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Second Lieutenant RUPERT GIRARD SWEETLAND

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 January 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMARA WAR CEMETERY

XXV.

Iraq

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly 29th Bn. Canadian Infantry
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. A. Sweetland, of 1410, Sixth Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
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Buried or commemorated at

AMARA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 4633
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