Fred Hall-Jones

Frederick George "Fred" Hall-Jones OBE (4 July 1891 28 January 1982) was a New Zealand lawyer, historian and community leader. He was born in Scarborough just south of Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand on 4 July 1891.[1] He was the son of William Hall-Jones.[1]

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services in community affairs and as an historian in Southland.[2] His son, John Hall-Jones, was an otolaryngologist (i.e. a doctor who specialised in the ear, nose, and throat or ENT region), author and historian of southern New Zealand.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 Hall-Jones, John. "Frederick George Hall-Jones". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "No. 41091". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1957. p. 3412.
  3. Fallow, Michael (2015-11-23). "Southern historian John Hall-Jones dies". Southland Times. Retrieved 2015-12-15.


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