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Corporal DOUGLAS THOMAS RAMSAY BUXTON

Service Number: VX140245
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Engineers

A.I.F. 15 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 February 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

E. A. 8.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles John and Alice Jane Buxton; husband of Daphne Phyllis Buxton, of West Heidelberg, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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