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Private WILLIAM RALPH PRESTON

Service Number: 44039
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXXII. E. 14.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William Preston and of Florence Preston (nee Dawson), of Foxton, Wellington, New Zealand.
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EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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