Grave of Hunter WEST, accidentally drowned

Loving memories of
Hunter
Greatly loved elder son of
L & T WEST
20-12-1934
Aged 10 years
Sadly Missed

White plinth:
My darling brother Hunter
…with God …

Headstone on grave:
In loving memory of
Elizabeth Margaret
WEST
Passed away 12th Sept 1976
Aged 75 years
Dearly loved wife of
Lashford Hugh
Passed away 18 January 1977
Aged 77 years.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21989, 21 December 1934, Page 10
CHILD DROWNED
FATALITY NEAR WAIUKU
DISAPPEARS WHILE BATHING
BODY RECOVERED LATER
While bathing in the tidal estuary off View Road, Waiuku, this morning. Hunter West, aged 10, who was unable to swim, disappeared and was drowned. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. West, of Glenbrook. The body was recovered in about eight feet of water an hour later, but an attempt at artificial respiration was unsuccessful. The boy had just commenced his holidays and was staying with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. West, of Kitchener Road, Waiuku. Other children bathing with him gave the alarm and Mr. Spencer Brown was first to reach the scene, but there was no trace of the boy. Constable Henry and a party searched for an hour in boats before recovering the body and Dr. R. S. Whiteside applied artificial respiration for some time.

The estuary where the fatality occurred is a tidal creek on the upper reaches of the Manukau Harbour. When the tide is full there is a stretch of water about half-a-mile wide, but at low tide there is a mud flat with a narrow channel in the middle. The spot is used frequently for bathing, mostly by children, and is considered fairly safe except for the deep channel in the middle in which the searchers found the child's body. The tide was rising and about half-flood at the time.

At an inquest held this afternoon the coroner, Mr. A. M. Barriball, returned a verdict of accidental death. [1]

Coroner’s report is available for Hunter William Lashford WEST:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23861080

Bereavement thank you notices:
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 133, 7 June 1934, Page 8
An order for restitution of conjugal rights was granted Lashford Hugh WEST (Mr.Thorn) against Theodora WEST, by Mr. Justice Ostler this morning. The parties were married in 1923 and petitioner said that his wife left him in 1921.[2]

Lashford and Theodora divorced 1934
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=6696963

Lashford remarried. His second wife, Rewai Carroll (nee REYNOLDS) died 13 December 1943 [4]

Lashford WEST, Merchant of Waiuku. Probate is available:
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=13105224

A Theodore Lashford WEST aged 82 died on 15 January 2013. Probably a child of Theodora and Lashford.
www.amemorytree.co.nz/remembrance.php?personid=216364

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20681, 29 September 1930, Page 1
WEST On September 26, at their residence, Glenbrook, Waiuku, to Mr. and Mrs. Lashfrod H. West, a son. (Thanks to doctor and Nurse Crawley).[3]

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[3]
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[4]
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