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Private JOHN SOUTHWELL ROOTES

Service Number: 1726
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

53rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1918

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME

III. H. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Blanche Rootes, of Carroll, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription IN ANSWER TO HIS COUNTRY'S CALL HE GAVE HIS BEST HIS LIFE, HIS ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

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