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Agricultural instructor, mountaineer, conservationist, alpine sports administrator
Roderick Syme
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Agricultural instructor, mountaineer, conservationist, alpine sports administrator
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Hāwera, New Zealand
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94 years
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
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Roderick Syme MBE (24 February 1900 – 2 May 1994) was a notable New Zealand agricultural instructor, mountaineer, conservationist and alpine sports administrator. He was born in Hawera, New Zealand, in 1900. In 1931, he climbed a new ridge route on Mount Tasman. The ridge now bears Syme's name. In 1931, he also won the New Zealand long-distance skiing championship.
In the 1955 Queen's Birthday Honours, Syme was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services as an agricultural instructor and in fostering mountaineering.
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