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Private GEORGE WILLIAM WHEELER

Service Number: 2894
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

59th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

XI. B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Elizabeth Wheeler, of 90, Darebin St., Northcote, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR HIS FLAG HIS COUNTRY & FRANCE OUR HERO
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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