Otto von Wogan

Otto von Wogan

1920s

Otto von Wogan jumped ship in Lyttelton as a boy and walked to Motukarara where he was taken in by the Thompson family. In the 1920s he briefly went to San Francisco to send money to his brother in Germany who was starving. He returned to New Zealand where he remained until his death in 1929, aged 45. Coroner's report:

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Contributor: Jill Hodgkinson

Source: Entry in the 2016 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

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