AN OLD VETERAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 6 August 1907, Page 2

AN OLD VETERAN.

Another old vcieian—oue of the defenders of tne Empire—passed peacclully away at his residence at Ureuui or, Saturday in llie person of Air i'. Burke, late ol li-Si. Gdlu Kegimeut. He had been sujlering ior some months from heart trouble, but tliere were no alarming symptoms until a week ago. Everything possible wa» done foi lum. The old hands arc rapidly disappearing, and ill a few short years there will be few left. These old soldiers and colonists went through some trying times, and certainly deserve the name of "Defenders of tho Empire." The deceased was burn in Bullriggau, County of Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. and came to the colony as draft to join the tiuth in the 50's. lie look part in the native wars of the (id's, and was present at the battles of ltangariri, in the Waikato and .Uahoetoho, Taranaki, and several other engagements, ile left the army when the regiment went home, and took up land in the Tarurutangi block. After a time lie left there and went baking lor the A.C. force at i'ukearuhe. After that lie settled down in Ureuui, married, and started business as a baker, a trade that lie carried on until about Jour years ago, when he retired and let his business, Ilia wife predeceased him some live years ago. lie leaves a son and two daughters to lament the lost of a kind father and an honest and upright man. The deepest sympathy is extended to them in their bereavement. Deceased hold the New Zealand war medal.—(Own Correspondent).