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Sir Francis Chichester
Born in 1901, Francis Chichester emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eighteen with only ten pounds in his pocket. With the impetuousness of youth, he tried his hand at a myriad of jobs, some mor...view moreBorn in 1901, Francis Chichester emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eighteen with only ten pounds in his pocket. With the impetuousness of youth, he tried his hand at a myriad of jobs, some more successful than others, and by the age of twenty-six, had been a farm-hand, a boxer, a shepherd, a lumberjack, a member of three trade Unions - the Firemen’s, the Miners’ and the Timber Workers’ - a railway worker, a gold prospector, a coal miner, a door-to-door salesman, and a land agent. And it was only then that his real adventures began.view less