Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (1919 - 2008)

Born 20 Jul 1919 in Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Louise Mary (Rose) Hillary — married 3 Sep 1953 in Auckland, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 2008 at age 88 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

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Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, he and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. He was also a philanthropist who helped the Sherpa people of Nepal through his Himalayan Trust^[1]. He was an author of several books.

Early Life

Ed Hillary KG ONZ KBE lived in Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.

Edmund Percival (known as Ed) was born on 20 July 1919^[2] in Auckland, New Zealand, and his birth was registered at Panmure^[3]. He was the son of Percival Augustus Hillary and Gertrude Clark.

His family moved to Tuakau where his father established a weekly newspaper. Edmund attended Tuakau Primary School and later went to Auckland Grammar, facing a long travel time each day on the train.

A lover of adventure stories, Edmund was known to read long into the night. He climbed his first mountain in 1939, which was Mt Olivier in the Southern Alps.

Military Service

Sergeant Ed Hillary KG ONZ KBE served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s): No.5 Squadron, No.6 Squadron
Service ended:

He was listed on the World War II Ballot List on 6 November 1940^[4] as a honey producer living at 730 Remuera Road, Auckland. In February 1944 he joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force (Service number WWII NZ44808) as a Leading Aircraftman/Military ^[5] and trained to be a navigator. He served in the Pacific Theatre of War in No 6 (Flying Boat) Squadron, Halavo Bay, Florida Island (near Guadalcanal) until September 1945 and then in No 5 (Flying Boat) Squadron, Santo, until November 1945. His last rank was Sergeant.

After the war, Ed returned to his work as a bee-keeper and continued to climb mountains.

Fame

He married Louise Mary Rose in 1953^[6].

Sir Edmund died on 11 January 2008^[7].

Sources

1. ↑ Bing: Edmund Hillary Accessed 30 May 2023
2. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Birth Registration. Accessed 30 May 2023

   1919/8335 Hillary, Edmund Percival Mother=Gertrude Father=Percival Augustus DOB=20/07/1919

3. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1950. Microfiche. Accessed 30 May 2023
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   Edmund Percival Hillary birth registered in Jul to Sep 1919 in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

4. ↑ New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940-1945 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. Accessed 30 May 2023
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   Name: Edmund Percival Hillary; Gender: Male; Residence Place: Auckland, New Zealand; Inferred Residence Year: 1940; Publication Date: 6 Nov 1940.

5. ↑ Auckland War Memorial Museum He Toa Taumata Rau Online Cenotaph: Edmund Percival Hillary Accessed 30 May 2023
6. ↑ The Wilson Collection Marriages 1830-1960. Accessed 30 May 2023

   Surname: HILLARY; Forenames: Edmund Percival; Year; 1953; Bride Given Names: Louise Mary; Bride Surname: ROSE

7. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online (Digital Database), Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua Death Registration. Accessed 30 May 2023

   2008/2274 Hillary, Edmund Percival DOB=20 July 1919 DOD=11/01/2008

• Wikipedia contributors, "Edmund Hillary," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Accessed May 30, 2023