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Private DAVID THOMAS

Service Number: 1977
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

59th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

III. D. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Eliza Thomas, of 3, Norfolk Avenue, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON MY GALLANT LAD I WILL MEET YOU IN HEAVEN
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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