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Private OLIVER JOHN COLWELL

Service Number: 2865
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery

5th

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

III. R. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and A. Colwell, of Beechwood, New South Wales. Born Port Macquarie, New South Wales.
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 960
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