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Second Lieutenant JAMES HOLMES STRAW

Service Number: 3/161
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT

VI. C. 4.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Michael and Mary A. Straw; husband of Lilian Jones (formerly Straw), of Nelson Creek, West Coast, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

BAGNEUX BRITISH CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1374
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