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Major EDWARD SHERSON

Service Number: 27812
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1918

Age 51 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARCOING BRITISH CEMETERY

I. E. 23.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William and Eliza Sherson, of Auckland; husband of Alice M. Sherson, of 14, Hayden St., Auckland, New Zealand. Late Lt. Col. New Zealand Field Artillery Bde. Auckland, and O.C. 20th Reinforcements.
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MARCOING BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 372
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