David gage

David Richmond Gage (1868-1916)

David Gage attended St Joseph's College in Auckland before graduating from Te Aute College. He worked as a native interpreter and for the Wellington City Council, and in 1900 he married Amiria Hakaraia. David and his family lived at 9 Moxham Ave for a couple of years around 1911-1912 before moving to Edge Hill St, and their children attended Roseneath and Kilbirnie Schools.

Gage represented New Zealand in rugby eight times in the precursor to the All Blacks. He was in the Native Team's tour of 1888-89 where he played 68 of the side's 74 matches in Britain. When he died aged 38 in 1916 his Poneke Football Club were pall-bearers at the funeral and raised money for a headstone and to help support his family. Amiria Gage remarried in 1923 and died in 1944.

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