DEATH AT 104 YEARS.
VETERAN OF CRIMEAN WAR. PIONEER IN NEW ZEALAND. THE PURSUIT OF TE KOOTI. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WHAKATANE, Sunday. The death has occurred in the WJiakalano Hospital of Mr. David Higgins, a veteran of the Crimean and Maori Wars. Mr. Higgins had given his age as 104 years. He was born in County Waterford, Ireland. As a young man he fought through the Crimean War, and later he was drafted to Australia as a member of the garrison there. Then the Maori War broke out and Mr. Higgins was sent to New Zealand, joining up with the 78th Regiment. He took an active part in the pursuit of Te Kooti. Mr. Higgins was a single man and had no relatives in New Zealand. He stated that he had two nephews in Australia. There are no means at hand to verify his age, but ho was recognised as an extremely old man. About five years ago Mr. Higgins came to Whakatane from Whangarei, and had been an inmate of the hospital hero ever since.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20259, 20 May 1929, Page 12
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