afghan War, and in the Waziristan campaign. He commanded successively the Bareilly Brigade, Delhi Independent Brigade, and the Landi Kotal Brigade, retiring in 1937. lie represented Britain on tjie International commission in Perpignan, Spain, during the Spanish war. In October, 1936, Brigadier-General Molesworth married Miss Hilda Miles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Miles, Wellington, in Landi Kotal, Khyber Pass, India. Mr. R. G. Ewing The death occurred in Waikato Hospital on Sunday of Mr. R. G. Ewing, aged 38. He was well known in Wellington, particularly in amateur athletic and other sporting circles. Mr. Ewing was the only surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ewing, Bay View Terrace, Wellington. He joined the Defence Department as a cadet just before the Armistice, and was transferred to the Pensions Department early in 1920. Later that year he joined the Tourist Department and was stationed in Rotorua till 1931, when he came to Wellington. He remained in the head office till 1937, when he went to the Chateau Tongariro as stores manager. In 1938 he was transferred to Te ‘Aroha on promotion to be manager of the departmental office and spa. He was married in October last .year to Miss Evelyn Trott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trott, Austin Street, Wellington.

From 1932 to 1935 Mr. Ewing was secretary of the Kiwi Athletic Club in Wellington, and was largely responsible for the club’s present strong position. In 1935 his ability was recognized by his appointment as secretary of the Wellington Centre, N.Z.A.A.A. While stationed in Te Aroha, he was the prime mover in starting athletics in that centre.. He was also a keen golfer, and while in Wellington he was a member of the Wellington Rugby Football Club.

The burial will be at Karori Cemetery tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Ethel M. Johnstone ~ ! The death occurred in Nelson last week of Miss Ethel May John-stone, wife of Mr. J. B. Johnstone, Purerua, Bay of Islands, and formerly of Rangi■tikei. Mrs. Johnstone was born in Nelson, and was the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose E. Moore. She was educated a-t the Girls-’ College, and was one of the earliest pupils of that institution. She to survived by a grown-up family of three sons, Donald (Huntly), Colin (Tauranga), Jack (Hunterville), a -daughter, Miss Peggy Johnstone (Nelson), and a sister and brother, Miss Elsie Moore and Mr. J. H. Moore (Nelson). A sister, Mrs. Jandus, is at present living in New York. Mrs. Johnstone went to Nelson in indifferent -health a few weeks ago in the hope that the change of climate would l prove beneficial. Mrs. A. W. Fullerton-Smith The death occurred in Marton at the nge of 82 years of Mrs. Arthur W. Ful-lerton-Smith, says a “Dominion” Special Service message. Born in York, shire, England, in 1857, she was before her marriage Miss Sophie Geraldine Surtees, and she married Mr. Fuller-ton-Smith before coming to New Zealand in the early ’eighties. They went to Marton and farmed at Burnham Wood, later settling at Calico Line. Mr. Fullerton-Smith died in 1920. Mrs. Fullerton-Smith leaves two daughters, Mrs. I. Cruickshanks (Otorohanga) and Miss C. Fullerton-Smith (Marton), and five sons, Messrs. Francis (Tutaenui), Richard (England), Ralph (Taumarunui), Kenneth (Taihape) and Christopher Fullerton-Smith (Te Kowhai). Another son, Percival, was killed in the Great War. There are 20 grandchildren and one great-grand-child.