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Lance Corporal JAMES HUGH POWELL

Service Number: 6656
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Army Medical Corps

8th Field Amb.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. B. 44.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Gillespie Powell and Christina Barbara Powell, of Raglan St., Long Bay, Sydney, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM HIS LOVED ONES AND SUNNY AUSTRALIA
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Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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