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Private DAVID SHANKS

Service Number: 3217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

48th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1917

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XLII. G. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James Clarke Shanks and Rose Ann Shanks. Native of Oxley, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

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