PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 3, 7 December 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Commander N. de la Cour Cornwall, R.N.It., late in command or the sbeamer Tongariro, has accepted service under the Admiralty. . „

t^,^i.Pere,l ex^ : P„ for the Eastern Maori District, and formerly a member of the Legislative Council, is ai present seriously ill in Gisborne. Ho has been confined to bed for the past three months.

It is anticipated that on his return south Sir Joseph Ward, at the request of the Otago recruiting authorities, will address a meeting in Dunedin. The date of the meeting has not yet been arranged. '

Another of the old identities of this coast, in the person of Mrs C. Casey, passed away on Friday night at her residence at Marybank, Wanganui, The late Mrs Casey arrived in New Zealand (says the Chronicle) in 1870, and resided for almost forty year s in the Taranaki district, where she was KeTchTn very high respect among a large circle of friends. During the past eight years she has lived at Marybank. She leaves a husband, 12 children, and 12 grand-children. Her family includes: Mr J. J. Casey (Palmerston North), Mr C. J. Casey (Wanganua), Mr J. Casey (Eltham), Mr M. Casey (Waverley), Mrs A. P. Hughes (Hawera), Sisters Gerard and De Sales (Sisters of St. Joseph), and Misses Anne, Cecilia, Kathleen and Margaret, of Marybank.

Another of the veterans of the Crimean war has passed away. It is believed that Private Henry Berry, who died on Wednesday night, at the residence of one of his daughters. .Mrs Barkwith, 132 Antigua Street, Christchurch, was the last Crimean veteran in Canterbury. Private Berry was born at Croydon, in Surrey, on January 31, 1831, so that he was close on 85 years of age at tho time of his death. When he was about 18 years old he enlisted in the Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, in which he was the youngest soldier. He fought through the Crimean war, including the battles of Alma, Balaclava, Sebastopol, and Inkerman. The Crimean medal he held had the clasps for these battles, but he lost the clasp for Sebastopol. He also held the Turkish medal. Later he came to New Zealand, and joined the Commissariat Corps, with which he served through the Maori war. Returning, afterwards, to Aldershot, he married, and then came back to New Zealand 36 years ago, settling in Christchurch. For about 22 years he was employed Jat the Christchurch Hospital, in the engine-room, retiring about eight years ago. His Wife died about seven years ago. He leaves three sons and four daughters. One of his sons ;is serving at the front, and another sou is in camp with the reinforcements, while a nephew is also in the reinforcements. Private Berry was accorded a military funeral.