Executive director Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation of NZ. Married Ena Moss 1932. Helped organise the first blood bank in NZ, 1928. Fellow Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Society of Commercial Accountants. Permanent staff NZ Military Forces, 1927. Secretary Otaki Health Camp, 1932-1947. Founder of First Wellington Rover Scouts. Secretary Wellington branch National Blood Transfusion Service. Chaired Wellington TB Association. Instructor, National Service Department. Red Cross Commissioner for NZ. JR McKenzie Youth Education Committee (Wellington), Wellington Hospital Board, 1944. Chairman Hospital Entertainment Committee. Past president Wellington Rotary. Involved with Order of St John. President of Wellington branch, NZ Society for the Protection of Home and Family.
Meachen, Clarence, 1907-1981
Alan Mulgan - Correspondence
Date: 1935-1952
From: Mulgan family : Papers relating to John Mulgan
Reference: MS-Papers-7906-75
Description: Correspondence mainly related to John Mulgan's death. Identified correspondents entered in name index. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts
Meachen, Clarence, 1907-1981 :Photograph albums
Date: 1945-[ca 1955]
By: Meachen, Clarence, 1907-1981
Reference: PAColl-8588
Description: Collection comprises: Photograph album relating to World War II, including images of an occupational and diversional therapy exhibition at Vigna de Pepoli, Dei Pepoli, Rome, May 1945; Lady Louis Mountbatten visiting the No 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Bari; ex-prisoners of war garden party at the Kiwi Club, Cairo, February 1945; and photographs of Base Store, Bari. Photograph album relating to St John Ambulance, ca 1940-1960s. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Albums at PA1-o-1275 and PA1-o-1276 Quantity: 2 album(s). Transfers: Transfer information - From Manuscripts and Archives : MS-Group-1404 : Meachen, Clarence, 1907-1981 : Newspaper clipping books.
Meachen, Clarence, 1907-1981 : Newspaper clipping books
Date: 1 Feb 1931-22 Jun 1938, 19 Mar 1983
By: Meachen, Clarence, 1907-1981
Reference: MS-Group-1404
Description: Includes, newspaper clippings relating to the blood transfusion service, children's health camps and the St John's Ambulance Association. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Photographic Archive - 2 photograph albums (PAColl-8563) - To Published - 2 volumes of annual reports for the St John's Ambulance, Crippled Children Society, Blood Transfusion Service and the Children's Health Camp (PR-05-0461).