George Clinkard

George William Clinkard CBE JP (17 September 1893 – 27 January 1970) was a New Zealand public servant and trade commissioner.

Clinkard during World War I

Clinkard was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 September 1893.[1][2] His English parents were Julia Letitia Hooper and her husband, the farmer Cecil Clinkard.[2]

In 1935, Clinkard was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal,[3] and in 1953 he received the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[4] 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.[5]

Clinkard died in 1970 and his ashes were buried in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.[6]

References
  1. "Deaths". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LXXVIII, no. 23923. 25 March 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. Woodfield, Ted. "George William Clinkard". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. "Coronation Medal" (PDF). Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette. No. 37. 3 July 1953. pp. 1021–1035. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. "No. 40499". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3302.
  6. "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 3 December 2014.


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