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NAME: Elder, James Jarvis
RANK: Lieutenant
UNIT: Royal Air Force
BATTALION ETC: 13 Squadron
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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.