Death of Major Withers.
[Per Press Association^
Auckland, This day,
Major Withers, the officer in charge of the Volunteers, died on Saturday, aged 76, of bronchitis. Deceased arrived at the Bay of Islands in 1847 with his regiment, the 65th, being then coloursergeant and pay-sergeant. Soon afterwards he was ordered to Auckland and promoted to the rank of sergeant-major; he then received his commission as quarter-master, and subsequently was promoted to the rank of captain, and served as quarter-master during the Waikato campaign in the transport corps service. He eventually retired on the rank of captain, receiving a captain's pension, and then went to reside at Napier. When the West Coast disturbance broke out Withers formed a volunteer company in Napier to lake part in the work of quelling the rebellion, and he was a prominent figure throughout that campaign. Government rewarded his services by appointing him the officer commanding the Haw Ices' Bay district, and subsequently, when Major Gordon retired, he was appointed inspecting officer for the colony, and in 1876 was appointed to the charge of the Auckland district. He leaves a grown-up family.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4485, 21 May 1883, Page 2
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186Death of Major Withers. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4485, 21 May 1883, Page 2
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