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Dan Montgomerie Lethbridge

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G A Delves, instructor Wanganui Aero Club (left), E B Firth, captain Waikato Aero Club, and D M Lethbridge at the Waikato Air Pageant. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-09541-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23129027

G A Delves, instructor Wanganui Aero Club (left), E B Firth, captain Waikato Aero Club, and D M Leth …

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  • Title
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    Dan Montgomerie AWMM
  • Surname
    Lethbridge AWMM
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    WWII 1308 AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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  • Birth
    3 March 1901 AWMM
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    Son of Harry Yates & Minna LETHBRIDGE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 July 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178883572/dan-montgomerie-lethbridge
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  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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    Husband of Joan Doris nee' McRAE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 July 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178883572/dan-montgomerie-lethbridge

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Biographical information

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  • He obtained his Pilot’s ‘A’ Licence in 1932, served as a flying instructor with the RNZAF in WWII.

    Attended Wanganui Collegiate 1915/1920. AWMM

Death

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    21 April 1965 AWMM
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    Turakina Cemetery, 31 SH 3, Turakina, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
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  • External links
    • G A Delves, instructor Wanganui Aero Club (left), E B Firth, captain Waikato Aero Club, and D M Lethbridge at the Waikato Air Pageant. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-09541-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23129027
      https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23129027
      Further Reference
    • North Island Air Pageant with E Liverton (left) and D Lethbridge (Wanganui). Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-05432-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/30656440
      https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30656440
      Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Gazette AWMM
      SEPTEMBER 17, 1942. AWMM
    • New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM

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