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Serjeant JOSEPH WILLIAM McRAE

Service Number: 2/2329
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Field Artillery

7th Bty.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

VI. B. 13.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Edith McRae, of 83, 40th Avenue East, South Vancouver, Canada. Born at South Shields, England.
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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