STONES, Gerald Cunliffe
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, 1879 |
Home Town: | Tresco, Swan Hill, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 30 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Kantara War Memorial Cemetery Grave F. 32. INSCRIPTION - LIFE'S DUTY DONE GRANT HIM LORD ETERNAL REST |
Memorials: | Swan Hill War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
18 Apr 1916: | Involvement 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: '' | |
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18 Apr 1916: | Embarked 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Itria, Melbourne | |
30 May 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 4th Australian Light Horse att Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-30 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Births Sep 1879 Stones Gerald Cunliffe Wisbeach 3b 592
Son of Thomas and Maria Y. Stones, of Wisbech.
Pilot with 67 Squadron. Australian Flying Corps. at Rafah, Egypt. Killed in action whilst flying a BE. 2c, with observer Second Lieutenant. Joseph Anthony Morgan (aged 19, from Soho, London) shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Gaza, during artillery observation flight.