OBITUARY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21172, 13 August 1943, Page 4

OBITUARY

MR. V/. M C M. LIVINGSTON One of the best-known residents of Te Arai Valley, Mr. William McMichael Livingston, of The Reay, passed away on Tuesday in his sixtysecond' year. . The youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Livingston, early settlers in the district, Mr. William Livingston was educated at the Gisborne District School and at Napier Boys’ High School and served his time at the engineering traae with Messrs. J. J. Niven and Comnany. Port Ahuriri. In 1902 he went to England for further experience and also spent some.time in America, returning in 190$. , In 1909 he married Mabel, fourth daughter of the late.. Captain Alexander and . Mrs! Munro, Port. Ahurirr Two years later he went to Te Aral Valley and to.ok up.farming and,was very successful, remaining in the, district. ever since.. ' He. was. well known for his generosity and ho.s-. pitality and did a great, deal for the,. Pre.sby.terian Church in the. district, being a member of the hoard of management. . 7 He is survived by his wife. four ", daughters, Mrs. Alec. Ross, Tolaga Bay 1 . Mrs. Gordon McPhail, Reay Bridge, Mrs. Richard Akel, Tauranga, Miss Annie Livingston, Reay Bridge, and two sons, Private Peter Livingston. a prisoner of war in Italy, and. Mr. David Livingston, Roay Bridge. COMMANDER F. C. GROVER A long and, adventurous association with the Royal Navy ended with the death of Commander F. C. Grover, R.N.7 which occurred in Wanganui.. Joining H.M.S. Britannia as a cade.t ip 1885. he saw active service, 'in.. Abyssinia, the Boer War. and the last' war and held medals for all three campaigns. Commander Grover had retired “before the. outbreak ofj.t'he la?t war, but was’ in England at. the time ancL immediately offered his services to the British Admiralty. He wag one of those who took pavt.in the Antwerp episode- He was taken prisoner and was in a German prisoner-of-war camo for about four years..