OBITUARY
Our Own Correspondent).
Mr. Richard George Deighton
(From
WAIROA, Last Night. There passed away at the Wairoa Hospital on Tuesday Mr. Richard George Deighton, who for many years had been in business in Wairoa. _ He was the elder son of Mr. Richard G. Deighton, and was born at thc Waikaremoana redoubt at a time when his fatlier was a membor of the armed j constabulary. Mr. Deighton was educated at the Frasertown and Wairoa schools. He took an active part in many branches of sport. He joined the Wairoa Band when a lad, and subseI quent to his retirement a few years ago he became bandmaster and conductor. He was also elected a life member. The late Mr. Deighton saw active j service in the Great War in France. He I was invalided home, and it is thought that his war experiences had a great deal in hastening his death. Mr. Deighton was unmarried, and ieaves a brother, Mr. Deighton, and a j gtep-mother, Mrs. L. Deighton. ! The funeral took place to-day at the Wairoa cemetery. I
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 82, 30 December 1937, Page 4
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