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Lance Corporal MELVILLE TAYLOR WILKS

Service Number: 5864
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

48th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 May 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

III. C. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Emma Wilks, of Monteith, South Australia. Native of Meningie, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED BY LOVED ONES AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 803
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