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Lance Corporal CHARLES JAMES COOTES

Service Number: 2617
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

56th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 April 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

II. D. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel Charles and Elizabeth Cootes, of Cathcart, New South Wales. Native of Bombala, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription LEAD KINDLY LIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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