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Apprentice WILLIAM WIGGES La TOUCHE BALDEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Samarkand (London)

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1945

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY

C. of E. Plot. Row K. Grave 595.

Australia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Reginald and Mary Balden, of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
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Buried or commemorated at

FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY
Victoria Australia
Number of casualties: 186
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