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Private CHARLES LESLIE THORNTON

Service Number: 514
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

I. M. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Sarah Ann Thornton, of Goornong, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription TO HONOR HIS BELOVED MEMORY HE IS RESTING IN PEACE WITH GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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