Arthur George Harvey was born on 28 December 1866 at Steyning, Sussex, England, into a comfortable middle-class family. His father, Bache Wright Harvey, was a distinguished graduate in mathematics from St John's College…
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Born in Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, probably in 1886 or 1887, Pāora Temuera, sometimes known as Pāora Ngatapu Temuera, Pāora Temuera Tokoaituā or Pāora Tokoaituā, was the elder son of Temuera Tokoaituā, a Ngāti Whakaue Anglican…
Francis George Cumming was born at Marnoch, Banffshire, Scotland, on 18 November 1861 to Catharine Horne and her husband, William Cumming, a farm servant. When in their teens he and his brother Robert ran away to sea…
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Horace Edward Manners Fildes was born on 5 October 1875 in Temuka, South Canterbury, where his father, John Gifford Fildes, was the manager of the Bank of New Zealand. Horace was the fourth child of his father's second…
James Edward Fulton was born at Outram, Otago, New Zealand, on 11 December 1854, the second of eight children of Catherine Henrietta Elliot Valpy, a prominent philanthropist and social reformer, and her husband, James…
Thomas Halbert, known as Tame Poto (Tommy Short) because of his short stature, was born at Newcastle upon Tyne, England, probably in 1806. His parents were probably William and Sarah Halbert, of Anglo-Scottish…
Sarah Elizabeth Jackson was born at Erdington, near Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, on 6 August 1858. She was the second of seven children born to Fanny Brittain Chapman and her husband, James Jackson, an earthenware…
Stephen Peter Llewellyn was born at Hereford, England, on 18 July 1913, the son of Arthur Henry Llewellyn, a government valuer, and his wife, Martha Helen Scott. He was educated at Durlston Court School (1923–27) and…
Henry Charles McQueen was born in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, on 6 July 1898, the son of Agnes Hadrill, from Denmark, and her husband, Alexander McQueen, a New Zealand-born engineer. When he was about one year old the…
William Langston Newnham was born in Christchurch on 14 October 1888, the son of Charles Langston Newnham, a journalist, and his wife, Eliza Friar. He attended Timaru Boys’ High School, then joined the Public Works…
George Hogben was born in Islington, Middlesex, England, on 14 July 1853, the first child of George Hogben, a commercial clerk and later a Congregational minister, and his wife, Mary Bennett McLachlan. He was educated…
Guy Richardson Powles was born at Otaki, Horowhenua, on 5 April 1905, the son of Jessie Mary Richardson and her husband, Charles Guy Powles, a sawmiller. His father, who had fought in the South African War, was to serve…
Harold Bertram Turbott was born in Auckland on 5 August 1899, the son of Alice Dillicar, a native of Yorkshire, and her husband, Henry Turbott, a Pukekohe-born painter and carpenter. Harold attended Remuera School until…
George Grey Andrews was born in Christchurch on 17 May 1880, the son of Elizabeth Ann Gahagan and her husband, Samuel Paul Andrews, a plasterer and member of Parliament. His father was a champion oarsman and a leading…
Leonard Delabere Bestall was born in Wellington on 21 November 1895, the son of Richard Bestall and his wife, Eleanor Beatrice Pidgeon. Afterwards the family moved to Napier, where Richard, a draper, established the…
Born on 8 August 1909 in Kensington, London, Charles John Lyttelton was the son of Violet Yolande Leonard and her husband, John Cavendish Lyttelton, who in 1922 was to become the ninth Viscount Cobham. The family had…
James Healy was born at Devonport, Auckland, on 10 September 1910, the son of Sarah Roulston Wallace and her husband, William Healy, a marine engineer. He began his schooling at Devonport, and then took the ferry across…
Thomas Hickman was born in France – according to his own account at Ponto de Mare – on 13 January 1848, the son of Thomas Edward Hickman, an ironworker, and his wife, Ellen Bond. In 1850 or 1851 his parents returned to…
James Lister Newman was born in London, England, on 23 April 1903, the son of Kate Beck and her husband, Charles Arnold Newman, a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury school (where he was an excellent classical…
Frederick Horace Smirk was born on 12 December 1902 in Accrington, Lancashire, England, the son of Thomas Smirk and his wife, Betsy Ann Cunliffe. He attended Haslingden School, where his father was assistant…