OBITUARY.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 151033, 26 July 1919, Page 6

OBITUARY.

COLONEL ROBERT B. MORROW

INDIAN MUTINY VETERAN

Colonel Robert Bole Morrow, a veteran of the Indian mutiny, and eldest brother of Mr H. Morrow, of Richmond, died recently at' Auckland at tho age oi 32. Colonel "Morrow was born iv the Jounty of Longford, Ireland, in September, 1836". He joined the ;Wcst- : meath Riiios, militia, as ensign, in 1854, and was -"subsequently-transferred' to j H.M. 46th' 'Regiment of the Line. The; i headquarters of this regiment was drafted to the Crimea-in-the same year, the regimental reserve in which Colonel Morrow was serving, being sent to the | island of Corfu, in. the Mediterranean. .After the Crimean war-Colonel'Morrow 'accompanied tho regiment as instructor of musketry, tv take part in repressing the mutiny in India, in which he was wounded. He also served with the 2nd Ghoorkas in the frontier war against the hill tribes, for which he received the mutiny and frontier medals. He next served on the staff of the late General Sir Robert Garrett at {Simla, and was afterwards temporarily employed on the staff of the then Viceroy, the late Earl of Mayo. Being a marksman of considerable repute, and a great sportsman, he accountted for, among other game, 64 tigers, and by request of the Viceroy, arranged the train of elephants ; 40 in number, i'or the big game- shooting, on the occasion of the visit to India of the late Duke of Edinburgh. .The duke had the good fortune.to bag several tigers. After a service of 19 years in India, Colonel Morrow came to New Zealand in 1877, iind had resided here ever since. He took an active part in church matters in connection with St. Sepulclire's parish for a number of years, and a very smelly interest as a committeeman, in the Children's Orphan Home and the Costley Boys' Institute. Upon the organisation of the King's Empire Veterans, he was appointed to the command.