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Private EDGAR JOHN BURGESS

Service Number: 1837
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Pioneers

5th

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

II. F. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas George and Margaret Ellen Burgess, of Jamestown, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

DARTMOOR CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 768
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