SMITH, Alvin Lester

1927 - 2011  (84 years)

• Name	SMITH, Alvin Lester
  Birth	27 Apr 1927	Westmere, Auckland, NZ
  		Birth notice From the Auckland Star April 28 1927
  Gender	Male
  Education	1932	In the Anglican Church, Westmere, Auckland   [1]
  	Kindergarten. The child Colleen was there, who subsequently went through Westmere school. We folded paper. Probably the classes were only in the for-noon.
  	Age: 5
  Education	From 1933 to 1940	Westmere School, Auckland   [1]
  Education	From 1941 to 1943	Seddon Memorial Technical College, Auckland   [1]
  Employment	1944	Bycroft's biscuit factory, Auckland   [2]
  Employment	1944	Napier   [2]
  	From 17 July 1944 to when?
  Education	Abt 1949	Auckland University College   [1]
  	Physics I
  Education	1950	Auckland University College   [1]
  	English I, History I, Greek I. I think English I was the only unit I persevered with.
  Education	From 1951 to 1952	Auckland Training College   [1]
  Education	1953	Auckland University College   [1]
  Education	1966	Auckland   [3]
  	At varsity
  Employment	From 1967 to 1968	Tamaki College, Auckland
  Education	5 May 1967	Auckland
  	Graduated BA from Auckland University
  Employment	Between 1969 and 1973	Glenfield College, Auckland   [2]
  	Part-time and casual relieving work.
  Employment	1974	Don Holdaway's residence, Te Atatu   [2]
  	Working on Don's reading cards and books, and emplyed by Ashtons.
  Occupation	1995
  	In his later years he liked to describe himself as a 'Scholar'
  Reference Number	20
  Witness	3 Jan 1999	Barry Torkington's residence
  	990103: At Barry Torkington's place, Alvin was there when Ted Torkington died, of a heart attack.
  Death	27 Oct 2011	Northhaven Hospital, Whangaparaoa.
  	Age: 84
  	Died at Northhaven Hospital, Whangaparaoa. Gradual decline over 5 years, Vascular Dementia, then Pneumonia over 1 week. The executors for Alvin's estate were Vernon Smith and Barry Torkington
  		Death Certificate Death Certificate issued for Alvin Smith
  Burial	01 Nov 2011	Whangateau Cemetery.
  	At Whangateau Cemetery. Service was held at the Whangateau Hall by Nicola Tunnard from Jason Morrison Funeral Services,Warkworth.
  Person ID	I20	Main Tree | Descendant of Angus Matheson
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	SMITH, Victor Harvey,   b. 12 Jun 1887, Ti Point, NZ. BDM Online 1887/4645 d. 21 Jul 1976, Waitakere Hospital, Auckland, NZ (Age 89 years)
  Mother	TORKINGTON, Alma Winifred Maud,   b. 19 Aug 1900, Warkworth d. 09 Sep 1971, Auckland. BDM Registration Number 1971/37048 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	05 Jun 1926  [4]
  Documents		Marriage Certificate for Vic and Alma Smith
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Apr 1927 - Westmere, Auckland, NZ Education - From 1933 to 1940 - Westmere School, Auckland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Alvin Lester Smith Photo taken c.1954

  
  

  Headstones

  Alvin Smith plaque Bronze plaque

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Smith, Alvin, Personal recollection. [S64] Smith, Alvin. [S64] Smith, Alvin, Note of 1977. [S10] Smith, Vernon, 27 May 2004: he quoted from a copy of the marriage certificate that he obtained.