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Private JOHN EDWARD SWEETNAM

Service Number: 3636
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Pioneers

2nd

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. G. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Sweetnam, of Murwillumbah, Tweed River, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription MAY JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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