Kenneth Fenton Heald

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Kenneth Fenton AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Heald AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ404359 AWMM
• WWII 404359 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

10 Dec 1918 AWMM

Wāhi Whānau

Auckland New Zealand

Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 10 June 2020 - Research

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Harold Fenton Heald and Lydia Gwendolyn Heald, of Hastings

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 January 2016 - Research

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Pre Nov 1940 AWMM Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Mahi whai muri i te pakanga

Station Hand

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Uri kiritahi

• WW2 Mother: Mrs. L. G. Heald. "Aorangi", Karamu Settlement Rd, Hastings AWMM
• WW2 Mr. & Mrs. H. F. Heald of Tokomaru Bay AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Single/WWII AWMM
• single
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 January 2016 - Research

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• France and Germany (TBC) AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ404359 AWMM
• WWII 404359 AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 57 Squadron AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Nov 1940 AWMM Stationhand/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Pilot Officer AWMM

Kenneth Heald was the son of Harold Fenton Heald and Lydia Gwendolyn Heald (nee Downey), of Karamu near Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Attended New Plymouth Boys High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)) AWMM

Matenga

29 Apr 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Bievres Communal Churchyard, Essonne, France AWMM Grave 14. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Heald, Pilot-Officer Kenneth Fenton, R.N.Z.A.F., reported missing on air; operations. Mother: Mrs. 11. F. Heald, Tokomaru Bay.

Previously Reported Missing. Death Now Officially Presumed by Air Ministry Heald, Pilot Officer Kenneth Fenton, of Tokomaru Bay

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 July 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXIX, ISSUE 20760, 9 MAY 1942, PAGE 5
&
AIR CASUALTIES
TIMARU HERALD, VOLUME CLII, ISSUE 22454, 14 DECEMBER 1942, PAGE 4

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Tokomaru Bay War Memorial
Tokomaru Bay Memorial Gates
Gisborne's War Memorial

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 January 2016 - Research

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Maisons-Laffitte village, memorial plaque, near Versailles, France AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Field, C. (2008, November 13). Town nurtures Kiwi pilot's memory. The New Zealand Herald, p.A5
  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/war/news/article.cfm?c_id=359&objectid=10542779
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2234711
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845611
  Sources Used
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Thompson, H. (1956). New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vols. 1-3). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications.
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.