Misc. Notes
Name, year and country of birth, from Birth search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2018:
1917/25435. Dingle, Alvin Messines. Mother: Myra Adelaide. Father: Alfred Newton
Year of death from Death search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2018:
1945/65378. Dingle, Alvin Messines, died age 24Y [Therefore year of birth circa 1921 which matches roughly - possibly died earlier in WWII]?
Full date of birth and death from Auckland War Memorial Museum’s Online Cenotaph
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C23230Alvin Messines Dingle
Born 7 November 1917 - Died 24 January 1942
SERVICE NUMBER: WWII NZ402125
ARMED FORCE/BRANCH: Air Force
LAST RANK: WW2 Sergeant, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 113 Squadron, RAF AWMM
WAR: World War II, 1939-1945
From The
New Zealand War Graves Project:
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/alvin-messines-dingleAlvin Messines Dingle
Conflict: WW2
Additional Information: Son of Alfred Newton Dingle and Myra Adelaide Dingle, of Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand.
Cause of Death: Killed on air operations
Cemetery: Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand