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NAME: Elder, James Jarvis

RANK: Lieutenant

UNIT: Royal Air Force

BATTALION ETC: 13 Squadron

REGIMENTAL NUMBER:

HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in aerial action 3rd October 1918 (Another source states 16th September 1918)

WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Ontario Cemetery, Sains-les-Marquion, Pas de Calais, France

OTHER INFORMATION: Age 19. Born 11th September 1899 at Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire. Joined Royal Flying Corps 12th September 1917. Only son of James and Aggie (Agnes) Elder, of Waituna, Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand. In 1911 family lived at Southampton Lodge, Hursley.