Allan Russell BULL [1692]

  General Notes:

An evening wedding took place recently at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, when Miss Eileen Nesta, Barker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Barker, of Lower Hutt, was married to Mr. Allan Russell Bull, son of Mr, and Mrs. James Bull, of Hunterville. The ceremony was performed by the Ven. Archdeacon Johnson, only the immediate relatives and intimate friends being present. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of embroidered tissue over palest pink, with a veil and wreath of pale pink roses. She carried a shower bouquet of roses and clematis. The bridesmaid, Miss Gweneth Barker, wore shell pink taffetas, with a wreath of pale pink roses, and carried an early Victorian posy of carnations wreathed in silver leaves. The best man was Mr. D. D. Simpson, of Hunterville. After the ceremony a reception was held at the residence of Miss Barker at Hataitai. Later the bride and bridegroom left for a tour in the North.
Ref: Papers Past Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 76, 31 March 1922, Page 9

Obituary
Allan Bull
The man who claimed to be the oldest surviving former pupil of Hunterville Primary School, Allan Russell Bull, died in his 89th year at Palrnerston North on January 22. He had been looking forward to accompanying his five children to the school's centenary celebrations in March. He was the last grandchild of a pioneer Rangitikei settler. Allan Bull was born in 1898 at Makaraka, Hunterville, the third son of James Bull and his wife Esther, nee McKelvie, of Pukemarama. James Bull was the only child of the James Bull after whom Bulls was named, he having arrived from London in 1857.
The farm he developed included the land which is now the Ohakea Air Force base.
AlIan Bull, at the age of 17, enlisted in the Wellington Mounted Rifles in World War I and fought mainly in the Palestine campaign, crossing the Jordan River on his 20th birthday. He was a top rifle shot and the first winner of the Godley Cup for secondary school shooting. A farmer in the Rangitikei, he played rugby for his province and was a keen horseman and pony club jumping instructor. For more than 40 years he was a member of the Wellington Racing Club, and attended meetings regularly up to last year.
The Rev Keith Elliott VC, conducting his funeral service, spoke of his "very uncanny perception of the conformation of a horse." Illness because of his war service caused his early retirement to Raumati Beach. His wife, Eileen, died in 1964. He is survived by his children - Christine (Mrs Cole Catley, Picture); Mac (Palmerston North), Joan (Mrs Aitken, Auckland); Judith (Mrs MacKenzie, Auckland); and John (Auckland).

Allan married Eileen Nesta "Eine" BARKER [672] [MRIN: 558], daughter of Thomas Lugg Mankey BARKER [634] and Alice Catherine "Lal" JOHNSON [635], on 22 Mar 1922 in Old St Pauls Wellington. (Eileen Nesta "Eine" BARKER [672] was born on 27 Feb 1891 in Wellington NZ, died on 20 Jun 1964 in Raumati Bch Wellington (Cremated) and was cremated on 22 Jun 1964 in Karori Cemetery Wellington.). The cause of her death was heart failure.