Rev. Alan Montgomery GOSS (1922 – 2014)
Name
Rev. Alan Montgomery GossGender
MaleBirthdate
16 October 1922Birthplace
AhuririMarriage(s)
Date of death
30 June 2014Place of death
Hawke's Bay Regional HospitalParents
- Albert Roy Goss (15/9/1889-23/8/1846)
- Ruby Aileen Goss (27/3/1893-2/1/1981)
Partner(s)
- Shirley Margaret Goss, nee Thomas (19/7/1932-6/3/2014)
Children
- Peter Goss
- John Goss
Primary education
Port Ahuriri SchoolSecondary education
Napier Boys' High SchoolTertiary education
Knox College, DunedinBiography
Clerk at State Advances Corporation, 1940-1941 and 1946-1950
War service, 1941-1946
Went to Middle East and Italy on the “New Amsterdam”, 1943
Italian Campaign, 1943-1945; 3rd Survey Battery, Flashspotting Troop. and 9th Anti-Tank Regiment, 4.2 Mortars
Hawke’s Bay Education Board, 1950-1953
Presbyterian Church of New Zealand Youth Staff, 1950-1953
Ordained as Presbyterian minister, 1959
Director of Christian Education, Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, 1957-1965
Parish ministries at St David’s, Napier; St Columba’s, Havelock North (Associate Minister), Tamatea Community Church
President Hawke’s Bay Prisoners’ Aid and Rehabilitation Society
Chairman Hawke’s Bay Community Work Trust
Chairman Ecumenical Committee On Hospital Chaplaincy
Co-ordinator of Hawke’s Bay Group of Sea of Faith and on National Steering Committee
Accession number
721913Supporters and sponsors
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