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Trooper DESMOND LAURENCE HARGRAVES

Service Number: 451540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Armoured Corps

20th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY

V. E. 6.

Italy

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Elwyn Laurence Hargraves and of Gladys Hargraves (nee Lee), of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

RAVENNA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 990
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