Frances Ida "Kitty" Kain OBE (née Tyson, 17 September 1908 – 16 August 1997) was a New Zealand dietitian and women's air force leader. She was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 17 September 1908.[1] A teacher in British Malaya, she returned to New Zealand when the Second World War began. She was commander of the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force from 1941 until 1943.[2] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours.[3]

Kitty Kain, on the left, with WAAFs destined for service overseas, 1942

Notes

  1. ↑ Tunnicliff, Shirley. "Frances Ida Kain". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ↑ McGibbon 2000, p. 262.
  3. ↑ "No. 38494". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1948. p. 34.

References

  • McGibbon, Ian, ed. (2000). The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History. Auckland, New Zealand: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558376-0.


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