Gavin attended St Kevin's College from 1971 to 1976 and went on to gain a PhD in History from Otago University. He has been the Senior Historian for the Ministry of Culture and Heritage for more than 20 years. His main areas of professional interest are constitutional, war and heritage history. He was also a Life Member of the Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust.
He has published widely on everything from shipping histories to the story of the New Zealand governor-generalship. This is his third literary anthology, the others being Whare Korero: Best of Reed Writing (2007) and The Penguin Book of New Zealanders at War (2009, co-edited with Ian McGibbon and Kynan Gentry). His most recent book is The White Ships: New Zealand's First World War Hospital Ships.
WW100 Perspectives with Gavin McLean - First World War troopships
May he rest in peace.
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