George Clinkard

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Clinkard during World War I

George William Clinkard CBE JP (17 September 1893 – 27 January 1970) was a New Zealand public servant and trade commissioner.

Clinkard, known as George,[1] was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 September 1893.[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[]

  1. ^ "Deaths". The New Zealand Herald. LXXVIII (23923). 25 March 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Woodfield, Ted. "George William Clinkard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette (37). 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "No. 40499". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3302.
  6. ^ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 3 December 2014.[permanent dead link]


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