Rawnsley Terrace in the suburb of Wigram, Christchurch

Rawnsley Terrace – Named after Ivan Edward Rawnsley (1898- 1993) Rawnsley was a farmer of 25 Brougham Street, Wellington. He graduated from the Canterbury Flying School on 27 January 1918. In the Wigram Aerodrome subdivision by Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd where the street names are either of aircraft or taken from the list of the first 100 students at the Flight School established by Sir Henry Wigram in 1917. Named in 2012.A reasonable amount of information from the library website. Information from Great Britain Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate has Ivan born 14th January 1898 and living at 25 Broughjam St Lower Hutt and he was a farmer. Trained in a Caudron Biplane and he received his certificate on 27th January 1918. Information from Ancestry website had him as a motor mechanic and parents Richard and Ethel Rawnsley nee Duret. Married Elsie Rona Pearce in Jan 1929. Died 20th February 1993 in Wellington and buried Karori Cemetery. A couple of articles in Papers Papers and one had him as a pilot and chief instructor at Wellington Aero Club. He took up a photographer who was taking photos of every town in NZ. Another article mentioned an application to operate a light aircraft service. He also was pilot in a few rescue/ambulance flights and the term Jack to the Rescue was used. Houses here are mostly from 2013 and 2014 but one is dated 2020. Mostly brick but some were weatherboard cladding