Richard William Pearse was born in Upper Waitohi,Canterbury,New Zealand in 1877. He died on the 29th July 1953,and his ashes were scattered in the Bromley Crematorium Garden of Rest in Christchurch,NZ.
Wings over Waitohi-The story of Richard Pearse by Geoff Rodliffe,published by Avon Press 1997. ISBN 0-473-05000-5.