OBITUARY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 260, 31 October 1944, Page 6

OBITUARY

MISS KATHLEEN DAVIES Many New Zealanders who served in the last war, and many others who came under the nursing care of Miss Kathleen Davies in civilian life will learn with regret of her death in a private hospital in Wellington on Friday. Miss Davies was born in England and camo to New Zealand with her parents towards the end of the last century. The family settled in Canterbury. and Miss Davies served her probationary period as a nurse in the Christchurch Hospital. After wider experience in private and public hospitals she left with the first contingent of nurses in the last war, serving in Egypt and England and being awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal. Miss Davies returned to New Zealand in 1920, and shortly afterwards was appointed matron of the Boxyen Street Private Hospital, a position which she occupied for a number of years. Not long after her retirement she was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis, and in an endeavour to gain relief she spent several years abroad, in South Africa and England. During her stay in England the Coronation took place, and she was taken in an ambulance to see the procession. MR. THOMAS CARR Mr. Thomas Carr, a well-known farmer of southern Hawke’s Bay, died recently in the Dannevirke Public Hospital. He was born in Ireland, and while still a young man decided to come to New Zealand. Soon after his arrival in this country, Mr. Carr was employed by the Dannevirke County Council, and continued to work for them for 35 years. MRS. E. J. MOORE

The death lias occurred of Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Moore, of Raglan, aged 93. Mrs Moore was born in the Isle of Man, and came to New Zealand with her husband and two children in the ship Countess of Kintore 68 years ago. After living in Canterbury, Marlborough and Stratford districts, Mr. and Mrs. Moore moved to Qauroa, Raglan, in 1902. Mr. Moore, who was a farmer, died in 1905. She is survived by a family of five. There are 23 grandchildren and 43 greatgrandchildren. MR. H. H. CLEAVER The death has occurred of Mr. H. H. Cleaver, a pioneer settler of the Arapae district. Mr. Cleaver served in the South African war and on his return to New Zealand in 1903 he took up a section of the Troopers’ Block, which he farmed successfully until his death. He was the last original settler on the block. He is survived by

his wife, three sons and three daughters. MR. J. SHAW THOMPSON The death occurred last week of Mr. Joseph Shaw Thompson, a wellknown Dunedin dentist, at the age of 54 years. At the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted in the Dental Corps, going overseas with the twenty-third reinforcements. He was taken prisoner in 1918 and' the hardships which he suffered then seriously affected his health in later years. On his return to New Zealand he completed his dental course and went into partnership with Mr. C. W. Sundstrum before commencing on his own account in 1933. Mr. Thompson is: survived by his widow and two children. MK. G. T. MULCOCK The death has occurred of Mr. George Thomas Mulcock, aged 76.'Mr. Mulcuck was born in Canterbury and for many years farmed a large block on Akaroa Peninsula. He was chairman of the Halswell County Council for many years. He is survived by a family of seven. <