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Rifleman WILLIAM JOHN BURGESS

Service Number: 25361
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

"A" Coy., 2nd Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. C. 33.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Ann Burgess, of 3, Mackay St., Auckland, New Zealand, and the late Benjamin Burgess.
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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