Giorgi, Ronald Victor Biography 1971

GIORGI, Ronald Victor
OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] (1970), JP [Justice of the Peace], managing director, Millar & Giorgi (HB) [Hawke’s Bay] Ltd, Box 25, Hastings
Born: Palmerston North, 24 April 1907, son of Arthur Giorgi; married 24-10-1934 Millicent Isobel, daughter of  Peter William Borrie; 2 sons 2 daughters
Education: Waitaki Boys High School; representative North Otago and Hawke’s Bay cricket; 1^st XV Waitaki Boys High School; Hawke’s Bay junior representative rugby; Mahora Swimming Club champ; Mayor Hastings 1959-; president Hastings RSA [Returned Services Association] 1951-; president Hastings Rotary 1948-49; past president Hawke’s Bay Retailers Association; chief Hastings Orphans Club 1948-49; chairman Hawke’s Bay Crematorium Board 1960; member  Waiapu Home Committee; member Heretaunga Plains Underground Water Authority 1960-, HHB Airport Authority 1962-, Hastings Fire Board 1960-, Hawke’s Bay University Trust Board, No. 5 District Road Council and member executive council; people’s warden Church of England, St Matthew’s Hastings 1954-60; member of Hastings and Hawke’s Bay Patriotic Welfare Committees
World War ll, 25 Battalion; Coronation Medal 1953; NZ Returned Services Association Certificate of Merit & gold star
Recreation: swimming, cricket
Private address: 200 Southland Rd, Hastings