- Notes: OBITUARY.
The late Private Howard Norman Blundell, late A.I F., son of Mr and Mrs Blundell, of Tomorroma, whose death we briefly referred to in last issue, had been home from the front 8 months. He enlisted in Melbourne in 1916. He became a sufferer from heart and liver affection, and entered the Tumat Hospital for treatment a week prior to his demise, at the age of 38 years. He leaves sorrowing parents, seven sisters (Mrs Gozlett of Mt Vale, Mrs Hollingworth of Mur-rumbateman, Mrs Buckley of Tumut, Mrs Tankey of Queanbeyan, Mrs Lee of Gosford, Mrs Smith of Brindabella and Miss Audrey Blundell of Tomor-roma) and one brother (Everard of Tomorroma). The military funeral accorded him on Friday afternoon was attended by a number of officers and a squad of diggers in command of Major Moreton Colyer, President of the local branch of the R.S.S.I. League of A., and it was carried out with conventional solemnities The coffin was mounted on an impro- vised gun carriage, drawn by four black horses ridden by postillions. The Tumut Concordia Band played the ' Dead March in Saul' and funeral dirges as the cortege wended its way to the new cemetery, where Rev C. E Burgess (Anglican) conducted the burial service, the salute was fired and the coffined remains were lowered to their last resting place. Mr J Elphick carried out the undertaking duties. |
