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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. John Officer

Mr. John Officer , Headmaster of the Ryal Bush public school, was born in 1852, at Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where he was partly educated. Mr Officer came out to Port Chalmers by the ship “Schleswig Bride,” and finished his education at the Training College, Dunedin. He was afterwards appointed teacher at Limestone Plains, and was at the Training College in Dunedin for two years, Mr Officer was for a short time in charge of Heddon Bush, and was subsequently teacher at Chatton for four years, before he was appointed headmaster at Ryal Bush in 1895. He was married, in 1895, to a daughter of Mr James Marshall, of Chatton, and has one son and three daughters.

Gerstenkorn, photo. Mr. J. Officer.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. J. Officer.