Sir Edmund Hillary lived in Tuakau during his childhood in the early 1920s. He moved to Tuakau with his family when he was a young boy and spent several years there before pursuing his adventures in mountaineering.
Sir Edmund Hillary, the mountaineer who became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, is buried at the St. Peter's Anglican Churchyard in the village of Tuakau, New Zealand.
Sir Edmund Hillary does not have a gravestone. That is because he was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Hauraki Gulf of New Zealand,
Sir Edmund Hillary studied mathematics and science at Auckland University College in New Zealand.
Sir Edmund Hillary attended Auckland Grammar School in New Zealand for his secondary education, but he did not attend college or university. He became famous for being the first person, along with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.
A state funeral was held for Hillary on 22 January 2008, after which his body was cremated. The first part of this funeral was on 21 January when Hillary's casket was taken into Holy Trinity Cathedral to lie in state. On 29 February 2008, in a private ceremony, most of Hillary's ashes were scattered in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf as he had desired. The remainder went to a Nepalese monastery near Everest; a plan to scatter them on the summit was cancelled in 2010.
Hillary was educated at Tuakau Primary School
Sir Edmund Hillary was born on 20 July 1919 in Tuakau, south of Auckland, New Zealand.
Hillary grew up in Tuakau on the North Island of New Zealand.
Edmund Hillary came from Tuakau (south of Auckland)
Edmund Hillary was born in Tuakau, New Zealand
Sir Edmund Hillary actually grew up in Tuakau, south of Auckland, NZ.
Edmund Hillary's first school was the Tuakau Primary School in New Zealand
Edmund Hillary grew up in Tuakau (south of Auckland) New Zealand
Edmund Hillary was educated at Tuakau Primary School and then Auckland Grammar School in New Zealand.
Edmund Hillary was educated at Tuakau Primary School and then Auckland Grammar School.
Edmund Hillary was educated at Tuakau Primary School and then Auckland Grammar School.
Edmund Hillary was born on the 20th July 1919 Tuakau, New Zealand