Born: 11 Nov 1913 in: Kaiapoi
John Doran started his working life as a butchers apprentice but eventually
went to the local wollen mills as an apprentice engineer. He worked for the
Kaiapoi Wollen Co all his life becoming the Chief Engineer. He retired and
within five years the company closed its doors mainly due to bad management
and lack of modernisation. The local Kaiapoi Museum has many photographs of
John taken at the Wollen Mills in their extensive collection of memorabilia
Aileen Esther (Patsy) Doran - This Researcher