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Private DAVID ALLAN EWART OVERTON

Service Number: 26264
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BETHENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

C. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Evangeline Overton, of Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentine. Born at Skipton-in-Craven, Yorks. Volunteered from the Argentine.
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Buried or commemorated at

BETHENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 81
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