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Sergeant ALFRED HENRY STANLEY THORNS

Service Number: 723
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

51st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUEAU BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Emma Thorns, of 77, Eagle St., Trafalgar, Western Australia. Native of Gympie, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription MISSED MOST BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

LONGUEAU BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 206
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