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Private COLIN GORDON SALMON

Service Number: 2645
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

40th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

VII. A. 49.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Clara Salmon, of View St., Cottesloe, Western Australia. Native of Launceston, Tasmania.
  • Personal Inscription "I SHALL GO TO HIM BUT HE SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME" II SAM. 12.23
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Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2973
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