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Private JOHN LEO EGAN

Service Number: 4779
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

III. Q. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Egan, of 20, Hopkins Street, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription IN OUR HEARTS HIS MEMORY LINGERS WHO FOR US SO NOBLY DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2771
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