Stephen Smith
New Zealand public administrator
About Stephen Smith
Lived 1887 – 1948 (aged 60–61).
Stephen John Smith (1887 – 3 November 1948) was a New Zealand public administrator. He served as Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands from 1937 until 1938.
Biography Born in 1887, Smith entered the New Zealand civil service as a young man. During World War I he was part of the New Zealand-led occupation of Western Samoa, where he rose to the position of secretary to the military governor. He was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935, and was appointed as Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands in 1937. However, the following year he was replaced by his predecessor Hugh Fraser Ayson and returned to New Zealand. He retired from public service shortly afterwards.
He died in Whanganui in November 1948.
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New Zealand public administrator
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Stephen Smith was born in 1887.
When did Stephen Smith die?
Stephen Smith died on 3 November 1948.
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