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Regimental Sergeant Major WILLIAM JOHN HARPER

Service Number: 2609
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE

II. L. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Eliza Harper, of Derby, Tasmania. Born at Gladstone, Tasmania.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT & DIED A SOLDIER & A MAN HIS HEART WAS GOOD HIS SPIRIT BRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2, HEBUTERNE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1356
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