Sir Patrick Jerad O'Dea (18 April 1918 – 28 August 2010) was a senior

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public servant who organised royal tours of New Zealand. He was educated in

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at the Christian Brothers School (now called Kavanagh College)Tom Donoghue, "Civil servant also a born diplomat", ''The Dominion Post'', 18 September 2010, pg. A25.
(retrieved 29 October 2010)

Death

O'Dea died on 28 August 2010, aged 92, after a long retirement in

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, where he is buried.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Odea, Patrick Jared 1918 births 2010 deaths New Zealand public servants New Zealand Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order People from Waikanae People educated at Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin

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