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Private WILLIAM HENRY STEARNES

Service Number: 4394
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Pioneers

1st

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

VI. E. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Mary Ann Stearnes, of 1 14, St. John St., Launceston, Tasmania.
  • Personal Inscription HE WENT OUT WITH THE SETTING SUN TO RE-AWAKEN IN A GLORIOUS DAWN
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Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1860
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