Arrangements For Funeral Of General Kippenberger

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28270, 7 May 1957, Page 13

Arrangements For Funeral Of General Kippenberger

(New Zealand Press Association)

WELLINGTON, May 6. Arrangements for the funeral tomorrow of Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger were announced today by Army Headquarters. The service at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul at 2.30 p.m. will be conducted by the Dean of Wellington (the Very Rev. D. J. Davies), and the lesson read by the Rev. G. A. D. Spence, of Dunedin. Mr Spence, who will also give an address, was the padre of the 20th Battalion when it was commanded by Sir Howard Kippenberger. He is ColonelCommandant of the Royal New Zealand Army Chaplains’ Department.

Mr Charles Upham will be one of the ushers at the cathedral.

As the cortege leaves the cathedral about 3.10 p.m. the battery at Point Jerningham will fire a 13-gun salute. Sir Howard Kippenberger will be buried with full military honours in the soldiers’ cemetery at Karori.

The Postmaster-General (Mr T. P. Shand) will be a pall-bearer. He is a relative of Sir Howard Kippenberger. Nine other Ministers will attend the funeral. At the church and cemetery will be the Prime Minister (Mr Holland), the Minister of Defence (Mr T. L. Macdonald), the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr S. VZ. Smith), and the Minister of Labour (Mr J. K. McAlpine). At the church will be the Minister for Social Welfare (Dame Hilda Ross), the Minister of Lands (Mr E. B. Corbett), the Minister of Finance (Mr J. T. Watts), the Minister of Housing (Mr D. J. Eyre) and the Minister of Marine (Mr R. G. Gerard). American Tribute

The United States Charge d’Affaires (Mr S. D. Berger) today sent a message of condolence to Lady Kippenberger. In a statement to the press, Mr Berger said that during World War 11, especially in the bitter Italian fighting, Sir Howard Kippenberger won the respect and admiration of American soldiers. After the war he hat worked closely with United States military historians in writing the history of the Second .7orld War. and he was active for almost eight years as a member of the United States Educational Foundation in New Zealand, which had done so much

to promote understanding by sending New Zealand citizens to the United States and bringing Americans here. “His passing is a great loss to New Zealand and also to my country,’’ said Mr Berger. Lord Freyberg’s Tribute (N.Z. Press Association Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 6. The death of Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger in New Zealand would be a great blow not only to New Zealand soldiers but also to his friends throughout the British Commonwealth, the former New Zealand Gover-nor-General and Commander of the New Zealand Division, Lord Freyberg. said today. Lord Freyberg wrote a tribute in “The Times.” He said General Kippenberger was a born soldier. It was through the example of such men as General Kippenberger that the British Empire endured. “Humble as he was, he surely knew that the people of New Zealand loved him and he must also have known that their love and admiration would endure,” Lord Freyberg said.