Gilbert Edward Archey OBE (1890 - 1974)

Born 4 Aug 1890 in Marygate, York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Myrtle Florence (Gee) Archey — married 1915 in New Zealand

Died 20 Oct 1974 at age 84 in Auckland, New Zealand

Biography

Gilbert Archey OBE is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Gilbert Archey OBE is an Anzac who served in World War Two.

Gilbert Archey OBE is Notable.

Gilbert Archey OBE lived in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

ARCHEY, Gilbert Edward - WW1 35513 - Army Archives New Zealand: R22271519

ARCHEY, Gilbert Edward - WWII 800508 - Army Archives New Zealand: R24095827

Gilbert Edward Archey was born at York, England, on 9 August 1890. His parents were Thomas Archey and Sarah (Triffitt) Archey.

Arrived with his parents and family in New Zealand in 1892. Thomas and Sarah Archey emigrated to New Zealand with their young children Helen, Gilbert and Norah in 1893, aboard the ship Ruahine. ^[1]

He graduated from Canterbury University College, Christchurch, M.A. D.Sc. about 1914 and became Assistant Curator of the Canterbury Museum, later joining the Auckland Institute and Museum in 1924.

During the First World War he served in the New Zealand Field Artillery, promoted to Captain before the end of the war.

During the Second World War he was attached to the British Military Administration in Malaya with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

He served on the New Zealand University Grants Committee and was President of the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1941-1942.

He was a member of the Maori Purposes Fund Board, the Waitangi National Trust Board, the Auckland branch of the Royal Society, and the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council.

Gilbert Archey was awarded an O.B.E. in 1919 and knighted in 1963.

He wrote for academic journals such as South Sea Folk (1937 and 1949) and wrote Sculpture and Design, an Outline of Maori Art pub:1955 and The Moa, a Study of the Dinornithiformes pub:1941.

Sources

1. ↑ "Passengers by the Ruahine" Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIX, Issue 9975, 2 March 1893, Page 4

• N.Z. Marriages - 1915/10675 - Myrtle Florence Gee -& Gilbert Edward Archey
• N.Z. Deaths - 1974/42008 - Archey Gilbert Edward - birth 4th August 1890
• Will & Probate - Archives New Zealand - ARCHEY Gilbert Edward - Auckland - Retired Museum Director
• Service Record First World War - ARCHEY, Gilbert Edward - WW1 35513 - Army
• Army Discharge 1920 - Archives New Zealand - ARCHEY, Gilbert Edward - WW1 35513 - DPF (Duplicate Personnel File)
• Territorials - WWII : Auckland Battalion National Military Reserve records Archives New Zealand - ARCHEY, Gilbert Edward - WWII 800508 - Army
• Archives New Zealand - ARCHEY, Gilbert Edward - WWI 35513, WWII 800508 - Army
• http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4a20/archey-gilbert-edward
• Wikipedia:Gilbert_Edward_Archey
• http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C85902