MR JOHN DAVID LAKE

Te Ao Hou, June 1960, Page 3

MR JOHN DAVID LAKE The late John David Lake was born at Christ-church in January, 1913. He was educated at the Riccarton Public School and the West Christ-church District High School. He qualified as an accountant by attending night classes after he left school and his first position was with Ford Dealers in Christchurch where he started as a junior. After he had qualified as an accountant, he transferred to Westport and acted as accountant to John Kilkenny Limited, the Ford dealers, for some years. He married in Westport and later transferred to Linwood Motors Limited, in Wanganui. He was with this firm, who are the General Motors dealers there, for some years during the Second World War. He was medically unfit for military service. In 1945, he returned to Christchurch to join his brother, Mr H. R. Lake, in the practice of public accountancy and since 1945, he was a partner first in the firm of Lake and Lake, and later of Lake, Lake, Glynn and Smith. In his younger days, he was a keen footballer and while in Christchurch he played senior grade football there, and represented Buller. In his later years he played golf and bowls. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Christchurch Golf Club. He leaves a wife and small daughter.