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Company Sergeant Major HORACE JOHN TOWNLEY

Service Number: 469
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

27th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)

VI. L. 6.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of James Alfred and Alice Maud Jane Townley, of 15, Theresa St., Norwood, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE MORNING BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2463
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