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Lieutenant JOHN DRIFFIELD GILBERT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

56th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1917

Age 24 years old

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ARRAS FLYING SERVICES MEMORIAL

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and Sussex Yeomanry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Formerly (Tpr.) 16th Lancers. Youngest son of William and Mary Young Gilbert, of Pewsey Vale, Lyndoch, South Australia. Came from Australia in April, 1915 to enlist.
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