George Henry Hosking Dale of Portland Australia was born in 1859 in Portland to George Shillinglaw Dale and Annie Hoskin Dale. He married Theresa Cecilia Hennessy on February 14, 1888 in Christchurch, Canterbury New Zealand, and had a child George Melville Dale. George Dale died at age 83 years old on January 24, 1943 at St Andrew's Chyd, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand.