About Geoffrey Nevill
Lived 1900 – 1972 (aged 71). Geoffrey Nevill was a New Zealand civil servant.
Geoffrey Nevill (31 October 1900 – 22 October 1972) was a New Zealand public servant who served as Resident Commissioner of the Chatham Islands and Cook Islands between 1950 and 1961.
Biography Born on 31 October 1900, Nevill was the son of Henry Guy Nevill and Rosa Louisa Nevill (née Bull). The younger brother of Arthur Nevill, Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air Force between 1946 and 1951, he attended school in Australia and Auckland Grammar School. He remained in post until retiring in January 1961.
In 1953, Nevill was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, and he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 New Year Honours.
Nevill died on 22 October 1972.
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New Zealand civil servant (1900-1972)
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Geoffrey Nevill died on 22 October 1972.
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Geoffrey Nevill was a civil servant.
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· DBpedia: Geoffrey Nevill (resident commissioner)
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