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Lance Corporal GEORGE GAVENS

Service Number: 4695
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

24th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 June 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME

III. H. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Richard and Catherine Gavens. Native of Mount Gambier, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE LIVED MANLY, UNSELFISH AND BRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 498
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