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Kenneth Moran

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Kenneth Moran
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's Boxing
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Sydney Featherweight

Kenneth Noel Patrick Moran (c. 1919 – 13 June 1946)[1] was a New Zealand boxer. He won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1938 British Empire Games.[2]

He served in the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War II, and in 1942 was taken as a prisoner of war in 1942.[3] He died in Dunedin, Otago[4] and was buried Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kenneth Moran's grave
  2. ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  3. ^ "Kenneth Noel Patrick Moran". Online Cenotaph. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966