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Trooper WILLIAM ERIC BLACKSHAW

Service Number: 5759
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Horse

5th

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1917

Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY

D. 24.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Heugh Blackshaw. Native of Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription THEY BROUGHT GLORY & HONOUR UNTO THE NATION
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 1239
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