1916-01-09: RAeC cert. #2315, and accepted into the RFC.
He somehow got listed in the London Gazette under the name 'Gilray'. The RFC later corrected this error.
1916-06-03: departed England by air with 70Sqn, for the western front in France.
1916-07-01:Gilroy & his gunner Lieut Ronald Maxwell Phorson (British) were an aircraft ferry team, delivering new aircraft to France.
1917-01-05: Posted to the Northern Aircraft Depot, at Bradford, England. This was a major aircraft repair location for northern England.
Gilroy, Joseph Alexander Gibson (Lieutenant)
Survived 1917-January-05
Birth Date: 1890-July-06
Born: Toronto, Ontario
Parents: Alexander Gilroy & Anne S Gibson
Spouse:
Home: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RFC
Unit
70 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Lieutenant
Position
pilot
Service Numbers
Home
Toronto, Ontario