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Private WILLIAM HOLCROFT BROCKLEBANK

Service Number: 7196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

36th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY

II. D. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Frances H. Brocklebank, of 841, Cumberland St., Dunedin, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription 'TIS BETTER TO BE NOBLY REMEMBERED THAN NOBLY BORN
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Buried or commemorated at

POTIJZE CHATEAU GROUNDS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 478
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