Lowe, Wallace George Biography 1971

LOWE, Wallace George
OBE [Officer of the Order of the British Empire] (1954), headmaster The Grange School (England), Santiago de Chile, explorer, lecturer, c/o Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London, SW7, England
Born: Napier, 15 January 1924, son of A Lowe; married 1961 Susan, daughter of Sir John Hunt, (now Lord Hunt)
Education: Hastings High School 1938-43; Wellington Teachers College 1944-45; VUW [Victoria University of Wellington] 1946
Began mountaineering during teaching holidays; member NZ Garwhai Expedition Himalayas 1951; British Cho Oyu expedition Himalayas 1952; British Everest expedition 1953; NZ Alpine Club Himalayan expedition 1954; photographer Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition 1955-58; joined teaching staff Repton School 1959; photographer British Greenland expedition 1960; photographer Hillary’s Himalayan Mountaineering & Scientific expedition 1960
Films: The Conquest of Everest (assistant cameraman); Antarctic Crossing; Greenland, 1960
Published: East of Everest; Because It Is There; articles mountaineering, photography
Recreation: mountaineering, music, photography
Private address: “Sunnybank”, Hastings