Biography
WILLIAM BEST
Burial register ID: | 15546 |
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Surname: | BEST |
First name: | WILLIAM |
Middle names: | |
Gender: | Male |
Age: | 65 Years |
Cause of death: | Unknown |
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Date of death: | 10-Mar-1936 |
Date of burial: | 12-Mar-1936 |
Block: | 191 | |
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Plot: | 107 | |
Inscription: |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF THY WILL BE DONE |
Son of William who was the captain of the Kakanui. Iron steamship, 83/57 tons. # 75223. Built at Dunedin , NZ, 1879; reg. Dunedin 11/1879. Lbd 97.5 x 14.5 x 7.5 ft. Captain William Best. Left Lusitania Bay, Macquarie Island, for New Zealand, on 3 January 1891 but was never seen or heard from again. She had been sent to the island on a rescue mission, to find a party of sealers, which they were successful in so doing. Eighteen lives lost. The Kakanui was to be the first of a number of vessels lost while supporting the seal and penguin oil operations at Macquarie Island established by Joseph Hatch of Invercargill, N.Z. [#TS1] |
Surname | First names | Age | Date of death | Date of burial |
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BEST | EVE | 59 Years | 11-May-1894 | 13-May-1894 |
BEST | MARGARET | 83 Years | 17-Mar-1953 | 19-Mar-1953 |
BEST | WILLIAM | 65 Years | 10-Mar-1936 | 12-Mar-1936 |
GORDON | EVE LILEY | 40 Years | 26-Feb-1931 | 28-Feb-1931 |
GORDON | HORATIO | 73 Years | 26-Oct-1927 | 28-Oct-1927 |
GORDON | MARY ELISABETH | 65 Years | 08-Jul-1921 | 11-Jul-1921 |
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