Champion rifle shooter, member of the Blenheim Rifle Club. Fought with New Zealand Rifle Brigade in World War I. Married Aumuri Beryl Grace in 1915. Died in 1963 aged 81.
Masefield, William Norris, 1882-1963
Evening Post photographic prints: people in the news
Date: ca 1920-1980
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: PAColl-0614-2-04
Description: Photographs relating to the lives of prominent New Zealanders, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, circa 1920 to 1980. Photographs are of Jack Maybury, Sir Leslie Munro, Cardinal McKeefry, Jean McKenzie, Captain W N Masefield, Alex Lindsay, Edmund Hillary and Tensing, Mr R R Love and Mr R H N Love, Kingsford Smith, Sir Howard Kippenberger, Richard Farrell, L D Austin, George Bolt, James K Baxter, Mr J G Coates, Daisy Basham, Mr and Mrs Percy Dowse, and Jack Davey. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).