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Corporal HECTOR NORMAN CLOSE

Service Number: 607
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

31st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

III. H. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Maxwell Close and Mary Ellen Close. Born Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription THIS LIFE IS NOT THE BOOK IT IS ONLY THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BOOK
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 960
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