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Private LAURENCE WADESON COLTISH

Service Number: VX74419
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/24 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 September 1943

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

C. A. 3.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Percival Oswin William and Laura Emmaline Coltish; husband of Leura May Coltish, of Timboon, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY JANET, PAT, DES, BARBARA & WIFE MAY
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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