Page, Herbert Joseph
Killed in Action 1916-02-15
Birth Date: unkown date
Born: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Frederick Joseph Page & Ann Eliza Page
Home: Saturna Island, B.C.
Enlistment: into Rnas, also date of RAeC cert.
Enlistment Date: 1915-09-03
Service
RNAS
Unit
(RNAS)
Base
HMS Lowestoft
Rank
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Position
Flight Sub-Lieutenant
Service Numbers
37436 Naval
Home
Saturna Island, B.C.
First Burial
Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent, Uk
His RAeC Cert. No. 1721, 1915-09-03, was from the Curtiss School in Toronto, he had additional training at Portsmouth, Eastbourne, Calshott & Yarmouth bases before going on active service. He was stationed at HMS Lowestoft when the accident occurred. On 1916-02-15 Page was killed when he crashed in the English Channel during reasonably good weather, and was presumed to have drowned. His body was not recovered. The authorities don't think it could have been the aircraft that failed....
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