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Lieutenant JOSEPH ROBERT RANSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery

8th

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. E. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Samuel and Marion Ranson; husband of Martha Ranson, of Oakura St., Rockdale, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARTHA AND SON OF MR.& MRS.E.S.RANSON OF SYDNEY
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Buried or commemorated at

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