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Bolt, Basil Franklin

(1923– ).

Ghana Civil Service.

Basil Bolt was born in 1923. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College and served in the armed forces from 1941 to 1946. In 1949 he was appointed Administrative Officer in the Gold Coast and from 1958 to 1960 was a member of the Ghana Civil Service.

McLaren, Clyde Alexander

(1923– ).

Ghana Civil Service.

Clyde McLaren was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 4 October 1923 and attended Mount Albert Grammar School and Auckland University College before undertaking post-graduate studies at the University of London. He served in the Second World War from 1941 to 1946 and in 1950 was appointed a cadet on the Gold Coast. Since 1958 he has been an administrative officer in the Ghana Civil Service.

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Michael Wordsworth Standish, M.A. (1920–62), late Dominion Chief Archivist, Wellington.Bernard John Foster, M.A., Research Officer, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington and Heather Margaret Reid, B.A., Housewife, Dunedin.