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Private WILLIAM BROWN COCKBURN

Service Number: 228924
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

42nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. G. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Cockburn, of 368, Peel St., Montreal, Canada. Born at Kirkintilloch, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HOME AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

HANGARD COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 564
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