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Title: [Order of Service] The State Funeral of Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE, Tuesday 22 January 1008
Description: 2008. Soft cover, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book, 20 pages, photo of Sir Edmund. Sir Edmund Hillary (20 July 1919 - 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. The order of service for his state funeral lists the proceedings in detail. Fine.

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