Age 21
Australian Flying Corps
Killed when flying a Sopwith Camel as part of a five aeroplane flight of 71 Squadron AFC, on a familiarisation mission on the Allied side of the Lines, 6 January 1918. Over Vermelles, the two rearmost machines, flown by Second Lieutenants Richard Curtis & Albert Anderson, collided, and then fell on a third Sopwith Camel piloted by James. All three Camels then fell onto a waste heap between Béthune and Vermelles, killing all
Son of James and Mary Cash, of 252 Willesden Lane, London, England
Australian Flying Corps
Killed when flying a Sopwith Camel as part of a five aeroplane flight of 71 Squadron AFC, on a familiarisation mission on the Allied side of the Lines, 6 January 1918. Over Vermelles, the two rearmost machines, flown by Second Lieutenants Richard Curtis & Albert Anderson, collided, and then fell on a third Sopwith Camel piloted by James. All three Camels then fell onto a waste heap between Béthune and Vermelles, killing all
Son of James and Mary Cash, of 252 Willesden Lane, London, England
Age 21
Australian Flying Corps
Killed when flying a Sopwith Camel as part of a five aeroplane flight of 71 Squadron AFC, on a familiarisation mission on the Allied side of the Lines, 6 January 1918. Over Vermelles, the two rearmost machines, flown by Second Lieutenants Richard Curtis & Albert Anderson, collided, and then fell on a third Sopwith Camel piloted by James. All three Camels then fell onto a waste heap between Béthune and Vermelles, killing all
Son of James and Mary Cash, of 252 Willesden Lane, London, England
Australian Flying Corps
Killed when flying a Sopwith Camel as part of a five aeroplane flight of 71 Squadron AFC, on a familiarisation mission on the Allied side of the Lines, 6 January 1918. Over Vermelles, the two rearmost machines, flown by Second Lieutenants Richard Curtis & Albert Anderson, collided, and then fell on a third Sopwith Camel piloted by James. All three Camels then fell onto a waste heap between Béthune and Vermelles, killing all
Son of James and Mary Cash, of 252 Willesden Lane, London, England
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THE ONLY AND BELOVED SON OF JAMES AND MARY CASH BORN MARCH 2ND 1896
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