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Corporal WILLIAM BLAIN

Service Number: WX9598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Army Provost Corps

A.I.F. 9 Div.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

C. D. 3.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Christina Blain; husband of Ivy Blain, of Witchcliffe, Western Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE..IT SHALL NOT BE IN VAIN..CHERISHED MEMORIES
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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