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English: First Lieutenant George H. Mackay, Jr., R.A.F. Son of George H. and Maria Mitchell (Starbuck) Mackay; was born at Boston, Mass., Oct. 13, 1885. He attended the Noble and Greenough School, and graduated from Harvard College in 1908. He served for over nine years in the National Guard, being with the 1st Corps of Cadets; the Coast Artillery Corps; and the 1st Squadron of Cavalry, with which he served as Sergeant, on the Mexican Border. On March 17, 1917, he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps, and trained at Camp Borden, Toronto, Can. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., July 23, 1917, and 1st Lieut. April 1, 1918. While in Canada he was badly injured in a "crash." He sailed overseas and was stationed at C ran we 11, Eng., where he served as a Flying Officer. He was discharged, owing to wounds, Dec. 21, 1918.

Identifier: NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick (find matches)
Title: New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed
Subjects: Biography Aeronautics World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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U.S.A. Son of George L. and Josephine Dillaway, of Wakefield, Mass.;was born at Bath, Me., Sept. 2, 1894. He graduated from TuftsCollege, and was studying at the Boston University Law School atthe time of his enlistment. He had previously served in the 6thMass. Infantry, N.G., from June, 1916, to Nov. 1, 1917. On thelatter date he enlisted in the Aviation Service at Boston, and at-tended the M.I.T. Ground School from Nov. 3, 1917, to Jan. 4,1918. From Jan. 5 to Jan. 12, he trained at the Cornell GroundSchool; then transferred to Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La.,where he trained from Jan. 19 to May 30. There he was com-missioned 2d Lieut., May 8, 1918. In June he was stationed atCamp Dick, Dallas, Tex.; from June 17 to July 17, at Fort Sill,Okla.; from July 17 to Nov. 1, at Hicks Field, Fort Worth, Tex.;and later at Garden City, N. Y. Honorably discharged, Dec. 11,1918. Brother in Service — George L. D. Dillaway, 6th Mass. Inf., N.G., entered WestPoint, U.S.M.A., June, 1917. ( 384 )
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CHARLES R. MACAULAY First Lieutenant, A.S., U.S.A.Born at Beverly, Mass., Dec. 16, 1893. He graduated from theBeverly High School, and from Pratt Institute in 1915. On Feb. 11,1916, he enlisted at Olean, N.Y., in the Infantry, N.Y. NationalGuard. He saw service at the Mexican Border, in 1916, and waspromoted to Corporal. Following the declaration of war, he waschosen from the National Guard to attend the Officers TrainingCamp, where he was commissioned 1st Lieut., U.S. Infantry, inAug., 1917. He was a member of the Iron Battalion under Col.Azan at Cambridge, Mass. He was assigned to the 312th Infantry,at Camp Dix, where he remained until Jan., 1918; he then transferredto Aviation, and trained at Austin, Tex., from April 1 to June, 1918,and Kelly Field, San Antonio, and was commissioned 1st Lieut.,A.S., U.S.A., Nov. 1, 1918. On Nov. 28 he was sent to San Diego asInstructor in Advanced Flying. Honorably discharged, Jan. 4,1919.Brother in Service — A. Vernon Macaulay, 2d Lieut., A.S.,

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