Walter Hurst

Walter Edmund Wilmshurst Hurst[1] CBE (1912–1987) [2] was an Anglican priest in the mid 20th century.[3]

Hurst was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1936. After curacies at Drumachose and Lower Hutt he was a Chaplain to the New Zealand Armed Forces during World War II. When peace returned he held incumbencies at Waiwhetū, Stratford and New Plymouth. He was Dean of Dunedin from 1956 to 1963; and Dean of Wellington from 1963 to 1977.[4]

In the 1976 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hurst was appointed a Companion of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the community.[5]

References
  1. World Cat
  2. St Peter's Cathedral
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980/82 p 507: Oxford, OUp, 1983 ISBN 0192000101
  4. Blain, Michael. Wellington Cathedral of S Paul: A History 1840–2001
  5. "No. 46921". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 12 June 1976. p. 8055.
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