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Gunner RICHARD ELWYN SHANNON

Service Number: 1950
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

25th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

V. Q. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Michael James and Helen Shannon.
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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