Press, Harry Wilfred (Second-Lieutenant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-September-23

Male Head

Birth Date: 1897-October-14

Born: Prospect, South Australia, Australia

Parents: William Press & Harriett Ellen Gogan

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Hendon, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1917

Service

RAF

Unit

29 (OT) TS- Training Squadron (RAF)

Base

Hendon England

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

pilot-instructor

Service Numbers

152553

Final Burial
Google MapHendon Cemetery
D 10 24318
1918-09-23; DH-6, C-7212; 29 TS, Hendon; Nose dived off turn after low altitude engine failure, Hendon, 2Lt Harry Wilfred Press (21) (pilot-instructor) killed (Canadian), 2Lt Albert Emanuel Colin Churcher (29) (British) (student-pilot) DoI.

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