George Clinkard
New Zealand public servant, trade commissioner
About George Clinkard
Lived 1893 – 1970 (aged 76). George Clinkard was a New Zealand.
George William Clinkard (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. His English parents were Julia Letitia Hooper and her husband, the farmer Cecil Clinkard. and in 1953 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. 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.
Clinkard died in 1970 and his ashes were buried in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.
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Who was George Clinkard?
New Zealand public servant, trade commissioner
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George Clinkard was born on 17 September 1893.
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George Clinkard died on 27 January 1970.
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