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Gunner ERNEST RUFFLEY

Service Number: 24519
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

3rd Div. Ammunition Col.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Only son of Thomas and Susan Ruffley, of Riverside Rd., East Fremantle, Western Australia. Native of Stalybridge, Lancs, England.
  • Personal Inscription OUR BELOVED ONLY SON A LIFE LONG SORROW THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 1162
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