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George V Silver Jubilee Medal
The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V. Issue This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir by King George V to commemorate his Silver Jubilee. It was awarded to the Royal Family and selected officers of state, officials and servants of the Royal Household, ministers, government officials, mayors, public servants, local government officials, members of the navy, army, air force and police in Britain, her colonies and Dominions. For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that United Kingdom authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the Commonwealth countries and Crown dependencies and possessions. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the local government authority, who were free to decide who would be awarded a medal and why. A total of 85,234 medals were awarded, including *6,500 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Hartwell James
Sir Walter Hartwell James , (29 March 1863 – 3 January 1943) was the fifth Premier of Western Australia and an ardent supporter of the federation movement. Background and early career James was born in Perth, in what was then the British colony of Western Australia. He was educated at Perth Boys School and later at Perth High School (now Hale School). After his father's death, his mother remarried to George Randell, a member of the Legislative Council. James was thus the step-brother of Ernest Randell, who later played cricket for Western Australia. In his youth, James worked as a jackaroo at De Grey Station in the Pilbara, but after being shipwrecked off Rottnest Island in 1883 on his way to the Pilbara, he turned to the legal profession. He was articled to George Leake in 1883, and was admitted to the Western Australian bar in 1888. Shortly afterwards he went into partnership with Leake. James also played football for the Rovers Football Club in the West Australian Foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Archey
Sir Gilbert Edward Archey (4 August 1890 – 20 October 1974) was a New Zealand zoologist, ethnologist, World War I officer, and museum director. He wrote one of the major works on the moa, based on his own field work and collection. He also published numerous articles and described many new animal species. Early life and education Archey was born to Thomas Archey and Sarah Triffitt in York, England in 1890, and emigrated to New Zealand with his parents, at age two. He graduated from Canterbury University College, Christchurch, with the degree of M.A. with honours in zoology in 1913. Career After a period teaching at Nelson College, Archey was Assistant Curator of the Canterbury Museum from 1914 to 1923, where he studied and published papers on numerous New Zealand fauna. He particularly worked on New Zealand moa, Dinornithiformes, extinct macroflauna birds. He was then appointed Director of the Auckland Institute and Museum in 1924, and was personally responsible for getting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Ansell
Alfred Edward Ansell (1876 – 16 February 1941) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Ansell was born in 1876 in Dunedin. He was elected to the Chalmers electorate in the 1928 general election, but was defeated in 1935. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V. Issue This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir by King George V to commemorate his Silver J .... He died unexpectedly on 16 February 1941. References 1876 births 1941 deaths Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs New Zealand MPs for Dunedin electorates Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election {{NewZealand-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George James Anderson
George James Anderson (1860 – 15 December 1935) was a Reform Party (New Zealand), Reform Party Member of Parliament, and a minister in the Reform Government of New Zealand, Reform Government from 1912 to 1928. Biography He won the Mataura (New Zealand electorate), Mataura electorate in Southland in the 1908 New Zealand general election, 1908 general election, defeating a government minister Robert McNab on his entry into politics. He held the seat until he was defeated in the 1928 New Zealand general election, 1928 general election. He was Minister of Internal Affairs (1919–25), and Minister of Labour, Mines and Marine (1919–28). He was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council, Legislative Council in 1934 and served until he died in 1935. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. References Entry at ''Dictionary of New Zealand Biography'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, George 1860 births 1935 deaths Reform Party (New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Allum
Sir John Andrew Charles Allum (27 January 1889 – 16 September 1972) was a New Zealand businessman and engineer, and was Mayor of Auckland City from 1941 to 1953. Biography Early life and career Allum was born in London and educated at Goldsmiths College. He became a clerk and on 5 March 1908, he married Annie Attwood at Lewisham, and they emigrated to New Zealand the following year. He settled in Auckland briefly before working in Dunedin for four years before returning to Auckland in 1914. His stay was intended to be temporary, but he ended up living there the rest of his life. Allum was elected to the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce in 1919. An electrical engineer, Allum founded Allum Electrical in Auckland in 1922. He was the managing director of the company for many decades until his son Robert took over. Political career He was a member of the Auckland City Council from 1920 to 1929 when he was defeated. He was defeated again in 1931 trying to reclaim a coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Allen (colonial Administrator)
