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Private GEORGE RICHMOND BATES

Service Number: 632
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

26th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Ellen Maria Bates, of Boompa, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription REST WELL BELOVED WE SOFTLY SAY YE WHO FOR US YOUR LIFE LAID DOWN
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Buried or commemorated at

VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 586
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