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Private WILLIAM HENRY BANKS

Service Number: 2559
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX

I. H. 63.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Charles A. and Lucy Rebecca Banks. Born at Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS ALL HIS LIFE FOR THE EMPIRE
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Buried or commemorated at

RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1523
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