New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ROGER AMORY Major , Detached Service Son of Charles B. and Lily C. Amory; was born in Boston, Mass.,March 28, 1887. He was educated at Milton Academy, and atHarvard College, 1910. Prior to the war he served three yearsin Troop B, 1st Squad, , 1908 to 1911. He enlisted at Newport News, Va., on May 3, 1917, and hadpreliminary training at the Ground School; flying trainingat Newport News, Va., and Mineola, He was on duty at theSchool of Military Aeronautics, Austin, Tex.; Kelly Field, SanAntonio, Tex.
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ROGER AMORY Major , Detached Service Son of Charles B. and Lily C. Amory; was born in Boston, Mass.,March 28, 1887. He was educated at Milton Academy, and atHarvard College, 1910. Prior to the war he served three yearsin Troop B, 1st Squad, , 1908 to 1911. He enlisted at Newport News, Va., on May 3, 1917, and hadpreliminary training at the Ground School; flying trainingat Newport News, Va., and Mineola, He was on duty at theSchool of Military Aeronautics, Austin, Tex.; Kelly Field, SanAntonio, Tex.; and at Office of Director of Military Aeronautics,Washington, He was commissioned Capt., Sept., 1917; Major,Oct. 1918. He was honorably discharged at Washington, , onJan. 6, 1919. Brothers in Service — Charles B. Amory, 26th Div., Austin Amory, Capt. (Chemical Warfare Service), 3dDiv., Father in Service —Charles B. Amory, Major in Mass. Volunteers in the CivilWar. [ 414 ]. JOHN BAYARD CHEVALIER First Lieutenant, , , Commanding Officer,Aviation Instruction Centre, Cazaux Son of Charles N. and Elizabeth A. (Waterhouse) Chevalier, ofMedford, Mass.; was born Jan. 31, 1887, at Providence, Hewas educated at Ogdensburg Academy, , Medford HighSchool, class of 1904; Harvard College, class of 1908, , lived for nine years in the Far East and travelled vice-captain of the Shanghai Rowing Club, Shanghai, China. For three years he served in the American Company, Shanghai,Volunteer Corps, Shanghai, China. He served through the ChineseRebellion of 1913, and was honorably discharged in 1916, with therank of Corporal. From Shanghai he returned to enlist in at Cambridge, Mass., on Aug. 31, 1917. He attended theGround School, , from Sept. 13 to Nov. 10, 1917. He sailedoverseas Nov. 27, 1917, as an enlisted man, flying cadet. In April, 1918, he took a machine-gun course at First Corps School
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