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Corporal WILLIAM LAVINGTON BENSON

Service Number: 1511
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

II. D. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George Gordon Benson and Annie Benson; husband of Margaret Buckle (formerly Benson), of Moghams Rd., Northmead, New South Wales. Born at Moruya.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE MORNING BREAKS BELOVED GOOD-NIGHT REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2132
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