William Shaw McKibbin (1923 - 1947)

Born 1923 in New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 18 Nov 1947 at about age 24 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Biography

A victim of the 1947 Ballantyne's Department Store Fire

William work in the Audit Department

William McKibbin lived in Cashmere, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Was about to announce her engagement to Judith Lloyd

Went to Christ’s College, During the war he was in the Royal New Zealand Air Force ground staff and spent a year overseas. A keen cricketer, he joined the Old Collegians’ Cricket Club and, during the war, played representative cricket for Canterbury. When the Old Collegians moved their headquarters to Elmwood Park, he transferred to West Christchurch

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Sources

• "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
  • Death Registration / 1948/32172 / Name: McKibbin, William Shaw / Aged:24Y
• "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-KK9Y : 9 August 2017), William Shaw McKibbin, 1948; citing Christchurch, Christchurch Probate Files, 1855-2003, record number CH26852/1948, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 100374159.