Identity
Person No.
18603
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
John Daniel
Initials
J D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Military Service
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Country
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Notes
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.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Lance Corporal J. NEWBERRY, 3rd SAI - Wounded, Killed in action as Second Lieutenant near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)"
Citations
LG Sup 23 August 1919 - "For valuable services rendered in connection with the war"
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Lance Corporal J. NEWBERRY, 3rd SAI - Wounded, Killed in action as Second Lieutenant near Frezenberg on the 20th September 1917 (Ypres Menin Gate Memorial)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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