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Private WILLIAM MATTHEW COLBERT

Service Number: 1812
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

27th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1915

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

M. 72.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info (Served as MATTHEWS). Son of James and Sarah Ann Colbert, of Lot St., Kapunda, South Australia.
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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