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Sapper JOHN GEORGE ECKFORD

Service Number: QX20859
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Engineers

A.I.F. 2/13 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1942

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

B. B. 3.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John George and Jane Eckford; husband of Emma Eckford, of Nundah, Queensland, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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