When Stanley Gordon STOCKDILL was born on 8 April 1905, in Methven, Canterbury, New Zealand, his father, Robert Stockdill, was 43 and his mother, Lillie Groome Timpson, was 23. He died on 12 January 1944, in Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand, at the age of 38, and was buried in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
The Dominion of New Zealand was brought about when New Zealand proclaimed itself a political independent government inside the British Empire. The Dominion of New Zealand allowed the British Government to shape its foreign policy, and it followed Britain into the First World War. Full independence was granted in 1931 and adopted by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947.
The Ross Dependency is a New Zealand dependency located on the Antarctician Continent. It is the only settlement on the Antartica that is claimed by a sovereign nation. New Zealand still owns claim even after the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by 11 other nations.
English (Yorkshire): variant of Stockdale .
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