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Private WILLIAM HUGH THORBURN

Service Number: 6178
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1918

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. L. 37.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh and Eliza Thorburn, of Gowrie St., Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales; husband of Esther Elcombe (formerly Thorburn), of 36, Alexandra Rd., Denton, Gravesend, Kent, England.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND
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