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Sergeant WILLIAM GEORGE COTT

Service Number: WX2936
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/16 Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 September 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY

B3. A. 16.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Susan Cott; husband of Olive Rose Cott, of Northam, Western Australia.
  • Personal Inscription AT PEACE WITH THE LORD SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE ROSE
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Buried or commemorated at

PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 3826
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