MUTINY VETERAN DEAD.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 3 May 1917, Page 3

MUTINY VETERAN DEAD.

MR. SOLOMAN REID

A VEIERAN of the Indian Mutiny and the Maori War passed away at Helensville on Monday, April 23, in the person of Mr Soloman Reid, who was born in Belfast 83 years ago. Mr Reid joined the Royal Engineers for service in India, and fought through the Mutiny campaign, being present at the relief of Lucknow. After the trouble had been settled he went to Australia and assisted in the work of laying out the city of Melbourne. Later he came to New Zealand, and fought through the Waikato War. The gold fever then seized him, and he participated in the rushes to the Thames and the West Coast. Subsequently he returned to Auckland and established a grain and produce business in Kyber Pass, retiring into private life some years ago. He was for many years secretary and president of the Imperial Association, and also took a keen interest in Church work, being one of the first members of St. David's Presbyterian Church. He leaves three sons, Captain W. Reid, now serving under the Admiralty in the war zone, Mr J. T. Reid, of Invercargill, and Mr R. T. Reid, of Waikino, and three daughters, Mrs Jas. Stewart, of Helensville, Mrs E. H. Mackay, of Waipa, and Mrs Brimblecomb. His wife pre-deceased him in 1910. Heart failure was the cause of death, which came unexpectedly at the residence of his daughter (Mrs Jas. Stewart) in. Helensville. The body was interred on April 25th at Purewa.