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Company Sergeant Major EDWARD JOHN POWELL

Service Number: 1821
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

26th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. E. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Amy Beatrice Powell; husband of Ruby Myrtle Powell, of Main Rd., Glenorchy, Tasmania. Born at Lymington North, Tasmania.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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