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Private JAMES McDOWALL

Service Number: 23013
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY

La Basse-Ville German Cem. Warneton Mem.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Fanny McDowell, of Houipapa, Catlius River, Otago.
  • Personal Inscription WHO WAS BURIED BY THE ENEMY IN LA BASSE-VILLE GERMAN CEMETERY, WARNETON BUT WHOSE GRAVE IS NOW LOST THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 1162
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