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Captain JOHN PLAYFORD HALES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

203rd Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY

E. 46.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Catherine Hales, of College Height, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription LOVING AND KIND AS HE WAS BRAVE FOR LOVE AND HOME HIS LIFE HE GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 311
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