OBITUARY.
CAPTAIN TEMPLE.
The death occurred at his late residence, Wai-iti Road, Timaru, yesterday, of Captain Edwyn Frederick Temple, formerly of “Castlewood,” near Geraldine. Deceased was the son of Colonel John Temple, Hants, England, where Captain Temple was born in 1836. He joined the 55th Regiment, saw service in India, and went through the Crimean War. He resigned from the service in 1870, and came to New Zealand nine years later in the ship Rangitikei, landing at Lyttelton. For two years he remained in Christchurch, and then went to “Castlewood,” where he resided for many years. Captain Temple was an artist of repute, and while residing in Christchurch he helped to found the Canterbury Society of Arts. -Temuka Leader, 24/6/1920.
Timaru cemetery.
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