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Gunner ALLAN MERCER

Service Number: 8428
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

6th A.F.A. Bde.

Date of Death

Died 07 August 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

I. A. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Mercer, of The Post Office, Gilles Plains, South Australia, and the late Janet Mercer. Native of Magill, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription DEAD ERE HIS PRIME..... FAME IS NO PLANT THAT GROWS ON MORTAL SOIL
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