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Squadron Commander JOHN JOSEPH PETRE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Air Service

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY

I. D. 39.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Cross
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre (France). Son of Sebastian Henry and Catherine Elise Petre, of Tor Bryan, Ingatestone, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription "FATHER, I HAVE GLORIFIED THEE ON THE EARTH" ST. JOHN XVII.4
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Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 745
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