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Sapper CHRISTIE CHARLES COLLESS

Service Number: 4115
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

4th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 08 April 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY

II. G. 11/16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Eli Samuel and Louisa Colless, of 200, Addison Rd. Marrickville, New South Wales. Born at Wellington.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING AND COUNTRY HE FELL A HERO IN THE DEADLY STRIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

VAULX HILL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 856
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