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2Nd Corporal JOHN WILLIAM SAXTON

Service Number: 261
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Tunnelling Corps

1st Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)

IV. C. 13.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. Saxton and of Mrs. Saxton, of 4, Church Ville, Old Radford. Nottingham, England.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. SAXTON NOTTINGHAM REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

RAILWAY DUGOUTS BURIAL GROUND (TRANSPORT FARM)
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2463
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