Ivan William Cain

Taitara

Warrant Officer

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Ivan William AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Cain AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

• The nick name refers to "Cobber Kane", Flying Officer Edgar James Kain, born in Hastings and the first Allied air ace in WW2 who died on 7 June 1940.
  
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• "Killer Cain"
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Nama Hōia

• NZ421674 AWMM
• WWII 421674 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Presbyterian

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Rā i whānau mai ai

23 November 1923

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

son of William Cain and Isabella Florence Cain née Holloway

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Auckland

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Uri kiritahi

WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. W. Cain of Auckland AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Single/WWII AWMM
• single
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Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Europe (Air) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ421674 AWMM
• WWII 421674 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Air Force AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 175 Squadron AWMM

Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

Trained at Seddon Memorial Technical College

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Warrant Officer Class 2 (Pilot) AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 175 Squadron AWMM

Ivan Cain was the son of William and Isabella Florence Cain, of Auckland

Attended Seddon Memorial Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Matenga

6 Oct 1944 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands AWMM 17. C. 3. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Cain Memorial at Brakkenstein, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, unveiled on 6 October 2012; adopted by the

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2645212
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845744
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
  Martyn, E. (1998-2008). vol. 2, p. 283; vol. 3 p. 117
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [(New Zealanders Attached to R.A.F. [Royal Air Force]) (Officers), (Europe) - Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• In Vol. 3, see also correction on p. 564.
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