OBITUARY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23840, 16 December 1940, Page 10

OBITUARY

MAJOR A. K. VICKERY Advice has been received by the Rev. H. K, Vickery, chaplain of the Flying Angel Missions to Seamen, of the death in Jerusalem last Thursday of his brother. Major A. Jv. Vickery. His death followed an operation. Major Vickery was born at Ararat, Victoria, in 1887, and served with the Australian Imperial .Forces from 1914 until 15)19. when be was appointed secretary of the Imperial War Graves Commission in the Near East, with headquarters at Cairo and later at Jerusalem. At the outbreak of the present war lie was lent for special service to the British Army. Major Vickery visited Auckland during his last furlough. He leaves a widow and an adopted son, who is doing a postgraduate course at Oxford University. MR. H. J. FERRY [FROM OUIt OWN COKRKSI'ON I>K.\T] HAMILTON, Sunday The death lias occurred (if Mr. Henry James Ferry, of Norton Road, Franktoil. aged 84. Mr. Kerry was horn in London and came to New Zealand as a youth. He took up farming in Canterbury, and removed to Auckland 00 years ago. He was later fanning in the Thames Valley, and retired to live in Hamilton in 19:51. lie is survived by six sons and two daughters. MR. RAIMONA HERETAUNGA [FROM OUR OWN C OIUI KSI'ONDKNX] \V 11 A K ATA XE, Sunday The (lea til has occurred of Mr. Raimona Heretauriga, a chief of the Ngati-iLingil ihi tribe, ol Matata. Mr. Heretaunga was Maori administrator held in the highest regard by both Maoris and pakehas. Horn at Matata in 18(58, he attended the Matata School and St.. Stephen's College. Returning to Matata in 1886, be took with him the first football seen in the district. In 1892 he was appointed secretary of the Arawa County Council, holding this position for four years. In 1932 ho was elected to the Arawa Trust Board, -serving in this capacity until the time of his death. He is survived by his second wife and two sons, both in the Maori Battalion. MRS. W. J. MURDOCH [from OUR OWN COIIRKSI'ONI)ENT] CAMBRIDGE, Saturday The death lias occurred of Mrs. Susannah Burnett; Murdoch, wife of Mr. W. J. Murdoch, of the Roto-o-rangi district. Mrs. Murdoch was horn at Ponsonby, Auckland, being the youngest daughter of the late Captain "William F-irqiilmr, commodore of the Northern Steamship Company. She was connected with a number of musical societies, and was also a gifted painter. Mr and Mrs. Murdoch were married in Auckland 30 vears ago and came to Cambridge a few years later. i