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Private RUFUS GORDON RIGNEY

Service Number: 3872
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

48th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XI. D. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of B. J. and Rachel Rigney, of Point McLeay, South Australia. His brother Cyril Spurgeon Rigney also fell.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED TO KEEP US FREE
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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