George William Clinkard CBE JP (17 September 1893 – 27 January 1970) was a New Zealand public servant and trade commissioner.
Clinkard was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 September 1893. [1] [2] His English parents were Julia Letitia Hooper and her husband, the farmer Cecil Clinkard. [2]
In 1935, Clinkard was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, [3] and in 1953 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. [4] In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services as secretary of the Department of Industries and Commerce and as a member of the Board of Trade. [5]
Clinkard died in 1970 and his ashes were buried in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland. [6]
References
- ^ "Deaths". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 23923. 25 March 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ a b Woodfield, Ted. "George William Clinkard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 37. 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "No. 40499". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3302.
- ^ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 3 December 2014.[ permanent dead link]
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George William Clinkard CBE JP (17 September 1893 – 27 January 1970) was a New Zealand public servant and trade commissioner.
Clinkard was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 September 1893. [1] [2] His English parents were Julia Letitia Hooper and her husband, the farmer Cecil Clinkard. [2]
In 1935, Clinkard was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, [3] and in 1953 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. [4] In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services as secretary of the Department of Industries and Commerce and as a member of the Board of Trade. [5]
Clinkard died in 1970 and his ashes were buried in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland. [6]
References
- ^ "Deaths". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 23923. 25 March 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ a b Woodfield, Ted. "George William Clinkard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 37. 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "No. 40499". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3302.
- ^ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 3 December 2014.[ permanent dead link]
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