Farewell for Police Sergeant Sandy Coutts

Recording of the farewell for Police Sergeant Sandy Coutts, Mount Maunganui, 12 February 1961, made by J.H. Wilkinson (Wilkie) with commentary some time in the 1980s.

Portions of the public farewell to Mount Maunganui police sergeant Alexander “Sandy” Coutts, his wife Daphne May and their daughter Heather Frances, on 12 February 1961, organised by the Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce. Speakers include Reverend David Keall, representing the local churches; magistrate Gaven Donne; Coutts himself; and a final speaker tentatively identified as Jack Trapski. Howard Marcroft is tentatively identified as the master of ceremonies, and Mark Griffin as the piper who welcomed Coutts.

J.H. Wilkinson narrates an introduction to the recording and adds later recollections of Coutts and his family. He appears to have assembled the farewell with his commentary some time after event.