Joseph Hyrum Coughlan

Golden Wedding Anniversary Notice in the Otago Daily Times Thursday 20 February 1941

Mr. Coughlan served for over three years in the Buffs Regiment at Home and on coming to New Zealand spent 12 years with the Wallace Mounted Rifles, gaining an instructor' s certificate. He was a sergeant in the mounted machine-gunners of the Otago Regiment in the Great War.

Before coming to Dunedin, Mr. Coughlan was in business for about 40 years at Tuatapere, where he was one of the original settlers. Mrs. Coughlan was born at Ramsgate . Mr. and Mrs. Coughlan have a family of four sons and four daughters, all of whom are now married. There are 26 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

The family comprises Mrs. G. Hopwood (Dunedin) Mrs. G Horell (Te Tua) Mrs. R. Horell (Te Waiwai) Mrs. E. Adam (Mosgiel) Mr. J. Coughlan (Tuatapere) Mr. A.E. Coughlan (Otautau) Mr. W. Coughlan (Mosgiel) Mr. Alfred Coughlan (Glenomaru) The last named is overseas with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary.