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Rifleman ALEXANDER MACRAE

Service Number: 38199
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

"C" Coy. 3rd Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

II. A. 24.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Duncan and Catherine Finlayson Macrae, of Lag Dornie, Kintail, Ross-shire, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
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DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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