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Lieutenant WILLIAM GERHARD ONCKEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

46th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1919

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUSIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VIII. B. 54.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly 2nd/23rd Bn. London Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Sears Oncken and Penelope Oncken, of 11, Norwood Crescent, Southport. Native of Lincoln.
  • Personal Inscription AEVO PERBREVI VITA PLENA CARA MATRI FRATRI MEMORIA
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Buried or commemorated at

BUSIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 760
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