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Private GEORGE CAIRNCROSS

Service Number: 2524B
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)

VIII. D. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Cairncross; husband of M. H. Cairncross, of Leane St., South Perth, Western Australia. Born in Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription FOUGHT WITH THE BRAVE AND NOBLY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

PERTH CEMETERY (CHINA WALL)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2796
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