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Second Lieutenant HERBERT DOUGLAS SCANLON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

22nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZIERES BRITISH CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

III. E. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Elizabeth Scanlon, of 3, Mapperley Crescent, Woodborough Rd., Nottingham, England.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF GOD'S HEROIC MEN
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Buried or commemorated at

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