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Gunner RICHARD ELWYN SHANNON

Service Number: 1950
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

25th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

V. Q. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Michael James and Helen Shannon.
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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