George NOWLAND

NOWLAND, George

    Service Numbers: 971, Officer
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    Born: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 23 March 1892
    Home Town: Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Tent Maker
    Died: Mid-Air Collision, France, 22 May 1918, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, la Gorgue
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Jan 1917: Involvement 971, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    17 Jan 1917: Involvement 971, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    17 Jan 1917: Embarked 971, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
    17 Jan 1917: Embarked 971, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
    22 May 1918: Involvement Lieutenant, Officer, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Australian Flying Corps awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-05-22

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    Biography contributed by Nathan Rohrlach

     

    Lieutenant George Nowland was killed in action near Estaires on 22 May 1918, when his Sopwith Camel plane collided with another 4th Squadron Sopwith Camel belonging to Lieutenant Alexander Finnie (/explore/people/361444) while shooting down balloons behind the German lines. Both planes spiralled downward to ground where they crashed, killing both pilots. He was 26 years old. 

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