@jmshistorycorner.bsky.socialA slightly late #OnThisDay. On 14 October 1881 Sir Alfred Clarke Turnbull was born in Balclutha, New Zealand. He served as Administrator of Western Samoa and Tokelau from 1935 to 1946. #OTD #history #ws #westernsamoa #samoa #tokelau #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics
@jmshistorycorner.bsky.socialA slightly late #OnThisDay. On 13 October 1882 Sir Herbert Ernest Hart was born in Taratahi, New Zealand. He served as Administrator of Tokelau and Western Samoa from 1931 to 1935. #OTD #history #tokelau #ws #westernsamoa #samoa #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics
@jmshistorycorner.bsky.social#OnThisDay 9 October 1896 Francis William Voelcker was born in London, England. He served as Administrator of Tokelau from 1946 to 1949, as the last Administrator of Western Samoa from 1946 to 1948, and as the inaugural High Commissioner from 1948 to 1949. #OTD #history #tokelau #ws #westernsamoa
@jmshistorycorner.bsky.socialA slightly late #OnThisDay. On 30 September 1990 John Bird "Jack" Wright died at the age of 81. He served as Administrator of Tokelau from 1960 to 1965, and as the last Administrator of Western Samoa from 1960 to 1961. #OTD #history #tokelau #westernsamoa #ws #samoa #nzpol #nzpolitics #politics
