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Deaker, Cyril Richard (Dick)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1944 -

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

DEAKER, Cyril Richard (Dick) interviewed by Morag Forrester

 Record Group — Box: 53
Identifier: H0567
Overview It was 1960 when Dick Deaker first set foot in Fiordland as a schoolboy introduced to deerhunting expeditions. Three years later, he was back on a more permanent basis having started work as a deer culler in the nearby Takitimu Mountains and the Murchison Mountains/Takahe area. It wasn't long after gaining a private pilot's licence in 1968 that he combined his two great interests — hunting and aviation. By bringing out the deer he shot in his fixed wing Piper Cub, he could sell for a relatively...
Dates: 2007