Service Details
Name:
 SPILHAUS
Given Name:
 JOHN ARNOLD
Initials:
 J A
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 70th Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-04
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Date of Birth:
 1898-09-03
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, D9416, while engaged on an offensive patrol near Ecaillon, 5 miles east of Douai, they were bounced by a group of around 30 enemy aircraft primarily from Jasta 26.
Additional
Information:
Son of Carl Frederick and Josephine Martha Spilhaus, of Montrose, Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Nord
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Cemetery:
 DOUAI BRITISH CEMETERY, CUINCY
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Grave Reference:
 F. 5.

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