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Private EDWIN GEORGE RUTHERFORD CAIRNS

Service Number: 87A
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AEROPLANE CEMETERY

IV. A. 12.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of David John and Helen Cairns. Native of Camperdown, Victoria Australia.
  • Personal Inscription BETTER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

AEROPLANE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1105
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