| Birth | Gerald Nairn was born 1897 in New Zealand. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX NZ Birth. 1897 Nairn, Gerald #1721 [JunQ Wairau]. (NZCivRegInd LDS6341153.) |
| INFO | MILITARY PERSONNEL FILE LOCATION. Archives New Zealand. Nairn, Gerald - WW1 58135 - Army, 1914-1918. Agency AABK; series 18805; accession W5549; box/item 67; record no. 0085142. Held at Wellington. (ArchNZArchwy.) |
| Marriage | He married Rea Catherine Foley 1925 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Australia NSW. #350/1925 Nairn, Gerald. Foley, Mere [sic]. Sydney district. (NSWBDMInd.) |
| INFO | DIRECTORIES. 1943-46 Nairn, Gerald, Belvedere Flats, Salisbury st C[hristchurch] NOTE listings from 1938-1950 for wife. (StonCantDir LDS447580-581.) |
| INFO | BIOGRAPHY. Extensive biographical article for the Nairn brothers by Maurice Hendry. "The Cadillac versus the Camel," partly based on an interview with Gerald Nairn, originally published in "Veteran and Vintage Magazine," probably in the 1960s. (Fuchs-online.) |
| INFO | BOOK: Nairn Bus to Baghdad: the Story of Gerald Nairn, pub 1968 in NZ --DF notes: Gerald's wife Rea Catherine Foley d. Dec 1967; Gerald in New Plymouth NZ when book written, formerly at Sunshine Bay N.Z. 9 years. Left Middle East in 1956. Sons Gerry, doctor in Australia. Philip, farmer near Auckland. Brothers: Ian owns service station near Auckland; William bank officer and mgr of Criterion Hotel in New Plymouth who died 1961; Norman cofounder of Nairn Transport in retirement in Beruit "the brains of the outfit". Father David Mathewson Nairn. Business associate Charles Boutagy. Headquarters of Nairn Transport in Beruit. Route Beruit - Haifa. 1923 Nairn Transport ads in conjunction with Thos Cook & sons. (NairnBus.) |
| Marriage | Gerald Nairn married Nellie Coker. |
| Death | Gerald Nairn died 28 July 1980; CEMETERY RECORD. Nelson N.Z. Record #O-5698. Gerald Nairn, age 83, death 28 July 1980. Cremation, ashes taken by G.T. Sowman Ltd.,Blenheim. (NelsonCCCem.) |
| INFO | DEATH 1980 mentioned in article about Nairn Transport Company in the Saudi Aramco World pub. in 1981. (SaudAramWor 32(4):19-24 Jul/Aug 1981.) |
| INFO | PROBATE. Gerald Nairn, of Blenheim, retired. Probate -- court Blenheim no.171/80 date filed 26 Sep 1980, will. (CorresGEOCU e-mail 10May2003.) |
| INFO | PROBATE FILE LOCATION. Archives New Zealand. Blenheim High Court. Annual single number probate case files. Nairn, Gerald 1980-1980. agency ADBY; series 17544, accession W5411; box/item 127; record no. 171/1980. Held at Wellington. (ArchNZArchwy.) |
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