4122924Hay J. : Life.Buried - @ Aire-sur-Lys [ Nord-Pas de Calais France ]0public2016-03-09 10:21:332019-08-29 17:54:23150

3126108330613825From notes of Ian Jack, Senior Fellow, St Andrew's College: 'His body landed in no-man’s-land just south of Lens, was recovered and buried at Aire-sur-Lys. The grave was marked by an aircraft propeller cut down into a cross and a brass plaque inscribed ‘The earth holds not a braver gentleman’. This plaque is now in the Australian War Memorial at Canberra.'8287n/a312610

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