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Private WILLIAM ARTHUR OVEREND

Service Number: 27353
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, POLYGON WOOD

Spec. Mem. IX. AA. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Eliza Overend, of 55, Barnsley Rd., South Elmsall, Pontefract, Yorks. Native of Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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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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