LEST WE FORGET
(Flight) Sub-Lieutenant Alfred Thomas Osborne MANN
Serving in the Royal Naval Air Service
Service No: Not Assigned
Unit: No. 3 Wing
Died: 29 November 1916, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Luxeuil-Les-Bains Communal Cemetery
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr T.E. Mann of 163 Phillip Street, Sydney, Australia
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
The AWM and CWGC show the rank as Flight Sub-Lieutenant. This was not an actual British rank and likely used by those outside the services to indicate a Sub-Lieutenant in a flying role. The RAF, created on 1 April 1918, has the equivalent rank of Flying Officer.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records