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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES MATTHEWS

Service Number: 722
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

43rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 March 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. F. 5A.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Native of Cornwall, England. Son of James Thomas and Sarah Matthews, of Waikerie, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE FELL WITH OTHERS FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE WORLD
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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