New Zealand - Timber Industry - A timber mill in Te Haroto, Hawke's Bay. - 1938 - Herbert Percy Mourant Photographer - Original Personal Photo Family Album - Image #334139 - Mourant Family Archive Notes: Herbert Percy Mourant was born in New Zealand in 1881 at Nelson, died 1972. Worked at the Bank of New South Wales for over 20 years in various roles and throughout New Zealand. In 1919 he set up and established the New Zealand Bank Officier's Guild, published a book in 1947 recording the guild... "The first twenty years of the Guild 1919 -1939." - Herbert married Mabel Constance Seagar who attended Victoria University in Wellington from 1900 - 1906 - Original family came to New Zealand in the 1870's from Jersey and Guernsey, settled West Coast, Picton and Nelson. - Family name connections Tourgis, Mourant and Seagar - Herbert was a keen photographer at the turn of the century and had his own photographs turned into post cards a service that was available in New Zealand from around 1905, a popular means of sending friends a photo around the world.