Service Details
Name:
 NEWBERRY
Given Name:
 JOHN DANIEL
Initials:
 J D
Rank:
 Flight Commander
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Air Service
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Unit:
 Chingford NAS
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Date of Death:
 1917-09-28
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Date of Birth:
 1894-05-27
Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, received in air crash in UK
Decorations:
 Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France)
Citations:
 LG Sup 23 August 1919 - "For valuable services rendered in connection with the war"
Additional
Information:
When war broke out he was at Cambridge studying Engineering and joined the Royal Naval Air Service. Sent to Eastern France and conducted many raids from Belfort and won the French Croix de Guerre. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. At School from January 1911 to December 1912.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Essex
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Cemetery:
 CHINGFORD MOUNT CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D. 10. 5522.

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