Ninnis , Aubrey Howard , d 1956 , Antarctic explorer

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Ninnis , Aubrey Howard , d 1956 , Antarctic explorer

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Aubrey Howard Ninnis was commissioned as purser in SS AURORA on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916, he was intended for the shore party but stranded when the AURORA broke adrift. He was on the Aurora Relief Expedition, 1916-1917; he died in New Zealand in 1956.