Porter Street in the suburb of Wigram, Christchurch

Porter Street – Named after Robert Grey Porter (1895- 1965). Porter was an auctioneer of 32 Edward Avenue, St Albans. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 9 April 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first 100 students at the Flight School established by Sir Henry Wigram in 1917. Named in 2012.A small amount of information from the library website. Searched Ancestry website and Papers Past. Information from Great Britain Royal Aero Club Certificates has him born 26th September 1895 in Riversdale. He was living at 33 Edward Ave, St Albans and his occupation was auctioneer. Trained in a Caudron Biplane and received his certificate on 9th April 1918. He left NZ in May with NZ Expeditionary Forces and arrived in Liverpool about June. In 1916 he was a clerk in Timaru going by the information for WW I Reserves Rolls.In 1928 he married Isabel Mary Strang and they divorced in 1936. In 1946 he married Margaret Catherine Jane Imlah and this was her second marriage as she was divorced as well. He was a farmer living on Main South Rd, Manaia and he is buried in Manaia cemetery. He died March 1965. They had one son Robert and I don’t know if he had children with his first wife.None of the houses here stood out for me and I didn’t take any photos. Houses all built between 2012 and 2019 and are mostly on just one side of the road. Te Kahu Park and Wigram School are on the other side of the road.