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Private JOHN POXON

Service Number: 1805
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery

14th

Date of Death

Died 28 August 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VII. A. 27.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Poxon; husband of Agnes Poxon, of "Argyle," Livingstone Rd., Lidcombe, New South Wales. Native of Osmaston, Derby, England.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED HUSBAND OF AGNES AND FATHER OF UNA FAITHFUL TILL DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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