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Private JOHN VAUGHAN TONKIN

Service Number: 2910
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TYNE COT CEMETERY

XXV. H. 24.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Richard James and Mary Ellen Tonkin, of Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription I.H.S. HE GAVE HIS BEST HIS LIFE, HIS ALL REST IN PEACE DEAR JACK
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Buried or commemorated at

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