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Trooper WILLIAM CLAUDE THORNTON

Service Number: 17569
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.

Date of Death

Died 25 November 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JERUSALEM MEMORIAL

Panel 1.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret J. Thornton, of 244, Harewood Rd., Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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