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Gunner WILFRED STANLEY MERLIN

Service Number: 8006
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

6th A.F.A. Bde.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, SOMME

Grave by entrance gate.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of W. T. and C. I. Merlin, of 522, Egdeard St., Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HEM COMMUNAL CEMETERY, SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 32
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