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Private GAVIN EMSLIE MELROSE

Service Number: 450813
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY

XVI. D. 23.

Italy

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Gavin and Evelyn Melrose, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
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SANGRO RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2619
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