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After leaving secondary school in 1946, David could not get into University because of a preference for World War II returned servicemen, so he got a job for a year (1946–47) on the Meteorological Sounding Team Canterbury Project on radar meteorology with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, based at the Ashburton Aerodrome. The New Zealand National Film Unit made a short film of the activities for its Weekly Review which showed in cinemas as a short subject. The film shows David getting into an Avro Anson, and working with a kite on the back of a truck, and a trawler.
David attended Stages I and II at Canterbury College, then moved to Wellington where he graduated BSc and MSc from the Victoria College of the University of New Zealand. After graduation David was employed doing sunspot research at the Carter Observatory in Kelburn, Wellington, from where he published his first scientific paper.
David Garner is the father of three children by Edna Jean Garner: including Mary Ann Garner, John David Garner and Steven James Garner. His wife is Kirsty Garner.
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