LEST WE FORGET
Second Lieutenant Albert Harcourt GIOVANETTI
From Australia serving in the Royal Flying Corps
Service No: Not Assigned
Unit: 57th Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, based at Abu Sueir
Died: Aircraft Accident, Egypt, 3 February 1918, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Ismailia War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Constantine William and Marian Francis Elizabeth Giovanetti, of Pretoria, Transvaal. Born at Melbourne, Victoria
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 3 February 1918, Second Lieutenant Giovanetti, a pilot-under-training flying solo, was killed when R8 aircraft B3444 nose-dived to the ground.
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
National Archives UK RAF Casualty Card 271889, 106216