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Corporal PERCY FREDERICK HIRST

Service Number: 58
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

1st Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

III. H. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of James and Diana Harriet Hirst, of "Renduri", Russell Avenue, Wahroonga, New South Wales. Native of Bundaberg, Queensland.
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Buried or commemorated at

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