Obituary ARCHDEACON G. H. GAVIN

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 17

Obituary ARCHDEACON G. H. GAVIN

(N Z. Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH, May 10. Archdeacon Gordon Hay Gavin died in New Plymouth today. He was 82. Born in Wellington, Archdeacon Gavin was the son of the Secretary to the Treasury, and first studied to be a dentist. He served as a chaplain in Egypt, France and Belgium in the First World War and was mentioned in dispatches. He studied dentistry in New Zealand, Canada and England. He was a qualified coin collector, stamp collector, member of the New Plymouth Historical Society, the New Plymouth Literary Society and the council of the New Plymouth Astronomical Society. He made a large collection of coins of the Roman Empire which he presented to the Otago Museum. Archdeacon Gavin became vicar at W’aitara in 1918, vicar of St. Mary’s, New Plymouth in 1932 and was appointed Archdeacon of Taranaki in 1930. He retired in 1960. MR H. T. KING I.V.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 10. Mr Harold Trevelyan King, a former president of the [Chemists’ Service Guild, died [today. He was 89. ' He was the Auckland representative of the Pharmacy Board for 20 years and for 10 years was national president of the Chemists’ Service Guild.