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Second Lieutenant JOHN HAY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

40th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 23 January 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. H. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Isabella Hay, of Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription THE EARTH ROLLS NOT A BRAVER GENTLEMAN
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Buried or commemorated at

AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 925
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