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Sergeant WILLIAM ERNEST KING

Service Number: 2257
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 07 August 1915 and 14 August 1915

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONE PINE CEMETERY, ANZAC

M. 25.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of the Rev. Canon W. J. King and Mrs. King, of Kilcoleman Rectory, Miltown, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Served in the German New Guinea Campaign. Relinquished commission to join the Australian Imperial Force.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND EMPIRE BUT AS A SOLDIER
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