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Private BEN CROOKS

Service Number: 2354
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 August 1916

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

IV. V. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry Parker Crooks and Mabel Crooks, of Lord St., Botany, New South Wales. Native of Derby, England.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

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