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Serjeant WILLIAM VERNON ATKINS

Service Number: 2/433
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Field Artillery

3rd Bty. 1st Bde.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

XXI. C. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of James Reed Atkins and Ellen Atkins, of Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay. Born at Napier.
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SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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