SMITH, Vernon Leigh

1940 -  (85 years)

• Name	SMITH, Vernon Leigh
  Birth	24 Jul 1940	Auckland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Jul 1945	Westmere Primary School
  Education	1951	Pasadena Intermediate School
  Education	1953	Seddon Memorial Technical College
  Employment	1958	Auckland
  	In the 7th form year at SMTC Vern was awarded an engineering scholarship with the NZPO to attend university to study for a BE (Electrical) degree. The scholarship was conditional on working a minimum of 5 years for the NZPO upon graduation.
  Education	1959	Auckland University
  Education	1960	Auckland University, Ardmore Engineering School
  Education	30 Nov 1964	Auckland University
  	Graduated with Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
  Employment	1969	Great Britain
  	Vern was awarded a CBI scholarship to study telecomminication systems and work at the British Post Office in London and Edinburgh.
  Married	17 Apr 1971	Orewa
  Residence	May 1971	133 Donald St, Wellington
  	Vern and Sally lived in a flat at 133 Donald St, karori in Wellington while having a house built in the suburb of Newlands.
  Residence	1973	105A Royal Rd, Massey, Auckland
  Residence	Sep 1997	29 Sturm Ave, Massey, Auckland
  Person ID	I23	Main Tree | Ancestor of Vern Smith, Descendant of Angus Matheson , Descendent of Vern Smith, The Walkley Family, Ward and Walkley
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2022

  
  

  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  [2]
  Documents		Marriage Certificate for Vic and Alma Smith
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WARD, Sally Lowe,   b. 15 Mar 1944, Auckland (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1971	Orewa, North Auckland
  Children	+ 1. SMITH, Dr Russell Leigh,   b. 19 Jul 1972, Wellington (Age 53 years) + 2. SMITH, Raewyn Michele,   b. 30 Dec 1974, Auckland (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Vern and Sally lived in a flat at 133 Donald St, karori in Wellington while having a house built in the suburb of Newlands. - May 1971 - 133 Donald St, Wellington Residence - 1973 - 105A Royal Rd, Massey, Auckland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Vern Smith Taken at Alvin's eightieth birthday celebrations at the Whangateau Hall. April 2007

  
  

• Sources

  [S426] Birth Certificate, (3rd December 1953), Birth Certificate for Vernon Leigh Smith. [S10] Smith, Vernon, 27 May 2004: he quoted from a copy of the marriage certificate that he obtained.