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Private GEORGE PRIEST

Service Number: 1355
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

I. A. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info (Served as REID). Son of the late James Thomas and Mary Ann Priest. Native of Chelsea, London.
  • Personal Inscription SOON, SOON THE FAITHFUL WARRIOR FINDS HIS REST
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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