Testimonials, Dumbleton Collection
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1919-1920
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Six documents typed and handwritten concerning the professional career of J. C. Dumbleton. Four testomonials, one letter from Gittens to Dumbleton and details of his engineering experience by Dumbleton is included.
0225/11/1 - Testimonial from Commissioner General of Railways, Royal State Railways, Siam Dated 7 April 1919. Typed and signed by General Purachatra.
0225/11/2 - Testimonial from Department of State Railways, Siam Handwritten, dated 10 January 1920. Signature H Gittens.
0225/11/3 - Typed testimonial headed 'Certificate' from Royal State Railways dated 3 February 1920. No C.P. 3794. Signature H Gittens Advisor Late Controlling Engineer Southern Line.
0225/11/4 - Typed copy of 0225/11/3 on back of J C Dumbleton's notepaper.
0225/11/5 - Letter addressed 'Dear Dumbleton' from H Gittens, Greenwood, Bangkok.
0225/11/6 - Typed 'Details of Engineering Experience' on J C Dumbleton's letterhead when consulting Engineer & Architect in Wellington. Covers period 1899-1919. 3 pages.
Jocelyn Charles Dumbleton (1877 – 1964) was born in Southsea, Hampshire, educated in England and died in Tauranga, NZ. Jocelyn married Winifred Alexander (1894 – 1961) in Auckland in 1918 and they had one child Phyllis Joyce (1919 - 1986) who spent most of her life in Tauranga. A civil engineer by profession he spent the years from 1902 to 1917 in Siam (Thailand) firstly in the Siam State Survey Department and from 1909 for the Siam State Railways. Dumbleton contracted malaria and returned to England on sick leave, eventually resigned from his position and settled in Wellington in 1919 and set up a private civil engineering practice. He had arrived in New Zealand via Australia in June 1917 on the “Makura”. He designed and built a house Wyke Lodge, named after the family home in Hampshire. By 1929 he was practicing as an architect in Rotorua where he lived at 100 Arawa Street and appears in Wise’s NZ Directory there in 1940 but was listed in the 1930s as a farmer in River Road, Hamilton. This was the time when the daughter Phyllis attended Waikato Diocesan School. In 1931 he appeared on Tauranga electoral roll and built a house at Mount Maunganui. He is listed in Wise’s NZ Directory in Mount Maunganui in 1940. (Written and researched by Shirley Arabin)
0225/11/1 - Testimonial from Commissioner General of Railways, Royal State Railways, Siam Dated 7 April 1919. Typed and signed by General Purachatra.
0225/11/2 - Testimonial from Department of State Railways, Siam Handwritten, dated 10 January 1920. Signature H Gittens.
0225/11/3 - Typed testimonial headed 'Certificate' from Royal State Railways dated 3 February 1920. No C.P. 3794. Signature H Gittens Advisor Late Controlling Engineer Southern Line.
0225/11/4 - Typed copy of 0225/11/3 on back of J C Dumbleton's notepaper.
0225/11/5 - Letter addressed 'Dear Dumbleton' from H Gittens, Greenwood, Bangkok.
0225/11/6 - Typed 'Details of Engineering Experience' on J C Dumbleton's letterhead when consulting Engineer & Architect in Wellington. Covers period 1899-1919. 3 pages.
Jocelyn Charles Dumbleton (1877 – 1964) was born in Southsea, Hampshire, educated in England and died in Tauranga, NZ. Jocelyn married Winifred Alexander (1894 – 1961) in Auckland in 1918 and they had one child Phyllis Joyce (1919 - 1986) who spent most of her life in Tauranga. A civil engineer by profession he spent the years from 1902 to 1917 in Siam (Thailand) firstly in the Siam State Survey Department and from 1909 for the Siam State Railways. Dumbleton contracted malaria and returned to England on sick leave, eventually resigned from his position and settled in Wellington in 1919 and set up a private civil engineering practice. He had arrived in New Zealand via Australia in June 1917 on the “Makura”. He designed and built a house Wyke Lodge, named after the family home in Hampshire. By 1929 he was practicing as an architect in Rotorua where he lived at 100 Arawa Street and appears in Wise’s NZ Directory there in 1940 but was listed in the 1930s as a farmer in River Road, Hamilton. This was the time when the daughter Phyllis attended Waikato Diocesan School. In 1931 he appeared on Tauranga electoral roll and built a house at Mount Maunganui. He is listed in Wise’s NZ Directory in Mount Maunganui in 1940. (Written and researched by Shirley Arabin)
Production date
1919-1920
Accession number
0225/11/1-6
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