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Private CHARLES LESLIE THORNTON

Service Number: 10089
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Army Medical Corps

14th Field Amb.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

II. D. 4.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Sydney James and Sarah Ellen Thornton, of Glenwood, Queenscliff, Manly, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH MAN MAY DIE FOR GOD, RIGHT AND LIBERTY
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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