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Lance Corporal RICHARD CLARENCE DREWETT

Service Number: 523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

29th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 26 September 1917 and 27 September 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

XXVII. C. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Smith Drewett and Sarah Maria Drewett, of 3, Shoobra Rd., Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia. Native of Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2112
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