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 

I think Education Dept records are likely to be scattered around the varous Education Boards that would have employed him. My Fath taught during the same period in at least three Board Districts. In 1942 he was in TeAroha and applied to join the ATC. I found his entire school teaching history (up to 1942) in his military records. His application form was on file, in his hand writing Murray Reid Mangatangi ----- Original Message ----- From: "spark" <spark@xtra.co.nz> To: <new-zealand-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 9:55 AM Subject: [nz] Teaching career 1930s Robert George LEDLIE 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

Thanks, Murray. I have his service record, but the only mention of his teaching is on his enlistment form. Ngataki may have been his only school appointment - was an 'Assistant Master' a first year out of Training College appointment? _______________________ Stuart Park Kerikeri, New Zealand spark@xtra.co.nz  Visit my Glass blog at http://newzealandglass.blogspot.co.nz/ -----Original Message----- From: mhhr [mailto:mhhr@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Monday, 16 June 2014 10:17 a.m. To: spark; new-zealand-l@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [nz] Teaching career 1930s Robert George LEDLIE I think Education Dept records are likely to be scattered around the varous Education Boards that would have employed him. My Fath taught during the same period in at least three Board Districts. In 1942 he was in TeAroha and applied to join the ATC. I found his entire school teaching history (up to 1942) in his military records. His application form was on file, in his hand writing Murray Reid Mangatangi ----- Original Message ----- From: "spark" <spark@xtra.co.nz> To: <new-zealand-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 9:55 AM Subject: [nz] Teaching career 1930s Robert George LEDLIE 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

Hi Stuart: The schools for that period (1930s) are probably in the Education Department Annual Reports, some of which used to list schools by district with a list of teachers, giving salary and grade. However I could not see him listed in the AJHRs online. And Ngataki School may have been a Native School which may have been administered differently. Teachers by grade were listed in some New Zealand Gazette also. Yours, John Wilson . Subject: [nz] Teaching career 1930s Robert George LEDLIE 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?