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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM MERSON

Service Number: 48076
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Ordnance Corps

10 L.A.D.

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1945

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PADUA WAR CEMETERY

III. B. 14.

Italy

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William and Emily Merson of Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Cora Lilian Merson, of Wellington City, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 523
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