Gerald Cunliffe STONES

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STONES, Gerald Cunliffe

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
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: ''
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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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

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.

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