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🌀 R23881089	R23881089 Coroners inquests unnecessary - case files - Redding, Albert James; Ruddock, Mary Louise; Sowden, Harold Sheppard; Saxton, Frederick William; Thomas, Catherine Emily; O'Connor, Martin Anthony; Kingham, Henry Hill; Carnell, Nellie; Edlin, Ronald William; Boreham, Kerry Peter John; Janovich, Jack; Haawe, William; Ruston, William Hinds; Black, Thomas; Hocking, Beatrice Maude; Duggan, Florence Ann; Milne, Victor Dawson; Holstead, Richard Rothwell; Johnson, Mary Berry; Brehaut, Lucy Helen; McCready, Lawrence; Sims, Alan Montague; Browne, Joseph; McLaren, Allan Duncan; McCrae, Roderick Welsh; Terris, Jessie Cassles; Davy, Harold Arthur Charles; Coates, Dod Bertram; Craig, Jean Mitchell; Malcolm, Albert; Hutchinson, Gilbert Alexander; Coxon, May; Bassett, Charles Henry; Segar; Hector; Atkins, Arthur; Stanley, William Edward John; Baynes, Horatio Benjamin; Holcombe, Gilbert; McAllister, Lindsay Roy; Meiklejohn, Daniel Thomas; Byers, Mary Ann; Cuthers, Stanley; Williamson, Melva Joyce; 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Stead, Harold Arthur; Taylor, Harold Victor; Tiplady, Joseph Dover; Thompson, James Joseph; Wood, John James; Williams, Christopher Cornelius Stanley; Whitton, Nellie; Stein, Jean Mains; Bailey, Roland Lawrence Markest; Dillon, Inez Margaret; Thompson, William; Murray, John James ⓘ Raw data from Axiell backend Array ( [uri] => https://common.aims.axiellhosting.com/api/etl-entrystore/latest/aims/entry/34154688e2718f66952bcaabec25c228 [resource] => https://common.aims.axiellhosting.com/api/etl-entrystore/latest/aims/resource/R23881089 [context] => https://common.aims.axiellhosting.com/api/etl-entrystore/latest/aims [rdfType] => Array ( [0] => https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#Record ) [created] => 2022-01-25T16:08:16.858+00:00 [modified] => 2025-03-20T00:34:26.416+00:00 [graphType] => None [entryType] => Link [resourceType] => InformationResource [creator] => https://common.aims.axiellhosting.com/api/etl-entrystore/latest/_principals/resource/_admin [contributors] => Array ( [0] => https://common.aims.axiellhosting.com/api/etl-entrystore/latest/_principals/resource/_admin ) [public] => [metadata.predicate.uri.c74e2b73] => Array ( [0] => https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#Record [1] => https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#Identifier [2] => https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#ContentType [3] => https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#Place [4] => https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#ManagementRelation [5] => https://www.ica.org/standards/RiC/ontology#Date ) [metadata.predicate.literal_s.b0411a89] => Array ( [0] => aims ) [metadata.predicate.literal_s.26813aa4] => Array ( [0] => Coroners inquests unnecessary - case files - Redding, Albert James; 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Held At

Coroners inquests unnecessary - case files - Redding, Albert James; Ruddock, Mary Louise; Sowden, Harold Sheppard; Saxton, Frederick William; Thomas, Catherine Emily; O'Connor, Martin Anthony; Kingham, Henry Hill; Carnell, Nellie; Edlin, Ronald William; Boreham, Kerry Peter John; Janovich, Jack; Haawe, William; Ruston, William Hinds; Black, Thomas; Hocking, Beatrice Maude; Duggan, Florence Ann; Milne, Victor Dawson; Holstead, Richard Rothwell; Johnson, Mary Berry; Brehaut, Lucy Helen; McCready, Lawrence; Sims, Alan Montague; Browne, Joseph; McLaren, Allan Duncan; McCrae, Roderick Welsh; Terris, Jessie Cassles; Davy, Harold Arthur Charles; Coates, Dod Bertram; Craig, Jean Mitchell; Malcolm, Albert; Hutchinson, Gilbert Alexander; Coxon, May; Bassett, Charles Henry; Segar; Hector; Atkins, Arthur; Stanley, William Edward John; Baynes, Horatio Benjamin; Holcombe, Gilbert; McAllister, Lindsay Roy; Meiklejohn, Daniel Thomas; Byers, Mary Ann; Cuthers, Stanley; Williamson, Melva Joyce; Johnstone, Henry; Deason, Margaret Jessie; Melton, Barbara Wallace Murdock; Samways, Henry James; Bird, Ernest Samuel; Gare, Jessie May; Taylor, Vernon Crouch; Peters, Myra Adeline; Joseph, Louise Charmaine; Connolly, Christopher; Marsdon, John Pasco; Wilson, Garth Roberts; Stock, Harry Maurice; Summers, Nellie Stephens; Mallett, William James; Macdonald, Marie Alison; Irvine, Francis Mary; Heald, Thomas; Grigg, William Grey; Forster, Evelyn Blanche; Cuthbert, Robert; McCloskey, Ellen; Parker, Francis Redvers Kitchener; Baker, Charles Thomas; Breed, George Cecil; Burton, Amy Blanche; Boustridge, Frederick Leonard; Dixon, Arthur Albert; Ellis, Kathleen; Fitzpatrick, Charles Edward; Fryer, Elizabeth; Galvin, William Vincent John; Hawkins, Richard; Hislop, John Paton; Hawkins, James Edward; [Baby Haimona]; Lennane, John Patrick; Leggott, Irene Maude; Murphy, Lily; Robinson, James; Russell, Jesse Walter; Ritchie, James Grosvenor [Otherwise known as Wilson, James John]; Strichen, Bruce Ivan; Stead, Harold Arthur; Taylor, Harold Victor; Tiplady, Joseph Dover; Thompson, James Joseph; Wood, John James; Williams, Christopher Cornelius Stanley; Whitton, Nellie; Stein, Jean Mains; Bailey, Roland Lawrence Markest; Dillon, Inez Margaret; Thompson, William; Murray, John James

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Entity Type

Item

Code

R23881089

Year

1958

Series

Coroners Inquests, case files

Agency

Justice Department

Held At

Wellington repository

Item Type

Physical

Access

Open

Format

Text

Record Number

CR1958/101-200

Box Number

1537

Former Archives Reference

J46

Archives NZ

Item Inquiry — Reading Room Pre-Orders

Source

🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0

1958Wellington

1958

Wellington

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