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Private WILLIAM JOHN NAIRN

Service Number: 3217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

59th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. D. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Nairn; husband of Eileen M. Nairn, of The Post Office, Corio, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription MY HERO R.I.P. E.M.NAIRN, CORIO
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Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 422
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