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Private RUPERT EDGAR GELL

Service Number: 4261
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

24th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 February 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

V. B. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Jessie Gell, of Mercer St., Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and the late Joseph Gell.
  • Personal Inscription A MAN GIVEN FOR KING AND COUNTRY BY HIS WIDOWED MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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