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Private DEVEREUX COTTINGHAM

Service Number: 1086
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Machine Gun Corps

7th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

II. E. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Edmund Cottingham and Isabell Bell, of 5, McDonald St., Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Native of South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription SOUL OF THE JUST SET FREE BLEST BE THY MEMORY & THY BRIGHT EXAMPLE
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Buried or commemorated at

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