Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Hay Charles William

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Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Charles William Hay, AFC, of Lady Bay, Tasmania. An mechanical engineer prior to enlistment on 11 January 1915, Hay served with the Australian Army Service Corps in France until transferring to the Australian Flying Corps on 30 April 1917. Following training in England, Hay graduated as Flying Officer in November of that year and was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1918. At the age of 32, Lt Hay was killed when his Sopwith Camel (B. 7461) crashed into the sea off the coast of Montrose, Scotland on 8 April 1918.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Hay 39 Burnett Street, Hobart, have received official information of the death of their only son, Lieut. Charles William Hay of the Australian Flying Corps. He enlisted in Queensland in February 1915 being then staff-sergeant in Australian Army Service Corps. No particulars have come to hand, only that he met his death on April 8, through his machine diving into the sea off the Scottish coast. Lieut. Hay was very well known and was extremely popular among a wide circle of friends.

The Mercury 22^nd April 1918

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