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Lance Corporal ERNEST LEOPOLD CLAASEN

Service Number: 19650
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Cyclist Corps

52nd (Lowland) Div. Cyclist Coy.

Date of Death

Died 22 April 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

B. 129.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Claasen, of Rawene, Hokianga Auckland, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription ONE WHO LOVED HIS FELLOW MEN
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Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2004
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