Eckardt, Gordon Douglas (2nd-Lieutenant)

Survived 1918-June-16

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Birth Date: 1885-April-28

Born: North Dorchester, Middlesex, Ontario

Parents: Tobias Eckardt & Mary Catherine Thirsk

Spouse: unmarried

Home: Mount Albert, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

47 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Salonika Greece

Rank

2nd-Lieutenant

Position

pilot

Service Numbers

Final Burial
Google MapMount Albert Cemetery
1916-10-24: Eckardt received his RAeC certificate No. 3823. from the Curtiss School in Toronto. He was sent to Egypt where he received additional instruction at 22RS, 23RS and 57RS before being posted to 17 Sqn, Salonika for duty. He also served with 47 Sqn and 150 Sqn in Salonika before being ordered back to England. On 1918-06-16 he took ship to Egypt from Salonika. He does not appear again in the war record.