In Memory Of
SPILHAUS, JOHN ARNOLD
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1898-09-03
Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit:
70th Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force
Date of Death:
1918-09-04
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
F. 5.
Cemetery:
DOUAI BRITISH CEMETERY, CUINCY
Localitly:
Nord
Country:
France
Additional Information
Son of Carl Frederick and Josephine Martha Spilhaus, of Montrose, Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa.
