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Private LEWIS ORTON

Service Number: 6/2237
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1915

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EMBARKATION PIER CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. C. 70.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Orton, of Coton Lawn, Arbury, Nuneaton, England. Native of Atherstone, England.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

EMBARKATION PIER CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 948
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