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Private JAMES EDGAR LESTER

Service Number: VX16889
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/23 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1942

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

A IV. B. 10.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Alexander Lester and Isabella Winifred Lester; husband of Helen Lester, of North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR KING AND COUNTRY. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
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