MYSTERY SOLVED
HIGH-RANKING AIRMAN IN N.Z. AS CHILD (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. The seeming mystery surrounding the identity of the recently promoted Air-Commodore Maynard, who was stated in a cable message to belong to Waiuku, New Zealand, has been solved. He was born -at the vicarage, Waiuku, near AuckHpd, in May, 1893. His father was from England and was vicar of Waiuku. A friend of the family residing at Waiuku states that the family were in New Zealand for about three years. They left when their son was about two years old.
During the Great War Air-Commo-dore Maynard was a flight-lieutenant in the R'oyal Air Force and piloted one of the escort planes which accompanied the Prince of Wales to France. Later he was attached to Lord Allenby’s stall in Egypt. When the last news reached New Zealand in 1923. he was married and had one son.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20137, 5 January 1940, Page 8
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149MYSTERY SOLVED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20137, 5 January 1940, Page 8
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