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Lance Corporal WILLIAM DOREY SHIELDS

Service Number: 512
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

41st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 June 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 1.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Only son of William and Mary A. Shields, of 25, Richmond Terrace, Christchurch, New Zealand. Native of Invercargill, New Zealand.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED ONLY SON W. & M.A. SHIELDS FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
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STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 1162
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