Eldon a Mainyu

John Bollons Eldon a Mainyu

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. John Peter Bollons, ISO, (1862-1929) was a New Zealand marine captain, naturalist and ethnographer. For many years he captained New Zealand government steamers, including the NZGSS Hinemoa, which undertook lighthouse work and patrols through New Zealand's subantarctic islands. Bollons Island, in the Antipodes Islands is named after him. In 1928 he was awarded the Imperial Service Order. Bollons was born 10 November 1862 in Bethnal Green, England, the son of a London cab master. After settling in New Zealand in 1881, he married Lilian Rose Hunter, the daughter of a master mariner, in 1896 in Invercargill. In 1911, the family moved to Wellington. They had three daughters and four sons. John Tutanekai (b.1897), Thomas Tangaroa (b.1897), Alan Awarua (b.1900), Liliian Hinemoa (b.1903), Desmond Maori (b.1905), Kathleen Rawhiti (b.1908), and Patricia Maimoa (b.1909). Bollons died after hernia surgery on 18 September 1929. He was buried at Bluff, and a memorial was erected in All Saints' Church, Kilbirnie, which was unveiled by Governor General Sir Charles Fergusson.