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Yesterday’s Military Funeral

By friends on October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

“YESTERDAY’S MILITARY FUNERAL.—The funeral of the late Lieut.-Colonel A. J. Petherick, a former commander of the D Battery, passing under Kelburn Viaduct yesterday on its way to Karori Cemetery” – Evening Post 14 December 1933.

And here’s our man, image supplied by one of the Team today ?Alfred John Petherick’s photo album of early Wellington yachting is fascinating: http://www.wcyt.org.nz/abode/getAdminCategoryProducts.do…

Category: Military, Public
Tags: D Battery, Kelburn, Military, Petherick, Viaduct

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