OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23940, 16 October 1939, Page 8

OBITUARY

MR G. W. LLOYD A leading worker in the interests of returned soldiers and a former president of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association, Mr George William Lloyd, died at his residence recently after a long illness. A son of Mr W. Lloyd, one of the earliest coachdrivers in New Zealand, Mr Lloyd was born in Dunedin in 1870 and educated at the Otago Boys’ High School. He was noted as a runner over middle distances, and he won the Druids' Handicap in Melbourne in 1892. This was one of the principal events in Australia in those days. In 1892 he married a daughter of Captain Logan. For many years he was a well-known worker in the interest of friendly societies in Christchurch He served in the Great War with the Rifle Brigade and on his return to New Zealand took a keen interest in returned soldiers. He was elected to the executive of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association in 1919, remaining a member until 1933. when he retired because of ill-health. He was president of the association in 1928 and 1929, and Dominion vice-president in 1931. In 1933 he was elected a life member of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association. He leaves a widow, one son, and two daughters. REV. JOHN TAKLE (Per United Press Association> WELLINGTON, Oct. 14. The death has occurred of the Rev. John Takle. a retired Baptist minister, aged 69 years. He had lived in Wellington since ill-health forced him to retire from the mission field in Eastern Bengal in 1922.