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Haurongo: Dinnie, Walter

Walter Dinnie

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Walter Dinnie

This family portrait of 1914 shows ex-police commissioner Walter Dinnie (left), his wife Frederica (right) and their children including (seated at centre) Ted, who became head of the Finger-print Branch established by his father.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, S. P. Andrew Collection (PAColl-3739)

Reference: 1/1-013744-G

Photograph by Stanley P. Andrew

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Richard S. Hill. 'Dinnie, Walter', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/399/walter-dinnie (accessed 4 June 2026).