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Private WILLIAM HERBERT MAXWELL SCHAEFER

Service Number: 7771
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

III. A. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Margaret Schaefer, of Fern Hill, Guyra, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1860
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