Quote Originally Posted by Dave Silcock View Post
Hi Roger, yes that was the PD Leuch we learned to know and love. He was born in England ,his father was a German Swiss the poms brought over before the war because he had invented multi coloured copying when previously one could only do blue prints. They realised that they were going to need a lot of maps. His mother was a Duncan from the East coast or the North Island. He was sent to Germany for some of his schooling and was fluent German and had working vocab in some others. Hench his return to Europe when his health began to fade. Now I have got so many threads to reply to I dont know where to go next
Strange coincidence. While pursuing another "nostalgia" interest of mine today, reading a recent book about Otiwhiti Station, up the Turakina Valley in Rangitikei, run by people named Duncan, I came across a picture of a memorial to a Kate Leuch-Duncan - PD's mother. Also wedding photo of her and Werner Leuch on the homestead lawn. One of those annoying books that doesn't have an index so I'll have to read carefully to see if the wayward son rates a mention.

Stu