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Private WILLIAM DAVID SWAIN

Service Number: 18804
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

26th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1942

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 8.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Catherine Swain, of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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