Goulding, Robert (Bert) Thomson, 1886-1987 (Person)

SummaryRobert “Bert” Goulding was a surveyor and town planner active in Tauranga and across the North Island. During the First World War he served with the 6th Hauraki Regiment, the 8th Survey Company, and the Royal Engineers, seeing service at Gallipoli and Salonika. He married Margaret Wallis in 1947.

He began his career with Kennedy Bros and Morgan in Napier, transferring to Tauranga in 1909 for triangulation work with the Lands and Survey Department. After war service (1914–1919) he returned to surveying in the King Country, Kaingaroa Plains, and later Matamata, Hawke’s Bay, and Taranaki. Around 1920 he formed the firm “Stevens and Goulding, Surveyors” in Tauranga, which operated from Willow and Wharf Streets. From the mid-1930s he also acted as consultant Town Planner to the Tauranga Borough Council. He retired in 1964.

In his early Tauranga years he boarded with Mrs Humphreys at “Westcliff,” 107 Wharf Street, later purchasing and extending the property about 1952.

Stories - People

An interview with Mr and Mrs R.T. Goulding (1975)

Robert (Bert) Goulding (1886-1987) (WWI)

B.O.P. Times 13 August 1982 article on Bert Goulding (1886-1987)

Archive Items

Mr and Mrs R.T. Goulding

Mr Robert Thomson Goulding

Mrs Margaret Goulding (nee Wallis)

Archive Collections

Bert Goulding (Robert Thomson) papers and photographs

Records of Bert Goulding (Robert Thomson), 1886-1987

Photograph Collections

Goulding Collection

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Westcliffe, 1880-2014 (Place)

Portrait prior to embarking (Auckland Council Libraries Heritage Images)

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Personal Information

First Name(s)Robert ThomsonSurnameGouldingDate of Birth28 February 1905Place of BirthNapierDate of Death1987

Partner

PartnerWallis, Margaret

Military Service

ConflictWorld War, 1914-1918

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Start here:Westcliffe, 1880-2014 (Place)

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Goulding, Robert (Bert) Thomson, 1886-1987 (Person)