FUNERAL OF ARMY OFFICER

Southland Times, Issue 23945, 11 October 1939, Page 6

FUNERAL OF ARMY OFFICER

FULL MILITARY HONOURS (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, October 10. The funeral of the former Officer Commanding the Wellington Battalion, New Zealand Scottish Regiment, Captain A. H. Maclver, who was killed in a motor accident at Burnham, near Christchurch, on Saturday night, took place at Wellington today with full military honours. . It was preceded by a service at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul.

Captain Maclver. had joined the special military force and was serving with No. 4 Company, Fourth MachineGun Battalion. Before joining the Scottish Regiment, he was Pipe President of the Pipes and Drums of the First Battalion Wellington Regiment (City of Wellington’s Own). Both regiments and the special force were represented at the funeral. '

Among those who attended were the acting Prime Minister (the Hon. P. Fraser), the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones, the Mayor of Wellington (Mr T. C. A. Hislop); the Chief of the General Staff, Major-General J. E. Duigan, Major J. W. Andrew, V.C., representing the Officer Commanding the Central Military District and a unit of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. '■ The pro-cathedral was crowded and a large number of persons lined the street. At the crematorium, a firing party supplied by the special force fired three volleys, a bugler supplied by the military band of the Wellington Regiment .sounded “Last Post,” and a bugler supplied by the special force sounded “Reveille.” The Pipes and Drums of the Wellington Regiment played the laments, “The Land o’ the Leal” and “The Flowers of the Forest.”