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Private WILLIAM HARRISON BIRTWISTLE

Service Number: NX68064
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 1 Indep. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 23 January 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RABAUL (BITA PAKA) WAR CEMETERY

H. D. 3.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert J. Birtwistle and Kathleen G. Birtwistle, of Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription OF REMUERA, AUCKLAND, N.Z. HE GAVE HIS ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

RABAUL (BITA PAKA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 1153
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