Sir Stephen Shepherd Allen (2 August 1882 – 4 November 1964) was a New Zealand lawyer, farmer, colonial administrator, local-body politician, and mayor of Morrinsville. Allen was the son of William Shepherd Allen, an MP in both the United Kingdom and New Zealand. His mother was Elizabeth Penelope Candlish, daughter of John Candlish. His brother William Allen was an MP in England. He served in World War I, being appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1919 King's Birthday Honours, and in the Territorial Army, and was Administrator of the colony of Western Samoa (now Samoa) from 1928 to 1931. His rule of Samoa was marked by the attempted suppression of the Mau movement - culminating on 29 December 1929 with the "Black Saturday" killing of eleven non-violent protesters, including the Mau leader, Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III. Allen was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1933 King's Birthday Honours. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Allen (New Zealand Politician)
Sir James Allen (10 February 1855 – 28 July 1942) was a prominent New Zealand politician and diplomat. He held a number of the most important political offices in the country, including Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was also New Zealand's Minister of Defence during World War I. Early life Allen was born in Adelaide, Australia. After his mother's early death, his father took him to Dunedin, New Zealand, where the family resided for several years. In either 1861 or 1862, however, Allen and his brother were given into the care of an uncle in Somerset, England. Shortly afterwards, Allen's father also died, leaving him an orphan. Despite this rather turbulent beginning to his life, Allen made a good start. After first attending Clifton College in Bristol (having won a scholarship to do so), he gained admittance to St John's College at Cambridge University. He graduated with a BA in 1877. Shortly afterwards, Allen decided to return to Dunedin, where he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Acland (surgeon)
Sir Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland (10 September 1874 – 15 April 1956) was a New Zealand surgeon. Early life He was born in 1874 in Christchurch. Bishop Harper and Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet were his grandfathers; John Acland was his father and Jack Acland, MP for in the 1940s, was his son. The artist Bessie Acland was his sister. Acland was one of the first doctors in New Zealand who confined their medical practice to surgery. He joined the New Zealand Medical Corps for World War I and survived the sinking of the SS ''Marquette'' in 1915. In 1924, Acland bought Chippenham Lodge in Browns Road, St Albans, which had previously belonged to John Evans Brown. His family lived there for the rest of his life. Local politics Acland was elected to the North Canterbury Hospital Board in 1927 and remained a member for the following 17 years. He contested the election for Mayor of Christchurch in 1935 and was narrowly beaten by the incumbent, Labour's Dan Sullivan. The electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Laurie Rees
Elizabeth Laurie Rees ( Johnston; 1865–1939) was an English-born Australian temperance and women's rights activist. She was a key leader in the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Victoria, serving twenty years as the general secretary. She also served in a variety of leadership roles for the national Australian WCTU, including treasurer, corresponding secretary, and national president. She was the inaugural editor of the national WCTU magazine, ''White Ribbon Signal''. A devoted Baptist, she helped launch the Victorian Baptist Women's Association with Cecilia Downing in 1925. In 1928, as president of the Victorian Baptist Women's Association, she attended the World Baptist Congress in Toronto, Canada, and was the only woman to lead devotions at the event. In 1935, Rees was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal for her work on temperance. Early life and education Elizabeth Laurie Johnston was born on 18 December 1865 in London, England. Known by the nickname "Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fanny Reading
Fanny Reading (born Fanny Rubinovich; 2 December 1884 – 19 November 1974) was a Jewish Australian community leader and medical practitioner. Reading is widely credited with encouraging Jewish Australian women to become more widely involved in discussions about Jewish issues throughout much of the 20th century.Rubinstein, Hillary L (1988Reading, Fanny (1884-1974) ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 11. Accessed 8 November 2018.Reading, Fanny (1884-1974) ''The Australian Women's Register''. Accessed 8 November 2018. Early life and education Fanny Rubinovich was born in near |
Alick McCallum
Alexander McCallum (28 October 1877 – 12 July 1937) was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for South Fremantle in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1921 to 1935. He served as Minister for Works from 1924 to 1930. From 1933 to 1935 he was Deputy Premier of Western Australia The deputy premier of Western Australia is a role in the Government of Western Australia assigned to a responsible Minister in the Australian state of Western Australia. It has second ranking behind the premier of Western Australia in Cabinet, ... and Minister for Public Works and Labour. He also represented the South Fremantle Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) in one match during the 1904 season. References 1877 births 1937 deaths Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly South Fremantle Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Australian sportsperson-politicians B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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