condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Dorothy Kate Ford

-
  • Service number
    • WWII W4374 AWMM
    • WWII 4374 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Dorothy Kate Pollard AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Lay a poppy

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Dorothy Kate AWMM
  • Surname
    Ford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Dorothy Kate Pollard AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII W4374 AWMM
    • WWII 4374 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    22 September 1922 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII W4374 AWMM
    • WWII 4374 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›
  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    9 April 2020 Births, Deaths and Marriages
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Published in the Rotorua Daily Post, April 15, 2020.

    POLLARD, (nee FORD) Dorothy Kate. Service No. 4374. Leading Aircraftswoman, M.Ord (GD), Womens Auxiliary Airforce RNZAF WWII. DOD 09 April 2020 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

Remember Dorothy Kate Ford by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Dorothy Kate Ford

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930) AWMM

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.