Mr John Vernon was Rector of Palmerston North High School (now Palmerston North Boys' High School) from 1902 until his death in 1918, during the great Influenza epidemic. In 1908, he founded the College House boarding establishment, which is still a feature of the school.
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John Vernon, Rector of Palmerston North High School
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- circa 1910
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_Scs2_007967
- Held In
- Coolstore