branch death_date allegiance birth_date term_end death_place battles order term_start spouse image rank name caption predecessor birth_place unit awards office successor article_title
new zealand army 8 september 2008 new zealand 15 january 1916 1971 christchurch world war ii 40th 1968 mary guthrey ron guthrey , 1950.jpg second lieutenant ron guthrey ron guthrey in 1950 george manning rawene 20th battalion military cross mayor of christchurch neville pickering ron guthrey

ron guthrey

albert ronald -lrb- ron -rrb- guthrey obe mc -lrb- 15 january 1916 -- 8 september 2008 -rrb- was a councillor for christchurch city council for 22 years before being elected mayor of christchurch .
he was a world war ii veteran and he and his family were -lrb- and still are -rrb- well known business operators in christchurch .
