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Reginald Ernest Guilford was b: 19 Feb 1908 at New Plymouth and d: 18 Nov 1945 at Hunterville aged 38 yrs. He was bur: Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui on 20 Nov 1945 1913 He was admitted to his first school, Kaitangiweka Waitomo on 3 Feb 1913 and in Feb 1915 attended the Te Puke School; 1919 at Rangiuru School and later, same year 16 Jun 1919 at the Paengaroa School ; 20 Sep 1920 the Otaki School .
Guilford children: Back row: Stella, Mick and Reg; Front: Doris, Horace and Doug Reg's mother died 29 Apr 1939 and was followed by
the outbreak of WW2. Reg was a chemical worker living at 17
Liverpool St Wanganui whe he enlisted at Wanganui, Army Number: 33946
(Nominal Roll: 1 Jul 1940 - 31 Mar 1941) Embarkation: 1940-1941 and gave
his father as Next of Kin, Mr E A Guilford at Kakaramea Rd
Kakaramea Evening Post, 30 October 1941 = ROLL OF HONOUR ; SECOND N.Z.E.F. MORE PRISONERS OF WAR The. following casualty list of the Second N.Z.E.F. was issued today:— GUILFORD, Reginald E. Pte. son of E. A. Guilford, Kakaramea Road, Kakaramea Evening Post, 19 November 1945 THREE LIVES LOST -
CAR FALLS INTO RIVER
Three lives were lost Nov 18, when a motorcar left
the road near Pukeroa, about 14 miles from Hunterville, at two am
this morning and plunged over a 20-foot bank into the Turakina River where
it was submerged in more than 20 feet of water. Only one of the four
occupants managed to reach the bank. He had the assistance of a party from
a car which was following. The three victims were: Mr. Reginald Guilford,
aged 38, White. Street, Wanganui East: Mr. Sydney Clarence Green, aged 22,
single, of 9 Moore Avenue, Wanganui, and Miss Gladys Janette Chapman,
aged 24, single, of 50 Wilson Street, Wanganui.  |
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other occupant of the car was Mr. Norman Nation, married, of Pukeroa. Mr
Green, who had recently returned from service abroad in the Navy, was
spending a holiday with Mr. Nation at Pukeroa, and Mr. Guilford and Miss
Chapman went to Pukeroa on Saturday afternoon to spend the weekend as
guests in the same home. All four attended a dance at the Pukeroa Hall,
leaving after the dance to return home with Mr. Guilford driving his
coupe. At a bad bend in the road, near what is known as the Pohonui
turnoff. the car ran for twenty yards along the edge of the road and then
plunged over the bank, dropping into a deep hole in the Turakina River.
The occupants of the other car saw the lights leave the road and pulled
up. They heard a cry for help and discovered Mr. Nation, whom they
assisted to the bank, but the other occupants were apparently injured in
the crash ,and were beyond assistance. The car was recovered with
difficulty from the river about 3.30 p.m. today by Constable J. Scannell,
Hunterville, with other assistance. An inquest was opened later todayat
Marton.