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Corporal EDWARD SEARLES

Service Number: 4902
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

45th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

C. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Searles. Native of Kinsale, Cork, Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription "EARTH IS NOT ALL HEAVEN SHALL WAKE PERFECT OUR IMPERFECT LIFE" QUEEN.
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Buried or commemorated at

HANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 118
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