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Corporal RICHARD PERCY WHALAN

Service Number: 477
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Machine Gun Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1918

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. G. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred Samuel and Agatha Josephine Whalan, of Barnt Yards, Mandurama, New South Wales. Born at Oberon, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH HE LIES IN A FAR OFF GRAVE WE THINK OF HIS LIFE A DUTY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1391
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