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Corporal PHILIP SELWYN EAST

Service Number: NX17220
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/17 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXII. A. 26.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Selwyn and Mary Ellen East, of Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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