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Driver JOHN RILEY

Service Number: 159
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Army Service Corps

Date of Death

Died 11 October 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

D. 21.

Syria

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Patrick Joseph and Ellen Riley, of 47, Tucker St., Canning Town, London, England. Born at Poplar, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS ONE OF THE BOLD AND BRAVE WHO FOR AUSTRALIA HIS LIFE HE GAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Syria
Number of casualties: 1111
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