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Sergeant ROBERT NELSON BURGESS

Service Number: VX17989
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/2 Pnr Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 June 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY

A. H. 7.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Arthur and Stella Vercoe Burgess, of Box Hill, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

KHAYAT BEACH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 887
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