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Early NZ HistoryCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Intention to Marry Index (1882-1899)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call 2nd NZEF Roll of Honour (Northlanders)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsMatthews, Cecil Henry        🔍 ASH

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Otago Nominal Index        🔍 ASH

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NZ Presbyterian MarriagesCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Auckland Museum Online CenotaphCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Cecil Henry Matthews

NZ4210090 World War II, 1939-1945 Cecil Henry Matthews (13 October 1914 – 8 November 1987) was born in Christchurch, he represented New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney. At the Berlin Olympics, Matthews competed in the 5000 metres but was eliminated in the heats. He also faced tendon issues, possibly due to training conditions on the ship Wanganella. Under the guidance of Olympic 1500 metres winner Jack Lovelock, Matthews achieved significant success at the 1938 British Empire Games. He won gold medals in both the three-mile and six-mile events, despite having no prior experience in the latter distance. Matthews attributed his victories to Lovelock's coaching. Domestically, Matthews won the New Zealand national three-mile title in 1936 and 1938. During World War II, he served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force. After the war, he moved to Auckland, where he lived until his death in 1987. 13 Oct 1914 War Medal 1939-1945 New Zealand War Service Medal 08 Nov 1987
WWII Military Draft ListsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

From 1940-45, men aged 18-46 were selected by ballot for potential service with the Armed Forces under New Zealand's wartime conscription. Twenty-four ballot lists were published in the NZ Gazette.

NOTE: Being listed in a ballot did not necessarily mean the person served in the military. Some had already volunteered, others were found medically unfit, granted deferment or exemption on appeal, or were never called up for active service. These records document those selected for possible service, not confirmed service personnel.

Source: Indexed by Luke Howison from 24 NZ Gazette ballot lists, provided by NZLII

Registration No Surname Forenames Occupation Address Military District Gazette Ref Page No PDF Link
279991 Matthews Cecil Henry cabinet machinist 25 Tabart St., Opawa Christchurch Vol 38, 7 May 1941 1241 View Page
279991 Matthews Cecil Henry cabinet machinist 25 Tabart St., Opawa Christchurch Vol 38, 7 May 1941 1241 View Page
NZ Servicemen buried in Kranji (Singapore)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call POWs (Northlanders)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Alexander Turnbull LibraryMatthews, Cecil Henry        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call Medals (Northlanders)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Freedom's Call - Other Forces (Northlanders)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Gate Pa & Te Ranga, 1864Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Porirua War StoriesCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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WW1 returned soldiers land holdingsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (killed in line of duty)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Police (deaths in line of duty)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Medical Practitioners (1840-1930)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Cotter Museum Doctors' FilesCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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1867-1870 Medical RegistrationsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Education Dept Staff RegisterCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Methodist Ministers (1822-1940)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Anglican Clergy (pre-1952)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1872-1926)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Dunedin Railways Staff Register (1903-1928)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Vaccination Appointments 1872-1885Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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1918 Flu Pandemic VictimsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Births        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Mother's Given Name(s)Father's Given Name(s)Still Birth
1914/27399
Matthews Cecil Henry Emmeline MaryClarence-Order Product
1914/27399
Matthews Cecil Henry Emmeline Mary Clarence
Old Colonists' Association Register, 1919-1934Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Burgess Roll for the City of Auckland, 1887-1888Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Early Settlers Roll, Auckland ProvinceCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City Early ResidentsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Hutt City ObituariesCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Taita Hall Donors (Lower Hutt)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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West Coast Accidental DeathsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Paparoa & Blackball coalminer deathsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Christchurch 1918 influenza victimsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Sumner School for Deaf ChildrenCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Porirua Cemetery (unmarked graves)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Whenua Tapu (unmarked graves)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Intention to Marry ProjectCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Transcriptions NZCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Archives NZCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name
1942/5748
Joyce Gertrude Hunter Cecil Henry Matthews Order Product
1942/5748
Joyce Gertrude Hunter Cecil Henry Matthews
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Tinui HistoryCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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RegistrationFamily NameGiven Name(s)Born (approx.)Age at Death (approx.)
1987/48327
Matthews Cecil Henry 13 October 1914  🔍NZ
72 yearsOrder Product
1987/48327
Matthews Cecil Henry 13 October 1914  🔍NZ
72 years
NZ War GravesCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Masterton Anglican HistoryCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Soldiers of Empire - Muster RollsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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The Treasury (Coromandel-Hauraki)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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New Zealand Gazette IndexCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Transcribed and indexed with AI tools; verify important info with the original PDF sources (linked)

Source: 1840-2017 New Zealand Gazette (and related periodicals) indexed from various public sources, including VUW, NZLII, gazette.govt.nz, WCC Libraries and Papers Past. Usage/copyright varies: Public domain / Crown copyright / fair use / CC-BY 3.0 NZ

