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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM TRAILL APPLETON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 July 1916

Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY

Coll. grave III. E. 1-5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. W. T. Appleton, of Mercer Rd., Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

CERISY-GAILLY MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 745
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