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Lance Corporal JOHN FREDERICK WATCHORN

Service Number: 12/3185
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

15th (North Auckland) Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 September 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THISTLE DUMP CEMETERY, HIGH WOOD, LONGUEVAL

C. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William and Eliza Watchorn, of Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania. Also served in Egypt.
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Buried or commemorated at

THISTLE DUMP CEMETERY, HIGH WOOD, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 203
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