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Private WILLIAM AUSTIN

Service Number: 20732
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. C. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Annie Austin, of 44, New Bank St., West Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3561
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