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Sapper JOSEPH SHORROCK

Service Number: 15733
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

7th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1918

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOGHTON (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD

New ground, South of Church.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Jane Shorrock, of 15, East St., Blackburn, Lancs, England. Born at Hoghton.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS IN PEACE AWAITING THE LONG REVEILLE
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Buried or commemorated at

HOGHTON (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 4
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