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Personal data John Hunter Coghlan 

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Notes about John Hunter Coghlan

Educated at The Imperial Services College.

JOHN HUNTER COGHLAN DFC Flying Officer 37719 56 Squadron., Royal Air Force who died on Saturday 17 August 1940. Age 25. Additional Information: Son of Henry Hunter Coghlan and Katherine Mary Maud Coghlan; nephew of Beatrice M. J. Bourchier,of Southsea, Hampshire. Cemetery: BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY Pasde Calais, France Grave or Reference Panel Number: Plot 13. RowB. Grave 2.
Killed flying a Lysander on Special Ops to France.

The following information as featured in the Imperial Service College Register of 1956.

Coghlan, Flg. Off. (Act. Flt. Lt.), John Hunter, DFC., RAF. Lawrence House.
Son of Mrs H Coghlan, Southsea. Born 7th September 1914. "C" House, May 1927 to July, 1933. Prefect. 1st XV 1932. Entered RAF Plt. Off. 3/2/1937. Flg. Off. 3/9/1938. awarded DFC 29/7/1940. Missing presumed killed in action 21st September 1940.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Hunter Coghlan

William Coghlan
1833-1914
Marion Poole
1844-1907
John Paton (Major) Lawrie
1841-1894
Emma Louisa Harris
1850-1947

John Hunter Coghlan
1914-± 1940


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    2. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=19255230&pid=201
      / Ancestry.co.uk
    3. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: abt 1914 Birth place: China Arrival date: 17 Apr 1918 Arrival place: Vancouver, British Columbia Departure date: Departure place: Hong Kong
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    4. Web: International, Find A Grave Index, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    5. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941, Ancestry.com
      Death date: 17 Aug 1940 Death place: Essex, England
      / Ancestry.co.uk
    6. International, Find A Grave Index for Select Locations, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    7. UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    8. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, Ancestry.com, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1003; Item: 50 / Ancestry.co.uk

    Historical events

    Birthday September 7, 1914

    • The temperature on September 7, 1914 was between 9.7 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
      • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
      • August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
      • August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
      • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
      • October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
    

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