Nash, Gerald Ewart (Group Captain)

Prisoner of War unkown date

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Birth Date: 1896-May-12

Born: Stoney Creek, Ontario

Parents: William May Nash & Kitty May Combe

Spouse: Edna Isabelle Ross

Home: Welland, Ontario

Enlistment: RNAS records destroyed

Enlistment Date: 1916-April

Service

RAF

Unit

10 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RNAS)

Base

Rank

Group Captain

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

Nash enlisted in the RNAS in the Spring of 1916. He served in 3 Naval Wing and 10(N) Sqn. Nash scored 6 aerial victories before being shot down behind the lines in Belgium on 1917-06-25. He was held as a PoW until the end of the war and was repatriated in late 1918 and returned to Canada in 1919. He served in the RCAF during WWII and retired in1945.