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BUCKLEY, Maurice William
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The Buckley family — The Buckey family of ‘Sunnyvale’, Rocky Gully Rd, Ma Waro, later ‘Pusey’, Fairlie.

Pictured in RFC uniform are Maurice Buckley (left) and Victor Buckley (standing in right of centre) wearing Mounted Rifles reinforcement collar badges. (Courtesy of M Newsome )

Service Chiefs of Staff, World War Two — A clipping from a family album, source unknown. (Courtesy of J Rowe )

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Birth

Date	03/08/1895	Place of Birth	Seacliff, Dunedin

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Served with	Royal Naval Air Service	Served in
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Other Units Served With	Royal Naval Air Service
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Date	3 November 1956	Age	61 years
Place of Death	Wellington
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Biographical Notes

Maurice William Buckley was the second son of Frederick Henry and Kate Eleanor (née Wilkinson) Buckley. Maurice was educated at Mornington School in Dunedin, Seacliff School near Dunedin, and Albury School before going to the Timaru Boys' High School. His brothers Frederick Waldorfe Buckley and Victor Lancaster Buckley also served in World War I. Maurice married Lykke Patricia Smidt (Pat) on 12 December 1928 at All Saints' Church, Palmerston North.

Maurice was a pioneer aviator with the NZ Aero Transport Compnay (and others), land later served in World War Two, rising to the rank of AIr Commodore in the RNZAF.

Sources

NZ BDM historical records indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 August 2014]; School Admission records (Dunedin Branch & South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [14 August 2018], Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [14 August 2018]; Temuka Leader, 21 December 1907, Timaru Herald, 20 June 1916, 25 May 1920, Star, 3 September 1917, Dominion, 20 May 1918, Press, 18 November 1921, 27 June 1923, 11 October 1924, Otago Daily Times, 19 November 1921 (Papers Past) [14 August 2018]; SCRoll web submission by J Rowe, 13 March 2020

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