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Private EDWIN THOMAS PORTER

Service Number: 687
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

59th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. F. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Annie E. S. Porter, of Birchip, Victoria, Australia. Born at Middle Creek. Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 815
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