312610Hay, John1public2013-01-27 13:43:332021-03-02 15:50:1920

HayHas a carillon bell named for him(6) donor Mrs Isabella Hay. Was a member of the Sydney University Scouts - no dates recorded.John41411985ulf_11985_Portrait John HAY - SU Regiment Historical Collection 246x550.gifimage/giflocalPortrait John HAY - SU Regiment Historical Collection 246x550.gif4400e41a1ad40f1d30290b30e97471f444caf981152016-02-10 15:15:32gifmediatype=image00e41a1ad40f1d30290b30e97471f444caf9811518815J.412272441228244122924163773130701294321173453320283273909124532532https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search?query=john%20hay&collection=true&facet_type=Heraldry532Arts I : Lieutenant, 40th Squadron, R.F.C., B.E.F., France. Sailing privately in September, 1915, enlisted in London in January, 1916, and, after training at Curragh House, Ireland, and Fort Rowner, near Gosport, crossed to No. 40 Squadron in France 11th August. Brought down six German planes during his service there, two of these on the morning of 23rd January, 1917, but later that day, being attacked by Richthofen and others, was brought down by Richthofen. Killed in Air Fight, No Man''s Land, near Canadian Lines, Plateau de Notre Dame de Lorette, 23rd January, 1917, and buried at Airesur- Lys. Early education at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Fellow officers engraved on propeller marking his grave—"The earth holds not a braver gentleman."409435284685284695154892653147056096331319078970

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