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Gunner WALTER RICHARD COSTAR

Service Number: 2/2600
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Field Artillery

11th Bty. 3rd Bde.

Date of Death

Died 09 December 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVII. D. 18A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Matoaka Atlantic and Sarah Caroline Costar, of Karaka, Papakura, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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