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Lance Corporal WILLIAM HENRY ASHCROFT

Service Number: 2264
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORCHIES MILITARY CEMETERY

B. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Mary Ashcroft, of 50, Kent Rd., Blackpool, England.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR DEAR SON SLEEPING
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

MORCHIES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 176
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