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Sergeant JOHN EDWARD SMEETON

Service Number: 6895
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

22nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

III. B. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Emily Amelia and the late Alfred Smeeton. Native of St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription OUR DEAR JACK IN THE DAWN OF SPLENDID MANHOOD
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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