OBITUARY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 6 August 1941, Page 6

OBITUARY

DR. H. W. M. KENDALL Dr. Henry William Martindale Kendall died in the district hospital. Waipukurau, last night, at the age of 80 years. As an army doctor he served actively in many corners of the globe. He spent the years of his retirement quietly in Central Hawkes Bay, where his personality endeared him to all who came to know him. Born in India. Dr. Kendall was a son of General H. Kendall, R.A.M.C. On completion of his medical training he joined the Indian Army as a surgeon and served for a considerable time before coming to New Zealand, where he began practice as one of the first eye specialists in Wellington. The late Mrs Kendall, who was married to him in New Zealand, had also served with the army in India as a nurse, and was one of the first three to win the Royal Red Cross, instituted by Queen Victoria. When the Great War broke out in 1914, Dr. Kendall enlisted with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and served in a medical unit in Samoa, before going to England, where lie rejoined the R.A.M.C. and served in England, France, the East and on hospital ships in the Mediterranean. About 17 years ago he retired and came to live in Waipawa. He moved to Waipukurau following his wife’s death four years ago. Dr. Kendall was always a keen river fisherman, and in his earlier years a deer stalker. Fie was a keen member of the R.S.A., and at one time president of the Waipawa branch of the association. He leaves two daughters, Mesdamcs R. Campbell Begg, Johannesburg, and W. B. Fisher, Waipukurau, and one son. Mr J. L. Kendall, Waipukurau.