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After cessation of hostilities, John was posted to
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John McNeaney was born on 30 May 1897, the son of John and Mary
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A gallant and courageous airman who has accounted for five enemy aeroplanes, displaying at all times marked skill and devotion to duty. On 28 September, in company with two other machines, he engaged about ten
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