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Sister Yvonne Manera
I was born in Hokitika, on the West Coast. My father was William Paul Manera, and my mother, who came from Ross, was Maureen Margaret Roberts. I was the second of a family of four. I have an older brother Bill, my only sister Noleen, and a younger brother, Malcolm...
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Sister Martha Chard
Constance Miriam Mary Chard was born at Stratford in Taranaki, on 7 May 1912. Her father, Edward Chard, was born in England and came to New Zealand at a very early age, marrying her mother Amy Carter who was of Irish descent.
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Sister Bonaventure
Jean Marie Bannerman was born on 19 March, 1910, in a hotel in Mangonui in the far north where her parents, George and Christina, were hotel keepers. A few years after her birth her father went to War, was reported missing and never returned...