Harry Ayres (mountaineer)

Horace Henry Ayres OBE (31 July 1912 – 16 July 1987), better known as Harry Herbert Ayres and with his surname sometimes spelled Ayers, was a New Zealand mountaineer and guide, gardener. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 31 July 1912.[1]

He was a mentor to Edmund Hillary, who had proposed him to Eric Shipton as a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition.[2]

In the 1981 New Year Honours, Ayres was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to mountaineering.[3]

References
  1. Langton, Graham. "Horace Henry Ayres". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. Gill, Michael (2017). Edmund Hillary: A Biography. Nelson, NZ: Potton & Burton. pp. 83–89. ISBN 978-0-947503-38-3.
  3. "No. 48469". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1980. p. 40.


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