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Private JOHN LONGFORD CROSSINGHAM

Service Number: 2581
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

III. C. 48.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Longford Crossingham and Emily Crossingham; husband of Lillian Crossingham, of 28, Paling St., Leichhardt, New South Wales. Native of Launceston, Tasmania.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE SO THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

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