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Rifleman WILLIAM JAMES BALSTER

Service Number: S/20436
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 October 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. J. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred George and Mary Jane Balster, of Stoke Newington, London; husband of Ann Donague (formerly Balster), of 173, Roundway, Tottenham, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

BIENVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1624
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