FLIGHT LT. J. A. KIRKCALDIE
Flight Lieutenant John Allan Kirkcaldie, "whose death occurred in Wei-, lington on Saturday, was born at Khandallah in 1905, and prior to his enlistment in the R.N.Z.A.F. was farming in New Zealand, Argentina, and Western Australia. Before the war he was a sheep farmer at Makara. He obtained his "A" pilot's licence, and by November, 1937, he had 118 flying hours to his credit. When he offered his. services at the outbreak of war, Flight Lieutenant Kirkcaldie had completed 400 hours of solo flying, and had also passed his "B" licence examinations and night-flying . tests. He was commissioned as.a pilot officer on December 6, 1939, and posted to Communications Flight, Rohgotai, and rose to Flight Lieutenant by July 1, 1942. A brother. Pilot Officer Kenneth Kirkcaldie, was killed in operations oyer France in November, 1940. Flight Lieutenant Kirkcaldie was educated at the Wanganui Collegiate School. His .mother is Mrs. K. Kirkcaldie, 1. Sefton Street, Wadestown.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1944, Page 6
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