Declaration by a British Woman who has
married an alien that she desires to
retain while in New Zealand the rights of
a British subject.
I, MIRIAM BRIDELIA SOLJAK of Auckland, the former wife (now
divorced) of Peter Soljak (who at the time of marriage was a
subject of Austria and after 1918 became a subject of Yugo-Slavia
and became a naturalized British subject in 1928)
having acquired his nationality by reason of my marriage to
him at Rotorua on the 10th day of June 1908 HEREBY DECLARE
that I desire to retain while in New Zealand the rights of
a British subject.
MADE AND SUBSCRIBED at Auckland
this 9th day of April
1941 Before me: -
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Declaration of British Nationality by New Zealand activist Miriam Soljak
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