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Lance Corporal HERBERT WILKES

Service Number: 3229
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

51st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

X. C. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Wilkes, of 21, Northwood St., West Leederville, Western Australia.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY OUR DEAR SON
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Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1860
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