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Private BEN THORN

Service Number: 23/301
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Medical Corps

No. 1 Field Amb.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY (N.Z.) MEMORIAL, POLYGON WOOD

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Ben and Jessie Thorn, of Seddon Avenue, Waihi, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt.
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BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY (N.Z.) MEMORIAL, POLYGON WOOD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 378
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