Roberts, Eldridge Matthew (2nd-Lieutenant)

Survived 1917-December-19

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Birth Date: 1892-July-11

Born: Duluth, St Louis, Minnesota

Parents: Edward J. Roberts & Huldah Ann Page

Spouse: Lillian Beatrice Harriott Gauthier

Home: Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah

Enlistment: joined CEF

Enlistment Date: 1914

Service

RFC

Unit

4 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

2nd-Lieutenant

Position

pilot & observer

Service Numbers

Roberts was American born from Duluth, Minnesota and came to Canada in 1914 to join the CEF. He flew with 4 Squadron as an observer in 1916 and was wounded on 1916-07-02. While recuperating he qualified as a pilot but never flew operationally. He resigned his commission on 1917-07-02 to author "A Flying Fighter: An American Above The Lines In France" (New York, 1918).