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Private WILLIAM BIRKETT HIRD

Service Number: 1666
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

39th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XXXV. D. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William Holmes Hird and Mary Hird, of Gembrook, Victoria, Australia. Native of Ireby, Westmorland, England.
  • Personal Inscription I'LL LEAVE THEE TO THE CARE OF HIM WHO CARES FOR THEE AND ME
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Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 11978
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