THREE N.Z. PILOTS
AIR FORCE CASUALTIES ALL PRESUMED KILLED l Per Press Association. J WELLINGTON, Feb. 19. Casualties announced to-day are:— Pilot-Officer Mathew John Aiexandei Kirdy, formerly reported missing, now presumed killed. He was educated at the Ashburton High School. His mother is Mrs. E. E. Kirdy, TinwalU, via Ashburton. Pilot-Officer Alan Christie Ollerenshaw, previously repotted missing, believed killed, now presumed killed. He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School and was selected for a short service commission in the R.A.F. in 1938. His father is Mr. R. A. Ollerenshaw, Auckland. Pilot-Officer Kenneth Noel Rea, previously reported missing, now presumed killed. He was educated at the New Plymouth Boys’ 1 High School and was a member ot the New Plymouth Aero Club bel fore leaving New Zealand to take up a short service commission I with tne R.A.F. ie 1937 His I mother is Mrs. L. I. Rea, Papatoetoe.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 43, 20 February 1941, Page 6
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149THREE N.Z. PILOTS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 43, 20 February 1941, Page 6
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