Service Details
Name:
 BENNETTS
Given Name:
 ERIC AUGUSTINE
Initials:
 E A
Rank:
 Flight Sub-Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Air Service
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Unit:
 8th Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1917-08-17
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Date of Birth:
 1895-08-28
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, collided with Johnston, Philip A, both flying Sopwith Camel F1 biplane scouts, collided in combat over Lens, France
Additional
Information:
Son of Rev. Thomas and Annie Margaret Bennetts, of Rondebosch, Cape Province. On Rondebosch War Memorial in St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
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Grave Reference:
 XV. R. 22.

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