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Serjeant WILLIAM STEWART BRIEN

Service Number: 6/1785
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POLYGON WOOD CEMETERY

D. 14.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Jessie Brien, of Waimate, Timaru, New Zealand, and the late Robert Brien. Also served at Gallipoli.
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Buried or commemorated at

POLYGON WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 107
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