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Sapper CLAUDE WILLIAM PORTER

Service Number: VX/1973
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Engineers

A.I.F. 2 Rly. Con. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 June 1940

Age 45 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY

Grave UL. 75.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of David and Margaret Porter.
  • Personal Inscription PARTINGS COME HEARTS BROKEN LOVED ONES GONE WORDS UNSPOKEN
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Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 248
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