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Lance Corporal HECTOR SWANSON

Service Number: 13647
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Army Medical Corps

7th Field Amb.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1918

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

C. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Hector and Janet Swanson, of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland; husband of Charlotte Swanson, of 5, Cul-de-sac Rd., East Molesey, Surrey, England.
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Buried or commemorated at

HERBECOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 59
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