George Clinkard
George William Clinkard was a New Zealand public servant and trade commissioner.
Clinkard, known as George, was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 17 September 1893. His English parents were Julia Letitia Hooper and her husband, the farmer Cecil Clinkard.
In 1935, Clinkard was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services as secretary of the Department of Industries and Commerce and as a member of the Board of Trade.
Clinkard died in 1970 and his ashes were buried in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland.
