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Gunner WILLIAM JOSEPH WILLIS

Service Number: 4888
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

5th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 06 October 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY

III. A. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Jessie Willis, of High St., Cessnock, New South Wales. Native of Wollongon, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED AS HE LIVED HONOURABLE
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Buried or commemorated at

BIRR CROSS ROADS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 834
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