Kenneth Neil Gray
I whānau mai i te 9 Nov 1914
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
- I mate atu i te 1 May 1940 - Nama Hōia
- 40342 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Ken AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Kenneth Neil AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Gray AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Ken AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 40342 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
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- Rā i whānau mai ai
- 9 Nov 1914Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
- Wāhi Whānau
- Christchurch, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Kenneth Neil Gray and his twin brother Colin Falkland were the sons of Robert L GRAYPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 December 2015 - Research
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mr Robert Leonard Gray (father), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 40342 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
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- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Royal Air Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flying Officer (Pilot)/Military AWMM
- Bomber Command AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 102 Squadron AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Robert Leonard Gray and of Margaret Gray (nee Langford), of Gisborne.
Attended Christ'c College, Christchurch; Wellesley Boy's School, Wellington and Napier Boys' High School.
Two sons, brothers Ken Gray (40342) Colin Falkland Gray (RAF) served with distinction as airmen in WW2. AWMM - The death of Trooper Robert Mowbray Gray in action, reported from Italv brings a 2nd bereavement to Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Gray. Russell street. Gisborne. Trooper Gray was the 4th of their sons to enter the forces, & only recently reached the fighting zone. He had spent some time in camp in NZ before going abroad, & was 21yrs of age when he left for the front. One brother. Flying-Officer Kenneth N. Gray, was one of the first NZders in this war to receive the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, & was killed in operations against the enemy in 1940. A twin brother of Flying-Officer Kenneth Gray, now Wing-Commander Colin Gray, has made a brilliant war record in fighters, holding the D.S.0. the D.F.C with 2 bars, & Allied decorations. Another brother is flying bombers in the Pacilic area.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 July 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21492, 25 AUGUST 1944, PAGE 4
- Son of Robert Leonard Gray and of Margaret Gray (nee Langford), of Gisborne.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 1 May 1940 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
- Struck the northern slopes of the Hill of Foudland, 6 miles SE of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, and caughtPublic - Tricia - Other relative - 14 April 2017 - http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/02599.php
- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Air Accident AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
- Strayed off course in bad weather and at 1059 struck the northern slopes of the Hill of Foudland, 6 miles SE of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, and caught fire. Of the crew and passengers on board, five died, including the captain, who is buried at Dyce, while three others were injured, two of whom died later in the month. The crash site is sometimes quoted as Bains Hole on the north side of Glens of Foudland.Public - Tricia - Other relative - 14 April 2017 - http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/02599.php
- Urupā
- Dyce Old Churchyard, Aberdeenshire, Scotland AWMM Grave 1 AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Eketahuna District High School Roll of Honour 1939-45Public - Elli - Researcher - 8 June 2020 - Eketahuna Primary School Centennial and D.H.S. Re-Union, published 1979
- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
- Extract from p79 of Vol One (Fates: 1915-1942) of my trilogy ‘For Your Tomorrow: A record of New ZeaPublic - Tricia - Other relative - 14 April 2017 - Extract from p79 of Vol One (Fates: 1915-1942) of my trilogy http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/02599.php
Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Obituary: Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 104, 3 May 1940, Page 8
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19400503.2.87&srpos
Further Reference - 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
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- The Evening Post
- 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)
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Deceased New Zealanders (Formerly) serving with RAF [Royal Air Force]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845760).
- Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
V1,n1,p25, V3,n6,p76 v4,n1,p66 v5,n2,p19
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