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Serjeant MAXWELL DOUGLAS PETERSEN

Service Number: 31241
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Medical Corps

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY

Mil. Allotment. Grave 96922C.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Julius Emil and Jessie Petersen; husband of Gladys Petersen, of Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 1482
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