Allan James FINDLAY

1890 - 1935  (45 years)

• Name	Allan James FINDLAY
  Birth	23 Apr 1890	Terang, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1928  [5]
  	Draper, Denniston, West Coast
  Death	28 Jul 1935	Buller, West Coast, New Zealand   [1, 6, 7]
  	Cause: Diabetes
  Burial	30 Jul 1935	Westport, West Coast, New Zealand   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I12811	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Aileen Grace WATKINS,   b. 24 Mar 1898, Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 23 Mar 1966, New Zealand (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	16 Feb 1920	Little River, Canterbury, New Zealand   [2, 10]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F4126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Apr 1890 - Terang, Victoria, Australia Marriage - 16 Feb 1920 - Little River, Canterbury, New Zealand Death - Cause: Diabetes - 28 Jul 1935 - Buller, West Coast, New Zealand Burial - 30 Jul 1935 - Westport, West Coast, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  OBITUARY MR ALLAN FINDLAY Although it was expected, the passing of Mr Allan Findlay shocked the residents of Denniston where he was one of the most energetic and public-spirited of men, says the "Westport News." No cause found him withhold his services if it were a deserving one. He was mainly instrumental in the establishment of a gala day each year on the 3rd of June (the King's Birthday), and it was then that the annual six-a-side hockey tournament of the Buller district was held and an attraction which drew hundreds to the top of the mountain. He had been secretary since its inception of the County of Buller Hockey Sub-Association, and his loss to this branch of ladies' sport will be keenly felt. His services during the 1929 earthquake and the relief work which followed will ever stand to the credit of his name. As secretary of the school committee he was an indefatigable worker. He was one of those on whom Denniston owes a debt of gratitude for the establishment of an up-to-date secondary school and technical branch. He has been congratulated over and over again by the Nelson Education Board on the thoroughness of his work, and only at its last monthly meeting when speaking to a vote of the members for his speedy return to health, it was declared that he was the best school secretary among the very many under the Nelson Board. Mr Findlay was 45 years old at his death, and served with the Medical Corps during the Great War, was decorated with the D.C.M. for gallantry at Gallipoli, and invalided from the Peninsula. When well again he served in France. His funeral, which left the residence of his parents, Mr and Mrs J. Findlay, Mill street, Westport, was a military one. There was a very large number of cars conveying representatives of public and sporting bodies both from Denniston and the whole of the Buller district. Among those who were present were the Hon. W. H. Mclntyre, M.L.C., and Mr P. C. Webb, M.P. for Buller. The Rev. S. W. Webber conducted the service at the graveside, "The Last Post" being sounded by Bandsman V. McHerron. General regret is being expressed with his wife and sons and his parents and sister, Miss E. Findlay. Source: Nelson Evening Mail, 5 August 1935, Page 7.

  
  

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