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Corporal LEWIS JOHN RAIT

Service Number: 43652
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Medical Corps

23 Field Amb

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

2. C. 17.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur Rait and of Lilian Amy Rait (nee Bonnington), of Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Jean Grace Rait, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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