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Lance Corporal CHARLES JOSEPH MESTREZ

Service Number: 5374
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Tunnelling Corps

1st Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 September 1917

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY

I. S. 35.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Joseph and Lucie Mestrez, of Alpha, Queensland. Native of Port Douglas, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription MY JOY-BRINGER GONE OVER THE SUN A BLACK CLOUD CAME I AM LEFT ALONE
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Buried or commemorated at

MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1658
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