PAPAKURA.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 705, 7 February 1922, Page 7

PAPAKURA.

OBSTUARY.

EG-CHAIRMAN OF PAPAKURA TOWN BOARD.

DR. A. W. P. BROOKFIELD

The death occurred at a private hospital on Tuesday of Dr Athol William Purchas Brookfield,, late of Papakura, at the early age of 36. Dr Brookfield was an old boy of ,the Auckland Grammar School, and received his medical education at Otago University, where he graduaed. He then took up practice at Papakura, where he remained until recently. After the influenza epidmeic of 1918, during which he was ver\' much overworked, the doctor suffered a breakdown, followed by a severe operation, from which lie never really recovered. For several years he was a prominent member of the Papakura Town Board, being chairman of that body for a time, and he took a keen interest in the progress of the district. In his school and university days he was a good athlete. The deceased was a son of Mr F. W. Brookfied, and grandson of the late Dr A. G. Purchas. He leaves a widow and three children. Much sympathy from the residents of Papakura will be extended to the bereaved widow and family.