VETERAN'S DEATH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23284, 1 March 1939, Page 13

VETERAN'S DEATH

MAJOR THOMAS HALPIN SOUTH AFRICAN SERVICE A well-known veteran of the South African War, Major Thomas Peter Halpin, of Armadale Road, Reniuera, died yesterday in a private hospital. As a young man Major Halpin was a keen volunteer, serving in the Wellington and Napier City Rifles. He went to South Africa as captain commanding the South Island Company of the

Ninth New Zealand Contingent. After his return he continued to take an aeiive interest in defence, and his total service amounted to 20 years. He was fo* a long period in business at iSapier and Wellington, where he took part in various public activities. For four years he was president or tbe Auckland branch of _ the South African Veterans' Association, and at the time of his death was a member of the Auckland board of the Soldiers Civil Re-establishment League. In his younger days he was a champion oarsman and a "crack rifle-shot. Major Hal pi n is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. Ihe interment to-day will be private.