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Private WILLIAM JAMES EYRE

Service Number: 6253
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. C. 24.

France

CWGC Headstone

Photographer: Sharky Ward

CWGC Headstone

Photographer: Sharky Ward

CWGC Headstone

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Nassau Memorial, Bahamas: duplicate of asset #351854 to effect casualty-specific cataloguing

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Photos taken by Brad Hall, Outer Area, during Caribbean tour, 2007: St. Barnabas Churchyard, St. Michael, Barbados

Photographer: Brad Hall

Photos taken by Brad Hall, Outer Area, during Caribbean tour, 2007: St. James Parish Cemetery, Holetown, Barbados

Photographer: Brad Hall

  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of the late William David and Alice Eyre. Native of Sydney.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF MY DEAR BROTHER OF COORABELL, N.S.W. AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

DOINGT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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