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Bombardier PHILIP SWAIN

Service Number: 20761
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

8th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 02 April 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. F. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of James Walter and Elizabeth Swain, of Augustus St., Toowong, Queensland.
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Buried or commemorated at

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