Service Details
Name:
 DAY
Given Name:
 JOHN CHARLES
Initials:
 J C
Trade:
 Observer
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Flying Corps
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Unit:
 52nd Sqdn.
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Unit 2:
 and 3rd Bn. Royal Sussex Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1917-05-09
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Date of Birth:
 1890-01-17
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, BE2e 72090, shot down by Werner Voss from Jasta 2
Additional
Information:
Son of Edward Francis and Adela Mary Day. Brother of Mrs. M. Monica Day, of "Inglesbatch", Henry St., Grahamstown, South Africa. Born Harlesden, Middlesex, England. Commemoration headstone in Grahamstown (Anderson Street) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Nord
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Cemetery:
 GOUZEAUCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 V. A. 18.

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