OBITUARY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21142, 9 July 1943, Page 2

OBITUARY

LONG ARMY CAREER

DEATH OF MAJOR SIMEON A life of soldiering has closed with the death of Major George Ernest Simeon, Remuera, Auckland, at the age of 79. He was a son of the late Colonel E. Simeon,' ROyal Horse Artillery, who served in India at the time of the mutiny and subsequently settled at Gisborne. Major Simeon was born in England and educated at St. John’s Collegiate School, Jersey. He came to New Zealand with his parents in 1885 and lived for a time at Gisborne. For 10 years Major Simeon was on the permanent staff of the New Zealand Artillery and was a member of the corps, under the command of General Sir George Whitmore, which was responsible for the capture of JTe Kooti. Before the last war he was in the volunteers and later in the Territorials. He was sent to Samoa soon after the outbreak of hostilities as machine-gun officer. He loft New Zealand l’or Egypt with the first battalion of the Rifle Brigade and afterward served in France.

Major Simeon was married in 1393 to Miss Harriett Sandland, who also saw' extensive service during the last war. Mrs. Simeon holds the Joint Medal of the British Red Cross and St. John for nursing services, while she was, toward the end of the viav,; Deputy-Assistant-Commodore of the Women’s Royal Air Force. A nephew of Major Simeon, Captain, now RearAdmiral Charles Barrington Simeon, was in command of H.M.S. Renown when she was in action early in the present war with the Scharnhorst off the coast of Norway.

MR. JOSEPH INGHAM

The deatli this morning of Mr. Joseph Ingham, at the age of 84 years, reinoved a well-known Gisborne resident of nearly 50 years’ standing. Born in Alford, Lincolnshire, the late Mr. Ingham first came to New Zealand in 1881. He returned to England for a period and then came back to New Ze&land in 1883. He worked for some time in the Bay of Islands and then settled in Pukekohe. Fortyseven years ago he came to Gisborne and took up his trade as a coachbuilder. He was a member of the Druids Lodge. The deceased is survived by. his widow, one son, Mr. James Ingham, and two daughters, Mrs. J. E! Lund," of Gisborne, and Sister Coleta, of Puhoi, and two grandchildren. He also leaves two brothers, Messrs. Charlie and Harry Ingham, of Auckland, and one sister who resides in England. A requiem mass will be held at St. Mary’s Chapel at C. 30 a.m. to-morrow, and the funeral will loave the church at 2 p.m. for the Taruheru cemetery.

The death is announced at Napier of Mr, Walter Phillip Finch, formerly architect to the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, in his eighty-fifth year. The death is announced of Mr C. Stanley Smith, managing-director of the Evening Star, Dunedin, aged 74. He was trained as a mechanical engineer and joined the staff of the Evening Star as engineer in 1895 and was elected a director in 1902. For many years he was a director of the New Zealand Press Association.