OBITUARY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 9

OBITUARY

FOUGHT WITH VON MOLTKE 1 DEATH OF MR. H. L. SCHACHT j . s Experiences in the Franco-Prussian i War of 1870-71 were among the .. memories of Mr. Heinrich Ludwig t Schacht, whose death occurred in the Auckland Tlospital on Monday at the . age of 85. The late Mr. Schacht was a native of Hamburg and joined his city’s regiment. He took part in the decisive battles of Gravelotte and Metz and was used to recall an incident when his regiment, the 76th. Hamburgers, were in the Gravelotte' region. He saw some grapes hanging over a fence and being hungry helped himself to | some. He was detected by a non-! commissioned officer and was courtmartialled, General von Moltke hear ing the case. “Von Moltke was very severe on anything in the shape of looting,” Mr. Schacht once said, “and although mv offence was not a very | heinjus one I was for it. The general ' said I had a good record, but that did I not prevent him punishing me, and I had a spell of being tied to a waggon ' wheel each dav for three days.” Mr. Schacht left Germany for! Samoa in 1874, and three years later ; came to Auckland, where he worked i at his trade as a carpenter. He had j lived in Auckland ever since and had been a naturalised New Zealander for over 36 years. His wife predeceased him. MR. JOHN J. KENNEDY The death occurred suddenly at Greymouth last Friday night of Mr. I John James Kennedy, a partner in the : transport business of Kennedy Bros., Ltd. During the afternoon he had been engaged at the firm's coal bins in Ma- i whera Quay, and was found to have i died suddenly about 4 o'clock. Mr ■ Kennedy, who was born at Greymouth ’ 68 years ago, took over when a youn 0 : man the carrying business of his : father, the late Mr. Martin Kennedy, : when it consisted of a single horse i and cart. With his brother and after- ■ wards with his sons, Mr. Kennedy developed the business. He was oue of the best known members of the Grey- ' mouth Volunteer Fire Brigade, in which he served continuously from July, 1891 to June, 1927. On retiring he was made an honorary member. In nis younger days he was well known as , an athlete and as a member of the old ; Greymouth Football Club. He repre- i sented.the West Coast many times in the early nineties. He was also for 15 years an active member of the old Catholic Band. He is survived by his wife (a member of the Sullivan family of Gieymouth) and six sons, Frank, V/illiam, John, James, and Martin, ail of Greymouth, and the Rev. Father ■ Allan Kennedy, S.M., of St. Bede’ College, Christchurch. He is also survived by a brother. Mr. Martin Kennedy, of Greymouth.