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Family: William Harold Bright RAWSON, ,of Opotiki New Zealand & Millaa Millaa,Queensland / Maude Jane LEECE (F7179)

• Father | Male William Harold Bright RAWSON, ,of Opotiki New Zealand & Millaa Millaa,Queensland

  
  

  Born	1870	Wellington, Shropshire, England
  Died	4 Feb 1949	Atherton District Hospital, Atherton, Queensland, Australia
  Buried	5 Feb 1949	Atherton Cemetery, Queensland, Australia
  Married	7 Jul 1902	St Mary's Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland , New Zealand
  Father	Robert RAWSON, ,of Stirling House,Jersey ,and Opotiki , Auckland | F7210 Group Sheet
  Mother	Martha "Mattie" SHORE | F7210 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Maude Jane LEECE

  
  

  Born	12 Sep 1879	Woodlands, Ribchester, Lancashire, England
  Christened	25 Sep 1879	St Wilfrid, Ribchester, Lancashire, England
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Father	John William LEECE, ,grazier,of Ngaheia,Bay of Islands, New Zealand | F7177 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret HOLMES, ,daughter of Rev. John Holmes,of Waterford | F7177 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Harold Bright"Harry" RAWSON

  
  

  Born
  Died	10 Jun 1932	the vicinity of Atherton , Queensland, Australia
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male Arnold Bright RAWSON

  
  

  Born	14 Mar 1916	Auckland, New Zealand
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Ref:NZ BDM 1902/1979 , Auckland Star, 16 July 1902, Page 3 - William and family spent five years in the Friendly Islands(Tonga) where he was manager of the Experimental Farm. Returning to New Zealand he held a similar position at the Waikato Experimental Farm. Owing to ill health he was advised to go to a warm climate and high altitude. Accompanied by his wife and two sons they arrived in Cairns in 1923, thence to Tarzali and bought the Delaforce farm on Woolley's Road, Millaa Millaa.