Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 599, 27 February 1929, Page 11

Obituary

MR. LOUIS O'CONNOR Many New Zealand soldiers will remember the hospitality extended to them in Dublin by Mr. Louis O’Connoi and will learn with regret of his death on January 5. AJter leaving school Mr. O’Connor came to New Zealand, where he spent several years before returning to Dublin on the death of his father. H* retained the happiest recollections of the days he spent in this country, and these he revived when he threw open his house to the men of the Expeditionary Force when they were on leave. Not only was his home available to the men, but Mr. O’Connor went out of his way to show them Dublin and to entertain them with the greatest hospitality. MR. ALFRED HAMERSLEY (Australian and N.Z. Pres 3 Association) (United Service) LONDON, Tuesday. The death has occurred of Mr. Alfred Hamersley, who fought in the Maori Wars. Mr. -Alfred St. George Hamersley was born in England in 1848, educated at Marlborough, and was called to the Ba He later practised law in New Zealand and in Vancouver. He was a colonel in the New Zealand Militia, and fought at Parihaka, where he led a section of th«* troops. He was captain of C Battery of the New Zealand Artillery. He played Rugby for England four times and was captain of England in 1874. He had a large practice in Vancouver and was made a K.C. in 1900. He was in House of Commons as a Conservative from 1900 to 1918. He married Miss Isabella Snow, of Wellington. In 1917 he saw service in France, aod recruited and trained artillerymen for oversea* service.