About Walter Averill
Lived 1895 – 1955 (aged 60). Walter Averill was a priest.
Walter Wootton Averill (12 May 189518 November 1955) was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid-twentieth century New Zealand.
The eldest son of Alfred Averill, Archbishop of New Zealand, Walter was born at Christchurch, and became elder brother to Leslie Averill. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and trained for the ministry (with an interruption during the Great War) at St John's College, Auckland (gaining a University of New Zealand degree). After a curacy in Cambridge he held incumbencies at Hauraki Plains (1926–1928), Ponsonby (2 February 19281945), Timaru (21 March 1945 – 1953) and Merivale (until his death). While at Ponsonby, he was also appointed a Canon of the cathedral and archdeacon (from 1938); in Timaru he became (additionally) Archdeacon of Timaru on 27 April 1945, holding that post until his arrival at Merivale.
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New Zealand priest
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Walter Averill was born on 12 May 1895.
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Walter Averill died on 18 November 1955.
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Walter Averill was a priest.
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