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Cenotaph record

Alvin Messines Dingle

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alvin Messines AWMM
  • Surname
    Dingle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ402125 AWMM
    • WWII 402125 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 November 1917 AWMM Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ402125 AWMM
    • WWII 402125 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Alvin Dingle was the son of Alfred Newton Dingle and Myra Adelaide Dingle, of Hamilton, New Zealand. Farmed with father at Waipuna Valley, Te Kauwhata. Source Martyn, For Your Tomorrow, vol.3, p.165 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 January 1942 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Thailand, Southeast Asia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi, Thailand AWMM Coll. grave 10. M. 10-12. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East 3216 AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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