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Haurongo: Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday

Mark Davies, aged 16

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Mark Davies, aged 16

Mark Davies, Sonja and Charlie’s only child, was born in 1957. He was accidentally killed in 1978 at the age of 20, when working on the Tūrangi tunnel, part of a hydroelectric power scheme in the central North Island.

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Fraser Books

Reference: Sonja Davies, Bread and Roses: her story. Masterton: Fraser Books, 1984, between pp. 240-241.

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Anne Else. 'Davies, Sonja Margaret Loveday', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28114/mark-davies-aged-16 (accessed 4 June 2026).