26 results for Cecil Henry Matthews

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...h H. .. .. Christchurch. Matthews, Cecil Henry .. .. Christchurch. Nel... 🎓 Technological Examinations Results, 1938 3 February 1939 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...xton .. .. Invercargill. Matthews, Cecil Henry .. .. Christchurch. Nel... 🎓 Technological Examinations Results, 1939 20 February 1940 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...ivery, Greendale. 279901 Matthews, Cecil Henry, cabinet machinist, 25 ... 🛡️ Military Area No. 10 (Christchurch) Service Register 1941 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...e, Dip.F.A. C II 21/2/51 Matthews, Cecil Henry .. II 27/2/51 Meuli, Ed... 🎓 Supplementary Teachers’ Register, 1951 3 April 1951 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
.... Dated 18 October 1954. Cecil Henry Matthews to be 2nd Lieutenant (on... 🛡️ New Zealand Army appointments, promotions, transfers and retirements 1954 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII

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...ght. No. 22594.—25th March.—C. H. Matthews, Wellington, N.Z. Means for... 🏭 Applications for Letters Patent Filed 1907 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...9 5 May, 1906.. 23 7 March. Matthews, C. H., Wellington, N.Z. Means fo... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Patent Applicants 1907 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...rd-table, Re-covering .. .. C. H. Matthews .. .. 22594 25 March .. .. ... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Inventions for Quarter ending 31st March, 1907 1907 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...r. No. 24163.—23rd March. — C. H. Matthews, Wellington, N.Z. Billiard-... 🏭 Applications for Letters Patent Filed 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
... Matteis. (See De Matteis.) Matthews, C. H., Wellington, N.Z. Billiard... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Applicants for Letters Patent - Continued 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...b.* Billiard-table .. .. .. C. H. Matthews .. .. .. 24163 23 March .. ... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Inventions for Quarter ending 31st March, 1908 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...is, carburetter. No. 24163.—C. H. Matthews, billiard-table. No. 24165.... 📰 Provisional Specifications accepted for Letters Patent 13 April 1908 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...pring and frame. No. 24163.—C. H. Matthews, billiard-table. No. 24165.... 🏭 List of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications 1909 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...pring and frame. No. 24163.—C. H. Matthews, billiard-table. No. 24164.... 🏭 List of Lapsed Letters Patent Applications 1909 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...an tray 25740 22 Mar. .. .. Matthews, C. H., Wellington, N.Z. Billiard... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Applicants for Letters Patent 1909 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
... 11 Feb.* Billiard-table .. C. H. Matthews 24163 23 Mar., 1908 16 25 F... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Inventions for Quarter ending 31st March, 1909 1909 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
...51 19 Dec. 4 14 Jan., 1909. Matthews, C. H. Wellington, N.Z. 49 7638 2... 🏭 Alphabetical List of Applicants for Registration of Trade Marks 1909 NZ Gazette PDF VUW
..., 1917. 22/254, Staff Nurse C. H. Matthews. Dated 3rd December, 1917. ... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, and Transfers of Officers on Active Service with the N.Z. Expeditionary Force 1919 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...th October, 1921 :- Captain C. H. Matthews. 2nd Lieutenant R. E. F. Ba... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Resignations, and Transfers of Officers of the Territorial Force 15 November 1921 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...chool Cadets 2nd Lieutenant C. H. Matthews to be Lieutenant. Dated 1 N... 🛡️ Promotion within Napier Boys' High School Cadets 1 November 1956 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
....a., Selwyn College Cadets. C. H. Matthews, Napier Boys' High School C... 🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Resignations, and Retirements of Officers of the New Zealand Army 1 August 1957 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
....Z. .. .. Marlborough Coll. Matthews, C. H. .. .. Napier Boys' H.S. Ma... 🎓 List of Teachers and their Schools 1959 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
....Z. .. .. Marlborough Coll. Matthews, C. H. .. .. Napier Boys' H.S. Ma... 🎓 Full-time Assistants in Post-primary Schools and Manual Training Centres as at 31 October 1959 (Continued) 27 January 1960 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
....I.A.N.Z. Napier Boys' H.S. Matthews, C. H. Motueka H.S. A Meagher, F.... 🎓 List of Secondary School Staff 1961 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...A.N.Z. .. Marlborough Coll. Matthews, C. H. .. Napier Boys' H.S. A Mea... 🎓 Full-time Assistants in Post-primary Schools as at 2 April 1963 1963 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
...0 November 1964. Lieutenant C. H. Matthews resigns his commission. Dat... 🛡️ Napier Boys’ High School Cadets - Postings and Resignations 30 November 1964 NZ Gazette PDF VUW PDF NZLII
Soldiers of Empire - Medal RollsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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WWI Military DefaultersCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Nominal rolls: Second New Zealand Expeditionary ForceCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Biographies of the Pioneer Land SurveyorsCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Caversham Project Electoral Rolls (1893-1938)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveCecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH
Whakatere Heritage Collections (Ashburton)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Archives Central (Manawatū-Whanganui)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)Cecil Henry Matthews        🔍 ASH

Discover EverAfter manages burial records for several cemeteries around New Zealand

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Name Date of Death Age at Death Cemetery Funeral Type
Cecil Henry MATTHEWS 8 Nov 1987 📰 73 Purewa Crematorium, Auckland Region Cremation
Cecil Henry MATTHEWS 8 Nov 1987 📰 73 Purewa Crematorium, Auckland Region Cremation