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Acting Bombardier JOHN ALEXANDER CAIRNS

Service Number: 21200
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

8th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. B. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Of New South Wales. Son of John and Stella E. J. Cairns, of "Arncliffe," John St., Winton, Brisbane, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription FIGHTING FOR GOD FOR RIGHT AND LIBERTY SUCH A DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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