Hay, Douglas Archibald
Died 1915-09-20
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
Archibald Bain 'Archie' Hay & Ellen (Nellie) S Grey
Home: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RNAS
Unit
(RNAS)
Base
Rank
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Position
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Service Numbers
First Burial
Hollybrook Memorial, Southhampton, Hampshire, Uk
1915-07-12: RAeC cert# 1521; from the Curtiss School, Toronto, Ontario.1915-09-20: Hay was the first Canadian fatality in the Royal Naval Air Service, on this date, in Northumberland, England. No details of the circumstances that lead to his death could be found in the public record.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial