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Bill Delph was born in Cambridge, England. A Cambridge graduate in science and WW 1 veteran, Bill lived for a period in Canada after the first World War, studying forest botany at University of Toronto at post-graduate level and also teaching at Upper Canada College. | Bill Delph was born in Cambridge, England. A Cambridge graduate in science and WW 1 veteran, Bill lived for a period in Canada after the first World War, studying forest botany at University of Toronto at post-graduate level and also teaching at Upper Canada College. | ||
| − | His war service was with the Canadian Engineers and the Royal Engineers Signals. After service in France he was in the Middle East, including serving at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba Battle of Beersheba] where he won the Military Cross. | + | His war service was with the Canadian Engineers and the Royal Engineers Signals<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19401019.2.17&srpos=8&e=01--1920-01-01-1945--10--1----2delph--Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 96, 19 October 1940, Page 7]</ref. After service in France he was in the Middle East, including serving at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Beersheba Battle of Beersheba] where he won the Military Cross. |
Bill's later career included a period as a science teacher at Kings College Auckland (1923-32) and later after a break from teaching, at New Plymouth Boys High School. | Bill's later career included a period as a science teacher at Kings College Auckland (1923-32) and later after a break from teaching, at New Plymouth Boys High School. | ||
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Leonard William (Bill) Delph 1892 - 1974
Bill Delph was born in Cambridge, England. A Cambridge graduate in science and WW 1 veteran, Bill lived for a period in Canada after the first World War, studying forest botany at University of Toronto at post-graduate level and also teaching at Upper Canada College.
His war service was with the Canadian Engineers and the Royal Engineers SignalsCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.
Reference
Bibiliography
- 1939 Cave Drawings Near Tongaporutu, Taranaki. Journal of the Polynesian Society, 48(2):116-21.
- and G Archey 1930 The Piraunui Pa at Matawhana, Waikato. Records of the Auckland Museum 1(1):57-69.
