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Lieutenant JOHN THOMAS McELLISTER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Machine Gun Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1918

Buried or commemorated at

BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Georgina McEllister, of Tolmie, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription THE GREATEST GIFT THE HERO LEAVES HIS RACE IS TO HAVE BEEN A HERO
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Buried or commemorated at

BORRE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 373
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