Nathaniel Malcolm Millar (10 May 1915 – 3 June 2011) was a New Zealand fencer who won a silver medal at the 1950 British Empire Games.
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Full name | Nathaniel Malcolm Millar | ||||||||||||||
Born | Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand | 10 May 1915||||||||||||||
Died | 3 June 2011 Hamilton, New Zealand | (aged 96)||||||||||||||
Spouse | Patricia Anne Jenks | ||||||||||||||
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Born in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn on 10 May 1915, Millar was the son of Daisy Stewart Millar (née Carrodus) and David Young Malcolm Millar.[1] During World War II he served as a petty officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy, and on 9 February 1943 he married Patricia Anne Jenks at St Matthew's Church in Auckland.[2]
He won the silver medal alongside Charles Dearing, Austen Gittos and Murray Gittos as part of the men's foil team at the 1950 British Empire Games.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Births". Otago Witness. 19 May 1915. p. 47. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Service wedding". Auckland Star. 10 February 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Nathaniel Millar". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Cemetery search". Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 26 April 2017.