Kenneth William Trigance

Born 4 August 1914 - Died 27 March 2000

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Service number
- WWII NZ2153 AWMM
- 70022 AWMM
Also known as
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Air Force AWMM
Last rank
Air Commodore/Military Hanson
War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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Kenneth William AWMM
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Trigance AWMM
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Service number
- WWII NZ2153 AWMM
- 70022 AWMM
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Male AWMM
Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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4 August 1914 Hanson Temuka, South Canterbury Hanson
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War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Armed force / branch
Air Force AWMM
Service number
- WWII NZ2153 AWMM
- 70022 AWMM
Military service
- Royal Air Force, No. 42 Squadron Hanson
- Royal Air Force, No. 144 Squadron Hanson
Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
Royal New Zealand Air Force Hanson

Military decorations

Medals and Awards
- Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) AWMM
  30 July 1940 AWMM
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) AWMM
  1964 AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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Pilot/Military AWMM
Enlistment
6 December 1937 Hanson
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WW2 Royal Air Force AWMM

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5 March 1969 AWMM Air Commodore/Military Hanson

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Joined RAF 1937; transferred RNZAF Jan 1944; Senior Administrative Officer, Wigram, 1945.

Served as a pilot. AWMM

Death

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Death
27 March 2000 Hanson
Age 85 AWMM
Hanson
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Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland AWMM Plot 28, Row 14, Block M AWMM
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References
Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
p.483 AWMM

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