Teaching appointments and careers are listed in the NZ Gazettes for the early years of 1900, not sure when that ceased but worth a look. Graham On 16/06/2014 9:55 a.m., spark wrote: > How can I find information about a young teacher’s career in the 1930s? I > know about his military service and death in WWII, but I’m not clear about > his movements before he enlisted. > > Robert George LEDLIE was at Teacher’s College in Dunedin in 1936 (I have one > of his textbooks). Was that a three year course? In October 1939 (Auckland > Star reference) he was appointed Assistant Master at Ngataki school in the > Far North, presumably starting there at the beginning of 1940. In October > 1940 he enlisted for the Army in Kaitaia, and in December 1940 was balloted > for military service. He entered Burnham Camp on 7 January 1941, and > embarked from Wellington with the 4th Reinforcements on 1st February 1941, > after one month’s training. George died in a POW camp in Milan on 6 > September 1942. > > Would he have had any teaching appointment before 1940? Are teaching > appointments available anywhere? > > _______________________ > Stuart Park > Kerikeri, New Zealand > spark@xtra.co.nz > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Graham Jones, 139 Hokianga Road, DARGAVILLE 0310 09-439-8519

Exactly what I was going to say! :-) My only addition is - the New Zealand Society of Genealogists (NZSG, http://genealogy.org.nz/) has a copy of the NZ Gazette on hard-disk. Anyone can visit their library (FRC) and search it. NZSG members can also request a search from the Research Service, by email or post; details for this service are on the web site (in the members'-only section) and in the magazine. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Graham L Jones said the following on 16/06/2014 12:06: > Teaching appointments and careers are listed in the NZ Gazettes for the > early years of 1900, not sure when that ceased but worth a look. > > Graham > > On 16/06/2014 9:55 a.m., spark wrote: >> How can I find information about a young teacher’s career in the 1930s? I >> know about his military service and death in WWII, but I’m not clear about >> his movements before he enlisted. >> >> Robert George LEDLIE was at Teacher’s College in Dunedin in 1936 (I have one >> of his textbooks). Was that a three year course? In October 1939 (Auckland >> Star reference) he was appointed Assistant Master at Ngataki school in the >> Far North, presumably starting there at the beginning of 1940. In October >> 1940 he enlisted for the Army in Kaitaia, and in December 1940 was balloted >> for military service. He entered Burnham Camp on 7 January 1941, and >> embarked from Wellington with the 4th Reinforcements on 1st February 1941, >> after one month’s training. George died in a POW camp in Milan on 6 >> September 1942. >> >> Would he have had any teaching appointment before 1940? Are teaching >> appointments available anywhere? >> >> _______________________ >> Stuart Park >> Kerikeri, New Zealand >> spark@xtra.co.nz

Thanks for l the helpful comments. In fact DIA (gazette@dia.govt.nz) run a very helpful service, fast and free - they will email an image of a Gazette page provided you know what page to ask for. I now have two references for him in the 1940 Gazette, both being alphabetical lists of teachers. Page 528 says he holds a C certificate and his grading is P.195, page 599 says his graded number is 195 and he holds an A position in Auckland District. Not sure I can unravel the arcane matter of teacher grading, and not sure I will be any further ahead if I could! _______________________ Stuart Park Kerikeri, New Zealand spark@xtra.co.nz  Visit my Glass blog at http://newzealandglass.blogspot.co.nz/ -----Original Message----- From: new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:new-zealand-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Wendy Howard Sent: Monday, 16 June 2014 12:54 p.m. To: new-zealand@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [nz] Teaching career 1930s Robert George LEDLIE Exactly what I was going to say! :-) My only addition is - the New Zealand Society of Genealogists (NZSG, http://genealogy.org.nz/) has a copy of the NZ Gazette on hard-disk. Anyone can visit their library (FRC) and search it. NZSG members can also request a search from the Research Service, by email or post; details for this service are on the web site (in the members'-only section) and in the magazine. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Graham L Jones said the following on 16/06/2014 12:06: > Teaching appointments and careers are listed in the NZ Gazettes for > the early years of 1900, not sure when that ceased but worth a look. > > Graham > > On 16/06/2014 9:55 a.m., spark wrote: >> How can I find information about a young teacher’s career in the >> 1930s? I know about his military service and death in WWII, but I’m >> not clear about his movements before he enlisted. >> >> Robert George LEDLIE was at Teacher’s College in Dunedin in 1936 (I >> have one of his textbooks). Was that a three year course? In October >> 1939 (Auckland Star reference) he was appointed Assistant Master at >> Ngataki school in the Far North, presumably starting there at the >> beginning of 1940. In October >> 1940 he enlisted for the Army in Kaitaia, and in December 1940 was >> balloted for military service. He entered Burnham Camp on 7 January >> 1941, and embarked from Wellington with the 4th Reinforcements on 1st >> February 1941, after one month’s training. George died in a POW camp >> in Milan on 6 September 1942. >> >> Would he have had any teaching appointment before 1940? Are teaching >> appointments available anywhere? >> >> _______________________ >> Stuart Park >> Kerikeri, New Zealand >> spark@xtra.co.nz The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message