George Clinkard

George William Clinkard CBE (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, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3]

Clinkard died in 1970 and his ashes were buried in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Deaths". The New Zealand Herald. LXXVIII (23923). 25 March 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 Woodfield, Ted. "George William Clinkard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
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