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Biography: Thornton, Leonard Whitmore

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Chris Pugsley. 'Thornton, Leonard Whitmore', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/231547/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).