Second Lieutenant Daniel Albert Shanks
Killed in Action in WW1
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Service Biography
Second Lieutenant Daniel Albert Shanks, the son of Dr. James and Lizzie Shanks, was born in Howick in 1888. He was a graduate of McGill University and was serving as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. He was shot down near Ostend, Belgium on September 21st, 1918. His body was never recovered and because he was a member of the Royal Flying Corps, and not part of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, in Pas De Calais, France. He was 29 years old.
General Information
Conflict:
WW1
Regimental No.:
74680
Cause of Death (in war):
Killed in Action
Branch:
Air Force
Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Battalion:
108th Squadron
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Age at Discharge:
29 years 11 months
Date of Death:
Age at Death:
29 years 11 months
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Next of Kin:
James C. Shanks, M.D., and Elizabeth (Lizzie) A. Shanks, parents, Howick, Quebec
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Unknown
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Not Specified
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Prior Military Experience:
Not Specified
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Unknown
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Died in Service
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Lt. Daniel Shanks, RFC
Ranks
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Second Lieutenant |
Royal Flying Corps |
Air Force |
108th Squadron |
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| WW1 |
Second Lieutenant |
Royal Flying Corps |
Air Force |
108th Squadron |
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Available Transcriptions
Notes
Son of James C. Shanks, M.D., and Elizabeth (Lizzie) A. Shanks, of Howick, Quebec.
Pilot, enlisted from McGill
He was flying a Airco DH.9 (from de Havilland 9) also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9, a British single-engined biplane bombet when he was killed
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