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Sapper LEONARD LINDSAY BASHAM

Service Number: 8224
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Tunnelling Corps

Details

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY

V. L. 907.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Walter James and Diana Basham, of 153, Puckle St., Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia. Native of North Melbourne.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DEAR LEN BELOVED FIRSTBORN SO TRUE AND GOOD GONE HOME TO GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 839
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