Williams, Denys William Wanklyn Biography 1971

WILLIAMS, Denys William Wanklyn
OBE [Order of the British Empire] (1961), JP [Justice of the Peace]
Sheep-farmer
Born Gisborne 1/10/1894, son of Right Reverend Bishop H. W. Williams; married 1925 Margaret A., daughter of G. Thomson; three sons, two daughters
Education: Heretaunga School, Hastings, Wanganui College
1912-14 sheep-farming Mangataihapua Station
1st NZEF, Wellington Mounted Rifles and MGS [Machine Gun Squad] 1914-19
Took up sheep-farming Tokomaru Bay 1920; Chairman Ruangarehu Limited; Director Gisborne Sheep-farmers Mercantile Company; Waiapu County Council 1929-62 (Chairman 1932-60); No 4 District Highways Council since 1932; Tokomaru Harbour Board 1929-62  (Department Chairman 1934-44); Poverty Bay Power Board 1944-50; Catchment Board 1945-50 (Executive Catchment Boards Association); Chairman Te Puia Domain Board 1932-60; Executive Gisborne East Coast Regional Planning Council; Chairman Waiapu zone Patrol Committee; member Soil Conservation Council 1954-62; member Executive NZ Counties Association 1954-62;  No 4 District Roads Council 1957-63
Coronation medal 1953
Recreation: rifle shooting, stamp collecting
Private address: 13 Lysnar Street, Gisborne